 NetServer LH II, dualPentium IIdeskside tower from 1998 | |
| Developer | Hewlett-Packard |
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| Released | May 17, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-05-17) |
| Discontinued | 2002; 24 years ago (2002) |
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| Successor | ProLiant (servers) |
NetServer was a line ofx86-basedserver andworkstation computers sold byHewlett-Packard (HP) from 1993 to 2002.[1][2] It was Hewlett-Packard's first entry in the commoditylocal area networking (LAN) market.
The NetServer line comprised a wide range of models featuring differing form factors and processor configurations.
NetServer was succeeded byProLiant in 2002, a line of servers previously owned byCompaq whom HP acquired in 2002 (and now owned byHewlett Packard Enterprise since 2015).
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Hewlett-Packard introduced the x86-based NetServer line of servers and workstations on May 1993, with the LE series and LM series. The NetServer LE low-cost option, sporting aminitower case. The cheapest model in the LE range features a 33-MHzi486SX chip, 4 MB of memory, and no built-in hard disk drives (aFast SCSI controller card was preinstalled, however, for aftermarket hard drive installation; up to four hard drives can be installed internally, with aRAID controller optional). More higher-end models in the LE range featurei486 andDX2 processors clocked at 33 MHz and 66 MHz, respectively. The NetServer LM series, meanwhile, sported cases twice as wide (the so-calleddeskside form factor) in order to accommodate up to eight hard drives in aRAID 0,RAID 1, orRAID 5 array. These LM-series NetServers featured either a 33-MHz i486, a 66-MHz DX2, or single or dualPentium processors.[1] The entire NetServer line initially competed with HP's ownRISC-based9000 line of workstations[3] as well asCompaq'sProLiant line of servers that were introduced around the same time, of which HP would ultimately acquire later on in 2002. The LE-series models were released to market on May 17, 1993; the LM-series models were scheduled to ship later in July.[4]
Later entries in the NetServer line featured single or dualPentium II andPentium III processors.[5][6]
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.
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