Portable Server survives open sea and land conditions.
Press Release Summary:
Self-contained, rack-mount PServer R9 is built with dual 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon processors, up to 12 GB double data rate PC3200 SDRAM, and four isolated drive bays. Multi-slot server employs aluminum alloy chassis, which accommodates extended ATX form-factor motherboard that resists jarring and shock extremes. System includes flat panel display, detachable keyboard with touch pad, and network ready, dual port, 100 Base Tx or 1000 Base Tx network interface card.Original Press Release:
New Rugged Server is Portable Anywhere, Under Any Condition On Open Sea or Land
City of Industry, CA (March 19, 2003) - Broadax Systems, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of their PServer R9, a truly portable server that brings rack mount system power to the road. This unique system is a self-contained, highly reliable rugged server built with dual 2.8GHz Intel Xeon processors, up to 12GB double data rate (DDR) PC3200 SDRAM, and four drive bays for 7,200 or 10,000 RPM hard drives, DVD, DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW drives. Each system can be configured for the user's unique needs and applications for such military and industrial situations as onboard military aircraft, naval and coast guard vessels, military deployment, explorations in extreme locals as in oil exploration, and other field applications.
The ultra-rugged multi-slot PServer R9 transports ultra-server power, reliability and redundancy to any field environment or portable application. Just as a portable laptop but rugged enough to survive military field deployment, the server's aluminum alloy chassis accommodates an extended ATX form-factor motherboard able to resist jarring, shocking extremes. The unit enjoys up to 2.8 GHz processing power using dual Intel Xeon CPU's working in unison and/or redundantly. Extending this power, the PServer R9 can be configured with 12 GB of DDR SDRAM making the unit as powerful as any desk or rack server.
The PServer R9 deploys four isolated drive bays that can support a single or multiple hard drives and a variety of optical disk drives including DVD, DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW. Disk configurations include three 7,200RPM ATA-100 IDE SCSI HDD or three 10,000RPM SCSI HDD, both configurable for RAID 0,1 or 5 with an optional hardware IDE RAID card that supports hardware RAID 0, 1, 5 or 5+1.
Each system includes a large flat panel display, detachable keyboard with touch pad, and amplified speakers. Display options include a 15" 1280x1024 500nit sunlit-readable SVGA or a 15.4" or 17" 1280 x 1024 SVGA display. The PServer R9 accommodates a built-in digital conversion board allowing users to incorporate third party video cards. Available for this feature are 8MB integrated ATI graphics controller, GeForce4 128MB MGP card, 16MB PCI graphics card and 32MB 3Dlabs Oxygen VXI PCI graphics card.
Other features of the PServer R9 include a network ready dual port 100 Base Tx or 1000 Base Tx network interface card (NIC), a full range of 400 Watt ATX and DC power supplies for flexible input power, three 64-Bit PCI card slots for application flexibility and a padded transit case for added safety. The dimensions of the unit are 17.25" (W) x 13.38" (H) x 9.25" (D).
Price And Availability
The PServer R9 family of products starts as low as $7,995 with dual Xeon 2.0GHz processors, 128MB DDR SDRAM, 20GB hard drive and 15.4" TFT 1400x1050 SXGA. Prices vary with faster CPUs, additional drives and memory, different displays, all weather options, and others. GSA and quantity discounts available. Delivery is 2-3 weeks ARO.
About Broadax
Focused on its primary mission to provide state-of-the-art computer systems for mobile and industrial computing needs, Broadax Systems, Inc. (BSI) offers a broad range of high-end PC systems in rugged portable, notebook and industrial rack-mount designs for use in business, research, engineering, industrial, aerospace and military settings.
BSI was founded in 1986 and is a pioneer in the portable computer industry. Since its beginning, BSI continues to reduce the overall size and weight of portable PCs while retaining all the expansion and power capacities of a desktop computer. Customers include Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, the Army National Guard and other business-to-business, consumers, and government agencies.
For more information on BSI and the RMS-6260 e-server, customers should contact Edward Shih at 17539 E. Rowland Street, City Of Industry, CA 91748 phone 800.872.4547 fax 626.964.2665 e-mail at edward@bsicomputer.com. The company is on the World Wide Web at www.bsicomputer.com.
