Dell last week announced the specs for its first server blades, which it plans to launch in its third quarter.
Most entrants in the emerging high-density blade server market, have launched with products featuring low power 700MHz Pentium III processors. Dell, however, has made its first foray into the segment by basing its PowerEdge 1655MC server on higher power 1.26GHz PIIIs.
The PowerEdge 1655MC accommodates up to six servers with two 1.26GHz Intel Pentium III processors in a single 5.25 inch (3U) enclosure, which means fewer servers packed into a single rack than competitive offerings from the likes of Compaq and RLX Technologies.
Dell plans to address this with servers based on Intel's recently introduced 800MHz dual-processor Pentium III Tualatin chips, CNET reports.
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