HP NetServer Systems to Support New Pentium II Xeon Processor-Based Systems; Mission-critical NetServer Solution Builds on HP's Market Leadership in Enterprise Computing.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1998-- Hewlett-Packard See HP. Hewlett-Packard - (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and Company today announced that it will continue to refresh (1) To continuously charge a device that cannot hold its content. CRTs must be refreshed, because the phosphors hold their glow for only a few milliseconds. Dynamic RAM chips require refreshing to maintain their charged bit patterns. See vertical scan frequency and redraw. the HP NetServer L series product family by adding a new high-end high-end adj. Informal 1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment. 2. HP NetServer system with the new Intel(R) Pentium Pentium Family of microprocessors developed by Intel Corp. Introduced in 1993 as the successor to Intel's 80486 microprocessor, the Pentium contained two processors on a single chip and about 3.3 million transistors. (R) II Xeon A high-end Intel CPU chip. Designed for servers and fast workstations and pronounced "zee-ahn," Xeons include error checking memory, system management features and fast system buses and L2 caches. The first Xeon was introduced in 1998 when the Pentium II was mainstream. (TM) processor. This strategy allows HP NetServer systems to deliver the increased scalability How much a system can be expanded. See scalable. scalability - How well a solution to some problem will work when the size of the problem increases. For example, a central server of some kind with ten clients may perform adequately but with a thousand clients it and performance required by today's compute-intensive applications. The first Pentium II Xeon (processor) Pentium II Xeon - The successor to Intel Corporation's Pentium II processor. The Xeon has the same P6 core as existing Pentium Pro/Pentium II units, but it supports a 100 MHz system bus and offers as much as 2 MB of level 2 cache. http://intel. processor-based system will be delivered as part of the overall enterprise NetServer system strategy. The new addition to the HP NetServer L Series has been optimized for data-center environments and will deliver customers a highly available, highly scalable solution for enterprise environments. "HP is dedicated to providing our customers with industry-leading, comprehensive enterprise solutions based on the latest technology available," said Maria Cannon, general manager, HP's Enterprise NetServer Division. "In addition, HP's success in the enterprise market segment is largely the result of our ability to bring our long-standing long-stand·ing adj. Of long duration or existence: a long-standing friendship. long-standing Adjective existing for a long time HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. expertise to bear on our Intel processor-based enterprise solutions." The new HP NetServer system will be one component of HP's overall enterprise solution. The new solution, targeted at enterprise environments running mission-critical applications, will be ideal for customers needing high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , scalability and advanced remote-management capabilities. Expanding on HP's 25 years of enterprise experience, the new solution will offer the following advantages:
-- leading-edge technology, with support from the Intel Pentium
II Xeon processor in a highly dense, rack-optimized form
factor;
-- increased capacity, flexibility and availability through
advanced storage and backup technologies;
-- world-class service and support, including Mission Critical
Support Services for Windows NT; and
-- industry-leading enterprise-management solutions with HP
OpenView ManageX and HP TopTools for Servers.
Customers will be able to purchase current NetServer LX systems
today and upgrade to the new Pentium II Xeon processor-based NetServer
system when it is available in volume (expected this fall). The HP
NetServer LX system upgrade program ensures that customers can upgrade
easily to the new Pentium II Xeon processor-based system or to an
Intel Merced processor-based NetServer system as soon as they are
available.
"We are pleased to have HP's support of the Pentium II Xeon
processor in the new HP NetServer system," said Tom MacDonald,
marketing director of Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "We plan to
continue to work with HP to bring new levels of value, performance and
flexibility to growing businesses."
ABOUT HP NETSERVER SYSTEMS
The complete family of HP NetServer systems consists of two
distinct lines of PC servers. The HP NetServer L Series systems are
designed as enterprise-application, workgroup or departmental servers.
The HP NetServer E Series systems are the first line of servers
designed for small- and medium-sized businesses. All HP NetServer
systems come equipped with HP TopTools for Servers management
software, and with HP NetServer Navigator, featuring easy-to-use tools
to configure, install and manage the servers.
ABOUT HP
HP is the official information-technology hardware and
maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament.
Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of
computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications
products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for
excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had
revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.
Information about HP and its products can be found on the World
Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
Note to Editors:
Intel is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Xeon is a U.S. trademark of Intel Corporation.
HP-UX Release 10.20 and later and HP-UX Release 11.00 and later
(in both 32 and 64-bit configurations) on all HP 9000 computers are
Open Group UNIX 95 branded products.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
Microsoft and Windows NT are U.S. registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation.
CONTACT: HP
Laura Jimenez, 408/343-6274
laura_jimenez@hp.com
or
Alexander Communications, Inc. for HP
Carolyn McCusker, 415/923-1660 ext. 159
cmccusker@alexandercom.com
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