Digital AlphaServer A4100

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AlphaServer was the name given to a series of server computers, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and latterly by Compaq and HP. As the name suggests, the AlphaServers were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor. Supported operating systems for AlphaServers are Tru64 UNIX (formerly Digital UNIX), OpenVMS and Windows NT (on earlier systems, with AlphaBIOS ARC firmware), while enthusiasts have provided alternative operating systems such as Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD.

Digital claimed Unprecedented performance
and headroom powered by
DIGITAL 64-bit Alpha technology

Exceptional complex database
applications capacity and
performance using VLM64™
(Very Large Memory) support

Unmatched I/O scalability
and investment protection
with next-generation 64-bit PCI

Optimized flexibility and application
migration with a choice
of three operating systems:
DIGITAL UNIX®, Microsoft®
Windows NT™, or OpenVMS™

Innovative configuration
flexibility with system drawer
design and DIGITAL UltraSCSI
StorageWorks™"

They had a clock speed upto to 600 MHz with a cache size via an on board chip of 8 KB I-cache, 8 KB D-cache, 96 KB secondary/ and 8 MB per processor. Maximum memory for 4000 4 GB 4 GB
for 4100 8 GB
Maximum disk capacity Pedestal: 380 GB/over 15 TB
(in-cabinet/total) Cabinet: 760 GB/over 15 TB
Maximum I/O bandwidth 500 MB/s (1 GB/s with I/O expansion)
I/O support (max. config.) for 4100 8 64-bit PCI slots (including 3 shared PCI/EISA slots), 2 64-bit PCI channels

Our unit is housed in a StorageWorks cabinet SW500-AD

Manufacturer: Digital
Date: 1998



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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH7797. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 

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