Unisys Enhances ES7000
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Proof of New Heights in System Availability With Microsoft Windows, Improved Management and Leading Performance
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BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--
New ES7000 Server Offers UNIX/RISC-Like Capabilities at a Lower
Cost
Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today unveiled the new ES7000 540
server featuring the Intel Xeon processor MP based platform and
Sentinel management enhancements. Additionally, the company released
data proving that Unisys ES7000 servers running the Datacenter Edition
of Microsoft Windows Server, on an Intel Xeon processor MP based
platform, have matched the availability and surpassed the performance
capabilities of UNIX/RISC systems in the datacenter. The two-year,
multi-customer research shows that more than three-quarters of
in-production systems studied exceeded the industry hallmark
five-nines availability. Improved Sentinel management features on the
ES7000 540 enable up to a 40 percent reduction in administrative staff
versus scale-out systems.
Availability More Than Five-Nines
In the first-ever substantial availability study of
non-specialized servers running Windows Server in real business
environments, Unisys found that 78 percent of the systems delivered
100 percent non-stop availability. Overall, the combination of the
Unisys ES7000 running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or Windows Server
2003 Datacenter Edition achieved an average of 99.996 percent
availability. The two-year study examined data fed automatically from
live production environments at customer sites across North America.
Results are for non-clustered systems and do not include planned
downtime for such things as routine maintenance. Unisys was able to
achieve these results without an expensive fault-tolerant
implementation or the complexity of high-availability clustering.
Details on the study are available in the Unisys white paper at
www.unisys.com/datacenter/availability-study/
"The Unisys ES7000 gives us the performance we require in an
environment that is highly flexible, manageable and scalable while
ensuring minimal unplanned downtime," said Gary Clark, director of
corporate IT services of La-Z-Boy. "Through extensive testing, we
found the ES7000 running at almost five-nines of availability.
Although we initially implemented an ES7000 for a server and database
consolidation project involving 12 servers, the performance scaled so
well and was so reliable we're now running more than 80 databases on
one eight-processor partition, mitigating costs for what would have
been a significant amount of additional hardware."
With better performance at a lower price, easier management and
near flawless availability, the Unisys ES7000 is attracting customers
eager to benefit from a move to standardized systems. It is the ideal
platform for CIOs looking to gain competitive advantage from the lower
cost of Windows-based infrastructure. New customers around the world
adopting the ES7000 platform include: Safeco Insurance; Pier 1
Imports; State of Indiana; NTT Data of Japan; Kaufmannische
Krankenkasse (KKH), the fourth largest health insurance provider in
Germany; the city of Stockholm; and German manufacturing company
Jungheinrich AG.
"The Unisys availability study validates that Windows Server is
not just enterprise-ready, but it is, in fact, the logical option for
every data center customer looking to be a responsible steward of
their company's IT budget," said Dennis Oldroyd, director, windows
server group, Microsoft Corp. "Unisys ES7000 with Windows Server
Datacenter Edition now clearly has been shown to offer near-absolute
availability. The cost benefits of these standardized technologies are
now an irresistible choice."
"The results of the Unisys availability study are impressive,"
said Richard Dracott, general manager, Enterprise Marketing and
Planning for Intel's Enterprise Platforms Group. "The ES7000 based on
the Intel Xeon processor MP and Microsoft technology has demonstrated
unprecedented levels of availability in real, live business
environments. This shows clearly that customers can get all the cost
and management benefits of systems based on standard technology, while
at the same time realizing significant performance advantages."
Manageability Featuring Sentinel Technologies
Unisys Sentinel management software gives ES7000 servers advanced
capabilities that make them ideal business-critical platforms. Unlike
competitors that offer only general-purpose server monitoring and
reporting, Sentinel goes much further by automatically detecting the
server, operating system, and application and database problems and
resolving them without human intervention. Unisys offers industry
leading management tools for applications such as Microsoft SQL
Server, resulting in best-in-class performance, reliability, and
manageability.
"Unisys was the first to recognize the power of Windows in the
enterprise and we continue to demonstrate industry-leadership," said
Chander Khanna, vice president, platform marketing, Unisys. "We are
committed to enabling customers to take advantage of the economic
benefits of a standardized Windows-based data center. Unisys ES7000
customer momentum proves businesses are realizing the benefits of a
standardized Microsoft Windows and Intel Architecture based
enterprise."
Industry Leading Performance
The 32-way Unisys ES7000 Orion 540 Enterprise Server TPC-C
benchmark recorded 304,148.50 transactions per minute (tpmC) with
price/performance results of $6.18 per tpmC, making it the
best-performing 32-bit server on the market. This benchmark result is
further evidence that Unisys is leading the way in making true
enterprise performance available on the Windows Server 2003 platform.
The server was equipped with 32 Intel Xeon MP processors running
at 3.0 GHz, each with 4 MB of Level 3 cache, and 64 GB of memory. It
ran the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition on Microsoft's
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition operating system. The TPC-C
benchmark is the computer industry's most widely consulted measure of
server performance and price/performance.
3D-Visible Enterprise (3D-VE)
The Unisys 3D-VE strategy aligns a client's business processes
with its information technology infrastructure. It provides visibility
into cause and effect relationships between process and technology,
enabling companies to determine the results of business decisions
before they are made. Unisys ES7000 servers will provide organizations
with the flexibility and security they need to ensure that their IT
infrastructures stay aligned with their business objectives.
Working with Microsoft, Unisys has announced the Infrastructure
Blueprint for Microsoft Systems Architecture (IB for MSA). The IB for
MSA is a fully tested, documented and qualified infrastructure design,
based upon best practices from industry leading technology providers
and infrastructure services from Unisys. It provides organizations the
assurance that Unisys understands their entire IT infrastructures and
can deliver an end-to-end solution to achieve the desired results.
The high-availability ES7000 serves as the centerpiece of the
Infrastructure Blueprint for Microsoft Systems Architecture, a roadmap
for building a Windows-based data center. IB for MSA provides critical
guidelines for assuring end-to-end high availability across the entire
infrastructure. This includes disaster recovery, a mandate for the
Windows data center and a key part of the Unisys 3D-VE strategy.
Pricing and availability
The Unisys ES7000 540 servers are available immediately with the
latest Intel Xeon chip, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition and
Sentinel management enhancements. U.S. pricing for the entry-level
Unisys ES7000 540 servers start at $106,000.
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and
solutions company. Our people combine expertise in consulting, systems
integration, outsourcing, infrastructure and server technology with
precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more
than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive
advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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