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Louis Ohland
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Folks, after a little poodle faking, research that turned up some
Russian and Red Chinese apps, and some other options, the IE temporary
file cache is my friend.
It appears at this point, there were a few versions called a "Super
Server". I saw somewhere an 8580 with busmaster adapters was referrred
to as a Super Server. Another 8580, busmasters, and an AOX. A 95 (or
9585) with an AOX.
IMHO, the Super Server era was born in the days of 386DX servers and the
early NICs. You needed to throw more CPUs at the bandwidth in order to
get performance.
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"Customers don't understand, for instance, that they can put together a
Super Server today with all the components they have, such as RAID Level
5 disk technology, various DASD products, and error-correcting memory,"
he said.
IBM will eventually pursue both loosely coupled and tightly coupled
processor approaches with its PS/2 server products, although it will
also concurrently pursue a uniprocessor approach, particularly with
Intel's P-5, or 80586 chip, expected later this year.
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InfoWorld Feb 17, 1992, Page 6
IBM's Model 95 kicks off Super Server strategy
BY ED SCANNELL
IBM plans to release its first multiprocessor version of the Model 95
this fall, marking the long-awaited kickoff to the company's Super
Server strategy, said sources close to the company.
The first system will have two asymmetrical. loosely coupled
80486-based processors with one processor residing on the Model 95's
processor complex card and another on a bus-master card.
The system will be accompanied by a version of OS/2 2.0 that supports
multiprocessors, these sources said.
IBM has been reluctant to deliver its Super Server, a product Big Blue
has shown off as a "technology demonstration" for more than two years,
because company officials say they have trouble explaining to customers
exactly what the system can do.
"The problem is simply getting across to users what it [Super Server]
can do," said David Hauger, manager of client/ server for IBM's entry
systems division.
"Customers don't understand, for instance, that they can put together a
Super Server today with all the components they have, such as RAID Level
5 disk technology, various DASD products, and error-correcting memory,"
he said.
IBM will try in the next year to better explain the product's technical
capabilities and how it can solve user problems.
IBM will eventually pursue both loosely coupled and tightly coupled
processor approaches with its PS/2 server products, although it will
also concurrently pursue a uniprocessor approach, particularly with
Intel's P-5, or 80586 chip, expected later this year.
"It isn't whether we use two 50-MHz 486s or use a uniprocessor like the
P-5," Hauger said. "There is a need to do both."
As for the future, Hauger would not rule out the possibility of using
the 386SLC chip for low-end servers.
Folks, after a little poodle faking, research that turned up some
Russian and Red Chinese apps, and some other options, the IE temporary
file cache is my friend.
It appears at this point, there were a few versions called a "Super
Server". I saw somewhere an 8580 with busmaster adapters was referrred
to as a Super Server. Another 8580, busmasters, and an AOX. A 95 (or
9585) with an AOX.
IMHO, the Super Server era was born in the days of 386DX servers and the
early NICs. You needed to throw more CPUs at the bandwidth in order to
get performance.
///--------------------------------------------
"Customers don't understand, for instance, that they can put together a
Super Server today with all the components they have, such as RAID Level
5 disk technology, various DASD products, and error-correcting memory,"
he said.
IBM will eventually pursue both loosely coupled and tightly coupled
processor approaches with its PS/2 server products, although it will
also concurrently pursue a uniprocessor approach, particularly with
Intel's P-5, or 80586 chip, expected later this year.
//--------------------------------------------
InfoWorld Feb 17, 1992, Page 6
IBM's Model 95 kicks off Super Server strategy
BY ED SCANNELL
IBM plans to release its first multiprocessor version of the Model 95
this fall, marking the long-awaited kickoff to the company's Super
Server strategy, said sources close to the company.
The first system will have two asymmetrical. loosely coupled
80486-based processors with one processor residing on the Model 95's
processor complex card and another on a bus-master card.
The system will be accompanied by a version of OS/2 2.0 that supports
multiprocessors, these sources said.
IBM has been reluctant to deliver its Super Server, a product Big Blue
has shown off as a "technology demonstration" for more than two years,
because company officials say they have trouble explaining to customers
exactly what the system can do.
"The problem is simply getting across to users what it [Super Server]
can do," said David Hauger, manager of client/ server for IBM's entry
systems division.
"Customers don't understand, for instance, that they can put together a
Super Server today with all the components they have, such as RAID Level
5 disk technology, various DASD products, and error-correcting memory,"
he said.
IBM will try in the next year to better explain the product's technical
capabilities and how it can solve user problems.
IBM will eventually pursue both loosely coupled and tightly coupled
processor approaches with its PS/2 server products, although it will
also concurrently pursue a uniprocessor approach, particularly with
Intel's P-5, or 80586 chip, expected later this year.
"It isn't whether we use two 50-MHz 486s or use a uniprocessor like the
P-5," Hauger said. "There is a need to do both."
As for the future, Hauger would not rule out the possibility of using
the 386SLC chip for low-end servers.
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