Data General Introduces First AViiON NT Servers Based On Intel Pentium II Xeon Processors; Strengthens NT Departmental Server Line and Award-Winning NT Cluster in-a-Box

Business Wire, August 10, 1998

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--Data General Corporation today introduced its first AViiON servers based on Intel Pentium II Xeon processors targeted at the Microsoft Windows NT Server enterprise market: the AV 3700 tower and the AV 3700R rackmounted departmental systems. The AV 3700R is also the basis for a new version of Data General's award-winning AViiON NT Cluster-in-a-Box(TM) high-availability package.

"The NT marketplace continues to be our fastest-growing server area," said David Flawn, vice president of NT Marketing at Data General. "These new systems combined with applications from our strategic software alliances and our extensive NT services portfolio enable us to deliver higher-valued solutions that meet our customers' business needs."

The AV 3700 has up to four 400-MHz Intel Pentium II Xeon processors, each with up to 1 MB L2 cache, and up to 4 GB of memory. Both the tower and the rackmounted version support seven I/O slots, plus three onboard SCSI channels and video board. The AV 3700R (rackmounted version of the AV 3700) can be configured with up to four servers. Each AV 3700 server can support up to 4.3 Terabytes of CLARiiON(R) Fibre Channel 5X00 Series disk arrays.

"Data General is the first to provide NT server users with the performance and high-availability features that full Fibre Channel-based storage systems can offer," said Mr. Flawn.

"in-a-Box" Packaging

The AV 3700R is also the basis for Data General's unique AViiON NT Cluster-in-a-Box high-availability package in a single rackmounted system. NT Cluster-in-a-Box consists of two AV 3700 servers running Microsoft Cluster Server, a fault-tolerant CLARiiON RAID storage system, the company's NTerprise Manager(TM) server management software, and NTAlert(SM) "call home" support tool.

"Data General was the first company to offer this innovative pre-assembled, pre-loaded, and pre-tested package for the NT market. The benefits for the customer are quite clear: minimized implementation risk with quick, trouble-free deployment of their applications and 7x24 protection, leading to faster return on their investment," said Mr. Flawn. "This focus on scalable and highly available NT servers and storage systems is right in step with Microsoft's strategy for the enterprise computing marketplace. We are actively working with them to deliver additional solutions to customers beyond the recently announced healthcare initiative."

Pricing and Availability

Estimated street price for the AV 3700 tower will start under $7,500, with the rackmounted version starting at an estimated street price under $8,000. Price includes three-year on-site warranty; NTerprise Manager server manager software including ManageX and NTAlert, a 10/100 LAN card, and a modem for "call home" service support. The AV 3700 and AV 3700R servers will start shipping within 30 days. P. In addition to Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and Enterprise Edition, customers of AV 3700 servers will also be able to use Microsoft Terminal Server Edition, and Citrix WinFrame.

About Data General

Data General (NYSE:DGN), based in Westboro, Massachusetts, is a major supplier storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers worldwide. The company's products include CLARiiON Fibre Channel storage systems, high-end NT and UNIX AViiON servers, and related software and services. The company reported fiscal 1997 revenues of $1.5 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com.

AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks; Cluster-in-a-Box and NTerprise Manager are trademarks; and NTAlert is a service mark of Data General Corporation. All other brand names and product names referred to in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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