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'''NetServer''' was a line of [[x86]]-based [[Server (computing)|server]] and [[workstation]] computers sold by [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP) from 1993 to 2002.<ref name=fisher>{{cite journal | last=Fisher | first=Susan E. | date=May 3, 1993 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A13714444/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Tower 'wide-body' servers deploy RAID, LAN management | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=17 | page=1 ''et seq.'' | via=Gale}}</ref><ref name=dumps>{{cite journal | last=Morochove | first=Richard | date=May 13, 2002 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/438449346/ | title=Computer bargains likely as HP dumps product lines | journal=Toronto Star | page=E2 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> The line comprised a wide range of models featuring differing form factors and processor configurations. The line was Hewlett-Packard's entry in the commodity [[local area network]]ing (LAN) market. The NetServer was succeeded by the [[ProLiant]] in 2002, a line of servers previously owned by [[Compaq]], whom HP acquired in 2002.
'''NetServer''' was a line of [[x86]]-based [[Server (computing)|server]] and [[workstation]] computers sold by [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP) from 1993 to 2002.<ref name=fisher>{{cite journal | last=Fisher | first=Susan E. | date=May 3, 1993 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A13714444/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Tower 'wide-body' servers deploy RAID, LAN management | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=17 | page=1 ''et seq.'' | via=Gale}}</ref><ref name=dumps>{{cite journal | last=Morochove | first=Richard | date=May 13, 2002 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/438449346/ | title=Computer bargains likely as HP dumps product lines | journal=Toronto Star | page=E2 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> It was was Hewlett-Packard's first entry in the commodity [[local area network]]ing (LAN) market.
The NetServer line comprised a wide range of models featuring differing form factors and processor configurations.

NetServer was succeeded by [[ProLiant]] in 2002, a line of servers previously owned by [[Compaq]] whom HP acquired in 2002 (and now owned by [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] since 2015).


==History==
==History==
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Later entries in the NetServer line featured single or dual [[Pentium II]] and [[Pentium III]] processors.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Cochrane | first=Nathan | date=January 13, 1998 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/363403037/ | title=Pentium-II Servers Dual It Out | journal=The Sydney Morning Herald | page=30 | via=ProQuest}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | date=January 17, 2000 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/315121646/ | title=HP rolls out latest NetServers | journal=Dominion | page=16 | via=ProQuest}}</ref>
Later entries in the NetServer line featured single or dual [[Pentium II]] and [[Pentium III]] processors.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Cochrane | first=Nathan | date=January 13, 1998 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/363403037/ | title=Pentium-II Servers Dual It Out | journal=The Sydney Morning Herald | page=30 | via=ProQuest}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | date=January 17, 2000 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/315121646/ | title=HP rolls out latest NetServers | journal=Dominion | page=16 | via=ProQuest}}</ref>


HP discontinued the NetServer line in 2002, succeeding it with the [[ProLiant]], a line of servers that [[Compaq]] had introduced as a competitor to the NetServer back in 1993. HP acquired Compaq in 2002.<ref name=dumps />
HP acquired Compaq in 2002, which accounted for HP borrowing numerous different product lines from the previously independent company.<ref name=dumps /> With this, HP discontinued the NetServer line that same year, replacing it with the [[ProLiant]] line of servers that were originally introduced by [[Compaq]] back in 1993 as a competitor to the NetServer at that time.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 09:40, 23 March 2024

NetServer
NetServer E 800, dual Pentium III server
DeveloperHewlett-Packard
Type
Release dateMay 1993 (1993-05)
Discontinued2002 (2002)
CPU
SuccessorProLiant (servers)

NetServer was a line of x86-based server and workstation computers sold by Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 1993 to 2002.[1][2] It was was Hewlett-Packard's first entry in the commodity local area networking (LAN) market.

The NetServer line comprised a wide range of models featuring differing form factors and processor configurations.

NetServer was succeeded by ProLiant in 2002, a line of servers previously owned by Compaq whom HP acquired in 2002 (and now owned by Hewlett Packard Enterprise since 2015).

History

Hewlett-Packard introduced the x86-based NetServer line of servers and workstations in May 1993 with the LE series and LM series. The NetServer LE low-cost option, sporting a minitower case. The cheapest model in the LE range features a 33-MHz i486SX chip, 4 MB of memory, and no built-in hard disk drives (a Fast SCSI controller card was preinstalled, however, for aftermarket hard drive installation; up to four hard drives can be installed internally, with a RAID controller optional). More higher-end models in the LE range feature i486 and DX2 processors clocked at 33 MHz and 66 MHz, respectively. The NetServer LM series, meanwhile, sported cases twice as wide (the so-called deskside form factor) in order to accommodate up to eight hard drives in a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5 array. These LM-series NetServers featured either a 33-MHz i486, a 66-MHz DX2, or single or dual Pentium processors.[1] The entire NetServer line initially competed with HP's own RISC-based 9000 line of workstations.[3]

Later entries in the NetServer line featured single or dual Pentium II and Pentium III processors.[4][5]

HP acquired Compaq in 2002, which accounted for HP borrowing numerous different product lines from the previously independent company.[2] With this, HP discontinued the NetServer line that same year, replacing it with the ProLiant line of servers that were originally introduced by Compaq back in 1993 as a competitor to the NetServer at that time.

References

  1. ^ a b Fisher, Susan E. (May 3, 1993). "Tower 'wide-body' servers deploy RAID, LAN management". PC Week. 10 (17). Ziff-Davis: 1 et seq. – via Gale.
  2. ^ a b Morochove, Richard (May 13, 2002). "Computer bargains likely as HP dumps product lines". Toronto Star: E2 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Carlton, Jim (May 6, 1994). "Computer Companies Rush to Servers to Boost Profits". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company: B4 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Cochrane, Nathan (January 13, 1998). "Pentium-II Servers Dual It Out". The Sydney Morning Herald: 30 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "HP rolls out latest NetServers". Dominion: 16. January 17, 2000 – via ProQuest.
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