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April 22, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports, Unisys (unisys.com) this week will launch a new Wintel server that can scale up to 106 processors and run an enterprise?s entire operations from a single box.
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Unisys officials say the ES7000/560 server is capable of reducing technology ?sprawl? in enterprise data centers. It is designed to run front-end Web servers, 32-bit mid-tier enterprise applications and 64-bit high-end database workloads simultaneously, enabling enterprises to consolidate the work of multiple servers of different sizes into a single box.
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“Server and infrastructure sprawl is a pervasive enterprise computing problem,” said Roger Jones, senior vice president and CIO for Fortis Inc.’s Fortis Health unit and an ES7000 user. “Any drawbacks to the all-in-one box far outweigh the operational and cost benefits you get from consolidation.?
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The ES7000/560 can run a variety of Intel processors, including up to 32 32-bit Xeon MPs and 32 64-bit Itanium 2 chips. The server contains one 32-way Xeon MP particion and two 16-way Itanium 2 partitions.
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In addition, the system offers as many as 96 PCI slots, up to 42 of which will be able to host a PCI blade ? each with its own 700MHz Pentium III processor, memory and networking capabilities. The entire system is managed by Unisys? new Server Sentinel 2.0 software, which enables remote system management and monitors activity among the various server partitions and PCI blades.
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According to reports, Unisys will release the system at Microsoft Corp.’s (
