Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!amdahl!dgcad!dg-rtp!ghost!miller From: miller@ghost.rtp.dg.com (Mark Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: Data General Aviion 7000, 8000 Keywords: New Data General 88K machines Message-ID: <1991Mar16.151948.14745@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 16 Mar 91 15:19:48 GMT References: <1991Mar14.183029.11714@neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Distribution: comp Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC. Lines: 115 In article <1991Mar14.183029.11714@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes: > > Can anyone from Data General elaborate on the >architecture/capabilities of these machines? I looked in the paper >this morning, but there was no report, and only the picture of the >pizza box and what looked like a 4 processor 88K system. > Since you asked ;-), here's some corporate press drival which may answer your questions. . . 117-MIPS AViiON Systems To Be Unveiled At a press conference to be held in New York City today Data General will add to its industry-leading family of AViiON RISC-based systems, announcing new systems that deliver 117 MIPS performance at prices starting at $96,000. Data General will unveil the new AViiON 7000 and 8000 computer series and the quad-processor board which is the heart of the new systems. "With today's announcement, for the first time, businesses will be able to run software applications that have required mainframe performance on microprocessor-based open systems at costs that are orders of magnitude lower," says Ron Skates, president and chief executive officer. Among the products being announced are: o The AViiON AV 8000 packaged systems. A 117 MIPS rackmount system is configured with Data General's new high performance, high availability 24 gigabyte (billions of characters) disk array subsystem and DG/UX 5.4 UNIX operating system. The AV 8000 system can support up to eight local area networks and 1275 asynchronous terminals. o The AViiON AV 7000 packaged systems. A desk-side office package providing a 117 MIPs server, that can be configured with a high performance disk array subsystem, DG/UX 5.4, and an uninterruptible power supply. o The new AViiON quad-processor board, which includes four 25 MHZ Motorola 88100 RISC processors and eight of Motorola's new 88204 cache/memory management chips totaling 512,000 characters of cache memory. The new quad-processor board also is available today as an upgrade to existing AViiON AV 5000 and AV 6000 servers. o Complementing the new quad-processor are the new High Availability Disk Array (HADA) subsystem and the Combined Storage Subsystem 2 disk array. Based on leading-edge RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) technology, the high performance HADA system offers up to 24 gigabytes of redundant storage capacity to provide virtually uninterruptable data access. o DG/UX 5.4. Data General is the first major systems supplier to offer a UNIX operating system based on AT&T's System V, Release 4, that supports fully symmetric multi-processing. Data General enhancements support high availability features such as disk mirroring and security options such as C2 and B1 trust levels which are mandated in high security government environments. "Data General has taken the lead in delivering high-end commercial UNIX products," says Ron. "Our new AViiON systems set a standard by which other high-end open systems will be measured. While other companies have promised computer systems like this, Data General is the first to deliver with an unbeatable combination of performance, system capacity, highly available disk subsystem with a multi-processing UNIX. "These products will open new markets for Data General," adds Ron. "We can now service an enterprise's information needs from a 17 MIPS workstation to a 117 MIPS high performance system." Today's product introductions extend the breadth of Data General's AViiON systems. The new systems start in price at $96,000 for a desk-side server with 16MB of memory, 662MB hard disk, 525MB QIC storage tape, and offer a low cost $391 per megabyte of memory, and $8,000 per gigabyte of disk. The AViiON product line gives customers access to over 1,500 software applications available through co-operative arrangements with independent software vendors and VARs. (Corporate Communications) > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu >"And remember, whatever you do, DON'T MENTION THE WAR!" > Mark T. Miller miller@dg-rtp.dg.com ...uunet!xyzzy!miller