Dell updates low-end server line
The company plans to announce two servers, the PowerEdge SC420 and the SC1420, for small customers Monday.
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Dell plans to announce two servers for small customers Monday, the PowerEdge SC420 with a starting price less than $500 and the SC1420 with a starting price of $799. The SC420 uses a single Pentium 4 processor and can accommodate 4GB of memory, while the SC1420 accommodates dual Xeon processors and as much as 8GB of memory.
Both servers are available with Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2003 or Red Hat Linux ES3.0, as well as packages for security, backup and management. Dell also offers installation, setup and training services with the products.
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