* Server vendors begin rolling out Montecito servers
Fujitsu and NEC last week launched servers based on Intel’s newest dual-core Itanium 2 processor.
Fujitsu launched three servers within the PrimeQuest 500 Series. The machines are more than two times faster than previous PrimeQuest models and run Linux and Windows. They are designed for mission-critical applications. The new servers have as many as 64 processors and can access as much as 2TB of memory. They can each be portioned into 16 hardware partitions.
The PrimeQuest 580, 540 and 520 are distinguished from each other by the number of processors, memory, hard disks, PCI slots and partitions. The 580 supports 64 processors, 2TB of memory, 32 internal hard drives, 128 PCI slots and 16 partitions. The 540 supports half that. The 520 supports 16 processors, 256GB of memory, four internal hard disks, 20 PCI slots and four partitions.
The PrimeQuest 500 servers are expected to be available in September.
NEC announced the Express5800 Itanium servers, which use Intel’s Itanium 2 processor 9000 sequence. The NEC Express5800/1320Xf and Express5800/1080Rf servers, like Fujitsu’s, are designed for business-critical applications.
The servers support modular designs, redundant components, hot plug capabilities and floating I/O. The Express5800/1320Xf is a 32-way system and the Express5800/1080Rf is an eight-way system. Both run at 1.6 GHz and have memory capacity up to 512GB. Both servers also support as many as eight partitions. Furthermore, like the Fujistu servers, the NEC servers run Windows and Linux.
The new Express5800/1000 servers are also expected to be available in September.
