Dell Provides High-Performance and Value With Latest PowerEdge Workgroup Server; PowerEdge 1400 Provides Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses with High-Performance for Under $1,700.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000 Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), a world leader in Internet commerce and infrastructure computing, today announced worldwide availability of its Dell(tm) PowerEdge(tm) 1400 server designed to offer customers higher levels of performance and functionality at an extremely aggressive price. Ideally suited for departments, workgroups, distributed environments, and small- and medium-sized businesses, the PowerEdge 1400 is easy to set up and manage, while offering room to grow with the customers' increasing demands. Prices for the Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 1400 server start at under $1,700. Dell, the No. 2 provider of Standard Intel Architecture Servers worldwide(a), designed the PowerEdge 1400 to provide customers with many of the leading technologies typically found on higher-priced servers. The PowerEdge 1400 supports up to two 1 GHz Intel processors with 133MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Front Side Bus, an embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Dual Channel Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI controller A common term for a SCSI host adapter. See SCSI. SCSI controller - SCSI adaptor and high-bandwidth 64-bit PCI slots. In addition to increased performance, the dual channel SCSI controller provides added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. card. "With the PowerEdge 1400, Dell is providing businesses of all sizes the high-performance server technology they demand, with the customization and management capabilities they need, at a cost they can afford," said Michael Lambert Michael ("Mike") Allen Lambert (born April 14, 1974 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. , senior vice president of Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "Our most important objective at Dell is to provide solutions that meet the needs of our customers at the industry's most competitive prices." For MoneyStar, a leading developer of financial management software solutions, the Dell PowerEdge 1400 arrives at the right time. "We needed a cost effective server that could provide the cutting edge features and functionality of our larger servers," said Brad Terrell, director of software development, MoneyStar. "The Dell PowerEdge 1400 is a true workhorse work·horse n. 1. Something, such as a machine, that performs dependably under heavy or prolonged use: "the 50-year-old DC-3 ... server that gives us incredible performance and flexibility -- at a price that will allow us to continue to make investments to expand our network and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services ." The new Dell PowerEdge 1400 workgroup server incorporates a number of features and benefits, which should optimize performance while maximizing value, including: -- Excellent Performance -- High-performance ServerWorks ServerSet LE 3.0 chipset enables 133 MHz Front Side Bus, providing high-memory bandwidth for excellent performance. The chipset also delivers support for 4 high-performance 64-bit PCI slots, assisting the benefit of the latest bandwidth intensive peripherals like RAID and Gigabit Ethernet cards. -- Embedded Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter -- Provides a high-performance 10/100Mb/s Ethernet connection without having to use a PCI slot. Supports Adapter Fault Tolerance and Adaptive Load Balancing to maximize network availability and performance. -- Memory and Internal Storage Scalability -- Memory capacity from 128MB to 2GB of SDRAM allows customers to grow their server as their application demands increase. In addition, PowerEdge 1400 supports up to 144GB(b) of Ultra3 SCSI storage capacity and supports 10,000 RPM hard drives for additional drive performance. -- Storage Area Networks (SAN) Support and Validation -- Provides highest levels of flexibility, scalability and availability for customers' growing storage needs. Every PowerEdge 1400 server is built to the customer's order and shipped directly from the factory. To take advantage of the growing market for Linux-based servers, Dell can install the Red Hat(R) Linux 6.2 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. on the PowerEdge 1400 server at the factory. Customers also can order the PowerEdge 1400 server with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Server and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) Server 4.0, and the latest version of Novell(R) NetWare(R) factory installed. In addition, Dell can provide factory installation of Microsoft NT Small Business Server (SBS See Small Business Server. ) Version 4.5. This package of Microsoft's popular BackOffice applications provides businesses of up to 50 employees with a highly integrated, easy to configure suite of applications at very attractive prices. More information on Dell's entire line of PowerEdge servers can be found at www.dell.com/poweredge. Dell's technical system support is available by phone and through the Internet 24 hours a day, year round. Dell provides customers a single point of contact and access to a worldwide force of trained engineers, technicians, analysts and consultants. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $28.5 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 56 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com. Dell, PowerEdge, PowerVault and OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Windows NT and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Novell and Netware are registered trademarks of Novell Inc. Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc. (a) Source: International Data Corporation, Commercial Systems and Servers, Quarterly Server Tracker, 2Q00. (b) For hard drives, GB means 1 billion bytes; total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . |
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