Pick the server that will serve your group best.
Communications News › Vol. 30 Nbr. 4, April 1993
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Important aspects to consider when choosing a server or superserver from the plethora of vendors and products are the number of users and the applications that will be used. A 386-based system is appropriate for a group of less than 20 users, but multiple departments totalling more than 50 users require powerful servers that have upgradeable processors. In a Business Research Group survey, one third of 300 Fortune 1000 firms chose Intel 486-based superservers, and 15 percent chose 386-based microcomputers. In a Forrester Research survey of Fortune 1000 firms, server choices were based on reliability, flexibility and upgradeability. Leading vendors are Compaq Computer Corp, Dell Computer and Everex, as well as Sun Microsystems.See the full content of this document
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Pick the server that will serve your group best.
As more organizations rush to embrace client/server computing, vendors of all stripes and sizes are jostling to position their machines as network servers.
PC makers promote their 386-based machines as file or applications servers, ...See the full content of this document
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