HAL Computer System introduces Fujitsu SPARC SMP ServersCampell 16 Sep 99 The GP7000F Model 400 supports up to four processors and is available in both a rack mount and floor model. Like the rack mount Model 200R, the rack mount Model 400R is ready for installation in 19" EIA compatible racks. All multi-processor configurations are SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) and can handle a wide range of PCI devices, RAID and networking connections. The Model 400 can be configured with up to 8 gigabytes of memory and 22 internal hot-swap hard disk drives. All models are available with 248 MHz or 272 MHz CPUs and up to 8 MBytes of L2 cache. A 296 MHz CPU upgrade is scheduled for release later this summer. The GP7000F features a PCI device bus and is equipped with enhanced RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) features. The GP7000F offers an advanced SCF (system control facility) that monitors the system status, reporting potential failures and malfunctions. Hot-swap tape and disk drives, optional dual hot-swap power supplies and the use of ECC protection for both main memory and cache, make the GP7000F ideally suited for database applications. The GP7000F family uses the Fujitsu SPARC64(R) superscalar, super-pipelined processor designed and manufactured by Fujitsu. At 272 MHz, the highly efficient GP7000F delivers 17.6 SPECint95 (estimated), 26.6 SPECfp95 (estimated) and 816 MFLOPS (million floating-point operations per second). In the near future Fujitsu will offer faster SPARC64 processors, larger SMP configurations, enhanced High Availability features, and high performance interconnect technology that will support System Area Networks. The GP7000F is fully compatible with Sun Catalyst(TM) listed SPARC/Solaris applications. A full suite of application development tools, including compilers, libraries and code management applications is available for the entire GP7000F family.
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