Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ns.uoregon.edu!milton!sumax!thebes!ncrsea!dmdc From: dmdc@ncrsea.Seattle.NCR.COM (Dennis M. Dooley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr Subject: Re: NCR's 4000 series to replace towers??? Message-ID: <697@ncrsea.Seattle.NCR.COM> Date: 17 Apr 91 02:31:57 GMT References: <5900@holston.UUCP> <5904@holston.UUCP> <391@wybbs.mi.org> Reply-To: dmdc@ncrsea.Seattle.NCR.COM (Dennis M. Dooley) Organization: NCR Corporation, Western Washington District Lines: 92 In article <391@wybbs.mi.org> sleepy@wybbs.UUCP (Mike Faber) writes: >In article <5904@holston.UUCP> barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: >>In article nolan@helios.unl.edu writes: >> >>Do the high end (ie. 3400 and >) support symetric multiprocessing? > Yes 3450 and 3550. >This was one thing that NCR was VERy vague about. They're going to use >(they say) loosely coupled processing, and the 3700 and 3800 are suppposed to >supercede all supercomputers in terms of MIPS. The lowest level 3000 that is >multi processor - the 3500 - uses tightly coupled architechture, and will >use up to 6 486/50's. There is a 3600 and 3700 in NCR's future. I am not aware of a 3800. >> >>If so, what software is used to achieve this. Does NCR resell SCO >>MPX? UNIX SVR4 provided by NCR. I can't speak for what SCO might do. >I don't think NCR knows whether they will. Our rep will only be VERY vague >about what the high end stuff will be like. >> >>How many processors are supported. I'm only interested in 486/33's. To date, the 33Mhz is utilized on the uniprocessor platforms. The MPs are slated to use the 50Mhz part. >Which model? The 3800 is supposed to use hunderds. (and do over 100,000 MIPS!) >> >>Our service depot people here don't seem to know that much about it. >Join the crowd. > >-- >sleepy@wybbs.uucp >Michael Faber There appears to be a general confusion on NCR's System 3000 family that I would hope to clear up. The NCR System 3000 platform is made up of 7 computing (and price-point) levels. All levels incorporate the Intel ix86 processor which provides compatibility and scalability within the product family. The general break-down is as follows: Level 1 Portables. Notebook and Notepad systems Level 2 Entry level systems. Desktop systems. Level 3 Large desktop systems. Large desktop client/entry level server. Level 4 Tightly coupled symmetric multiprocessor. Currently this is to be based on the 50Mhz i486 and is scalable from 1 to 4 processors. Level 5 Tightly coupled symmetric multiprocessor. Currently this is to be based on the 50Mhz i486 and is scalable from 2 to 8 processors. Level 6 Loosely coupled multiprocessor technology. Regional/Enterprise OLTP/ Decision Support. Scalable to hundreds of processors. Capable of > 4,000 MIPS. Up to 250 TPS. Disk capacities over 100GBs. Uses disk array technology. Level 7 Loosely coupled multiprocessor technology. Enterprise OLTP/ Decision Support. Scalable to thousands of processors. Capable of > 100,000 MIPS. Up to 60,000 TPS. Disk capacities in the TBs. Uses disk array technology. Expect more announcements on the Level 6 & 7 on May 13, 1991. The following operating systems are supported: AT&T UNIX SVR4 on levels 2 -7 SCO UNIX SVR3.2 on levels 2-4 (Uniprocessors) OS/2 on levels 2-4 (Uniprocessors) DOS on 2-4 (Uniprocessors) ----------- NCR is not responsible for the comments that I have made here. ________________________________________________________________________ Dennis M. Dooley VOICEplus 421-1790 NCR Corporation ncrsea!dmdc (206) 643-4150 15400 S.E. 30th Pl. dennis.dooley@ncrsea.Seattle.NCR.COM Bellevue, WA. 98007