Hitachi PC Corporation Integrates Intel's 450 MHz Pentium II Xeon Processor into Hitachi VisionBase Server Family

Strategic Insights -

Hitachi PC Corporation has announced the integration of Intel's 450 MHz Pentium II Xeon processor into its high-end VisionBase server family, specifically the 8460, 4-way, and the enterprise class, VisionBase 8880, 8-way, models. This move aims to enhance overall performance, especially in multi-tasking applications, and ensures easy upgradeability to Intel's Pentium II Xeon 450MHz chip and further microprocessor enhancements as they become available. According to Michael Krieger, Vice President of Servers for Hitachi PC Corporation, this integration guarantees unmatched performance, reliability, and manageability in a PC server, maximizing customers' return-on-investment through future-ready technology.

Key Takeaways:

  • Hitachi PC Corporation has integrated Intel's 450 MHz Pentium II Xeon processor into its VisionBase server family, including the 8460, 4-way, and 8880, 8-way models.
  • The new processor boasts enhancements over the 400 MHz model, with three different levels of on-chip Level 2 cache, which significantly improves overall performance, especially in multi-tasking applications.
  • Michael Krieger, Vice President of Servers for Hitachi PC Corporation, stated that the integration ensures unmatched performance, reliability, and manageability in a PC server, while maximizing customers' return-on-investment through future-ready technology.
  • The VisionBase 8880R, 8-way server, which achieved AIM Technology's highest overall performance rating in their Windows NT Domain server benchmarking in November 1998, can now be powered by up to eight 450 MHz Pentium II Xeon processors, supporting 1MB or 2MB of second-level cache.
  • The VisionBase 8460 server supports up to four 450 MHz Pentium II Xeon processors, with 512K, 1MB or 2MB of second-level cache, and supports as much as 8GB of main memory.
  • VisionBase servers deliver superior reliability through redundancy in cooling, power supply, and hot-swap disk storage, and feature high-performance I/O, including ultra SCSI, fibre channel, and LAN peripherals tuned for exceptional throughput.
  • Hitachi PC also offers a 450 MHz Pentium II processor-based 2-way server as part of the VisionBase series.
  • VisionBase servers are available through value-added resellers throughout North America, with selected configure-to-order options, and are backed by Hitachi PC's superior service and support.

Statistics:

  • Hitachi PC offers up to 16GB of main memory for the VisionBase 8880R server.
  • The VisionBase 8460 server supports up to 8GB of main memory.
  • The VisionBase 8880R server has 15 64-bit and 3 32-bit PCI slots, as well as 2 ISA slots.
  • The VisionBase 8460 server has 6 32-bit and 5 64-bit PCI slots.
  • Hitachi PC offers a 3-year warranty with next-day on-site service for all its servers.
  • The company's server management software contains a predictive failure analysis component that allows users to order repair components or dispatch a service technician before a problem causes any 'hard' errors.

Sources:

  • FMI: http://www.hitachipc.com