Oct, 2001 : Compaq Unveils More Powerful Mid-Range Server

📅 October 18, 2001 - Compaq Computer Corporation (compaq.com) yesterday introduced the AlphaServer ES45 system, which it is calling the industry's most powerful mid-range server.

The new AlphaServer ES45 system includes up to four 1 GHz 64-bit Alphaprocessors, and is available with the Tru64 UNIX with TruCluster Servers,OpenVMS or Linux operating systems.
The ES45, which has outperformed its mid-range competition in bothindustry-standard and commercial benchmark tests, is the only mid-rangeserver available with a full 64-bit 1 GHz processor. In addition to theAlphaServer ES45, the company also introduced the AlphaServer SC45 system, ascalable, single-image supercomputer model based on the ES45, and theavailability of new certified configurations based on Tru64 UNIX-basedAlphaServer ES45 systems and Oracle9i Real Application Clusters.
"The delivery and rapid deployment of these systems is another example ofhow Compaq is at the heart of providing the industry's most comprehensive ITsolutions for the most advanced, real-time enterprise environments," saidHoward Elias, senior vice president and general manager of Compaq's BusinessCritical Solutions Group. "We are intensely focused on the challenges andrequirements of today's marketplace, and our customers and partners haverecognized and experienced the tremendous competitive advantage thatCompaq's platforms and solutions, such as the new ES45, can bring to theirbusinesses."
With its high performance and clustering capabilities with Tru64 UNIX andOpenVMS, the AlphaServer ES45 is targeted for users in areas such ashigh-performance technical computing, telecommunications, e-business andhealthcare.
In the SPECint_rate2000 integer benchmark, the quad-processor ES45 performed50 to 75 percent faster than its competitors and more than twice as fast inthe SPECfp_rate2000 floating point performance benchmark. In asingle-processor SPECfp2000 floating point performance benchmark, the ES45,powered by a 1 GHz, 64-bit Alpha processor, performed at more than twice thespeed of its mid-range competitors. The ES45 systems come with up to four 1GHz Alpha processors and 32 GB of memory and offer 8 GB per-second bandwidthand 1.85 GB per-second of I/O bandwidth.
Richard Roach, senior director of ASP market development for SAS Institute,said, "SAS Institute recently launched IntelliVisor, an ASP service thatapplies data mining technology to help online retailers maximizeprofitability. Memory access speed is critical to us. We process an enormousamount of data every day, using the latest data mining technology. Thefaster I/O bandwidth of the AlphaServer ES45 will let us iterate the datamore often, improving the quality of the reports we provide our clients."
In clustered configurations, ES45 systems running Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMSdeliver guaranteed 99.999 percent up-time availability for business criticalsystems with defined Compaq Services offerings. The AlphaServer ES45 is nowshipping with models starting at $58,000.
The AlphaServer SC45 supercomputer can scale up to huge systems that includethousands of processors delivering multiple TFLOPS (trillions of operationsper second) performance to meet the most demanding compute- intensiveresearch projects. The SC45 systems are available with the Tru64 UNIXoperating system.
The AlphaServer SC45 with a base system of 16 Alpha processors and 16 GB ofmemory is also available now with prices starting at $899,000.
Compaq also announced the availability of new Oracle9i Real ApplicationClusters Certified Configurations on the Tru64 UNIX-based AlphaServer ES45.The certified configurations - which are pre-tuned, fully stress tested, andpre-installed - will be available in Nov. 2001.
Additionally, Compaq's "9 Days Program" pledges that a customer isguaranteed installation of an Oracle9i Real Application Clusters CertifiedConfiguration within nine days of receipt of the customer order.