基于Intel芯片的服务器经过几年的努力,现正逐步走向成熟。制造商们在制作更快速、更高级、更便宜的 PentiumPro系统,以吸引以往表示冷淡的客户。 去年春季首次出现的重要突破,是四路(four-way)Pen-tium Pro服务器进入市场。产品功效与某些基于 RISC的服务器不相上下,但价格便宜了许多,因而为一些公司收发电子邮件、建立 Web站和部门数据库提供了新的选择。这种服务器使信息系统经理们能在一种硬件平台上实现计算技术标准化,既能运行Windows NT,也能运行UNIX的应用软件,大大降低成本。 After several years of hard work, Intel-based servers are gradually becoming mature. Manufacturers are making faster, more advanced and cheaper PentiumPro systems to appeal to customers who used to be lukewarm. The first significant breakthrough last spring was the four-way Pen-Tium Pro server coming to market. The product is as effective as some RISC-based servers but at a fraction of the cost and offers new options for some companies to send and receive e-mail, set up Web sites and departmental databases. This server enables information system managers to standardize computing on a hardware platform that runs both Windows NT and UNIX applications, reducing costs significantly.