IBM To Ship Low-Cost Web Server
IBM next month will make available Web servers that it sayswill offer more power than systems selling for about the
same price.
The RS/6000 270 uses the AIX operating system and includes
up to four 375-MHz PowerR3-II processors. It comes with up
to 8 Gbytes of memory and storage capacity of more than 54
Gbytes of data. Pricing for the 270 ranges from $16,995 for
a single-processor system to $35,995 for a four-way system.
IBM's RS/6000 170 comes with only one processor and can
support application hosting, firewalls, and Web caching.
Pricing for the 170 starts at $10,495 for a 333-MHz system
and $15,495 for a 400-MHz system.
A server industry consultant says the new servers are a good
value compared with other Unix systems, but adds that such
systems don't have the same demand as Windows Web servers.
"It's very inexpensive and delivers a lot of performance,"
says consultant Andrew Allison. "IBM should do well against
Sun's E450 and HP's L Class, but Wintel servers will
continue to dominate the space."
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