[Info-vax] HP launches entry-level Itanium servers

[etmsreec at yahoo.co.uk]

On 17 Mar, 16:38, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched a new line of Integrity NonStop
> servers that the company says offers improved performance over its
> other entry-level servers that require high uptime.
>
> The NonStop Integrity NS2000 server family is targeted at small and
> medium-sized businesses looking for fault-tolerant servers that
> require close to 100 percent availability. Depending on customer
> needs, the rackmount servers could go into small or large data
> centers.
>
> [...snip...]
>
> http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/CDN/News.asp?sub=true&id=52433
>
> I wonder if they'll ever market a new line of low-cost Integrity
> OpenVMS servers.
>
> Neil Rieck
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canadahttp://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/

As others have said, entry level in the NonStop market is certainly
not the same as entry level in the VMS market.  They are specialist
systems for specialist customers.