The three Compaq servers selected by Archipelago offer a variety of scalability and serviceability features key to the ECN's support of its current customer base and its continued growth. Compaq's ProLiant ML570 is an ideal solution for the ECN, providing maximum scalability, performance and availability with quad-processing capabilities, Intel Pentium III Xeon processors, advanced ECC memory architecture, hot plug redundant power supplies, NICs, fans and drives. Utilizing an advanced ServerWorks chip set, the ML570 maximizes performance and output by increasing concurrency and synchronization of shared resources. The ML570 features Compaq's Triple Peer PCI Bus System Architecture. The unit's cache processors increase system performance, and the server's four-way interleave architecture increases system bandwidth and memory performance.
Clustering ensures that the system remains functional while individual nodes are repaired.
For increased serviceability, the ML570 shares a common system board with the DL580, which provides clean two-way server integration and upgrades. The server supports the latest controllers, adapters, hard drives and storage enclosures and features a high availability Integrated Smart Array Controller for RAID data protection and advanced ECC memory protection algorithms that protect data if any components become nonfunctional. The third server selected by Archipelago, the ProLiant DL360, offers a variety of Archipelago-friendly features, including expanded availability and configuration flexibility. All of the Compaq hardware selected offer high-availability features such as hot plug redundancy, with hot plug redundant fans, power supplies, NICs and drives. These are comprehensive management tools that proactively manage system resources and diagnose problems.