Product category: PC-Compatible Boards and Assemblies
News Release from: Force Computers | Subject: FPS-4204-1U
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 2 May 2003
Low cost of ownership
for 1U embedded server
The Force PowerServer (FPS) line of high-performance ATX system solutions is claimed to have the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for any embedded platform
As the first product announced in the FPS line, the FPS-4204-1U offers a motherboard design with dual Intel Xeon processors, 533MHz FSB, two gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interfaces and up to 12Gbyte of DDR-SDRAM in a versatile 1U-high (4.5cm) server. The FPS family provides optimised TCO and product longevity via the backing of value-added technical services such as life cycle management, revision control and end-of-life (EOL) support.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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A very high density, rack-mount computing solution, the FPS-4204-1U is particularly suitable for Internet appliances, security firewalls, digital X-ray, high-end print/prepress and other communications, medical and industrial control applications that need small-footprint servers.
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Expansion for AdvancedTCA line
One year after being the first company to bring AdvancedTCA SBCs and systems to commercial realisation, Force Computers has introduced two new cost-effective ATCA devices
Up to 42 PowerServers fit in a 19in, six-foot rack.
The FPS-4204-1U offers components from the embedded roadmaps of strategic suppliers - ensuring stable product definition for a substantially longer timeframe than comparable offerings based on non-embedded parts.
In addition to its field-tested, standard ATX motherboard design with dual Xeon processors (with Hyper-Threading Technology), PowerServers also implement: a single 64bit PCI-X slot; internal drive bays capable of integrating several mass storage options (CD-ROM, DVD or floppy drives or CompactFlash); onboard VGA, mouse, keyboard, serial and dual USB interfaces; a 400W AC power-factor-correction PSU; multiple OS support - including Linux and Windows 2000/NT/XP - making PowerServers easily configurable for many applications; and an optional integrated remote access server management card (IPMI 1.5) - for real-time system monitoring of vital system performance data such as CPU temperature, CPU fan speed, local board temperatures and system voltages.
FPS-4204-1Us are now available in volume.
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