There are better boxes out there for about the same price. The unit we received had a single 1-GHz Pentium III processor. The indicator LEDs show hard-disk activity, system failure warning, power status and NIC activity. While the USB ports on the front of the machine seem like a convenient feature, in the server and rack-mount area, it's hard to see the need for USB at all. Of all the machines we tested, the SGI 1100 had about the worse serviceability.
Nothing comes off without a screwdriver, including the top cover.
If the IDE drive fails, it has to be unscrewed from the box and removed. The box contains a single 200-watt power supply. Tech Library Our Tech Library offers thousands of white papers and research reports on emerging and hot technologies. There you'll gain access to the most current reports available from top analysts and vendors. Check out Tech Library now and become enlightened.