HP unveils low-end server for $550
ENT News | at | by Mike
Hewlett-Packard this week introduced an entry-level server starting at $550 for cost-sensitive, small- to medium-sized businesses. The server is part of the tc2100 series, which costs less than HP's flagship line of ProLiant industry-standard servers. HP says the tc2100 server series is focused on providing simple setup, dependable performance and household-name service and support at a desktop price. The new model is called the tc2120.
The rock-bottom-priced model comes with a 1.8-GHz Intel Celeron processor, 128 MB of RAM and a 40-GB ATA drive. An $800 model sports an Intel Pentium 4 chip at 2.53 GHz, double the RAM and the same hard drive. For $950 total, HP replaces the ATA drive with a 36-GB SCSI drive. Adding an operating system pushes the price higher -- to $1,750 with Windows 2000 Server.