Chip boosts servers

*Chip boosts servers. (Systech Corp's Etherplex Unix Communications Coprocessor EISA) (PC Week Netweek) (Brief Article)
PC Week May 9, 1994 v11 n18 pN13(1)
PC Week May 9, 1994 v11 n18 pN13(1)

Chip boosts servers. (Systech Corp's Etherplex Unix
Communications Coprocessor EISA) (PC Week Netweek) (Brief
Article)

by Blakeley, Michael

Full Text
To boost user response for CPU-intensive processes, Systech Corp. has
begun shipping an EISA version of its Etherplex Unix Communications
Coprocessor.

The Etherplex product attempts to improve network response time by
off-loading the telnet daemon, TCP/IP stack, and virtual terminal
management from the Unix host CPU. The product is available for The
Santa Cruz Operation Inc.'s Open Server and Novell Inc.'s UnixWare.

A 2M-byte version, priced at $3,995, will allow 256 additional users to
log in; an 8M-byte Etherplex board, costing $5,995, will support 2,048
users.

Installed, the Etherplex board is transparent to the Unix host; client
machines see only the host.

While Systech claims a 300 percent improvement in terminal I/O
throughput with the Etherplex, potential buyers should carefully
consider whether their Unix system is facing a bottleneck caused by
terminal I/O or by other factors.

The Etherplex should improve user response times for CPU-intensive
processes -- however, disk-intensive processes remain unaccelerated.
Systech, of San Diego, can be contacted at (619) 453-8970.

Type: Product Announcement

Company: SYSTECH Corp.

Product: Systech Etherplex UCC (Communications server)

Topic: Product Introduction
Multiplexer

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