Thursday, March 17, 2011

Vigor EX: a workstation mobile dual-Xeon

The problem with conventional mobile workstations, it is very often the lack of raw power and storage space. Of course, business notebooks are becoming more powerful, but it is not always enough. The manufacturer NectComputing proposes a true portable workstation, the Vigor EX S5500. Comprising a 17-inch screen (touchscreen optional) capable of displaying a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and a Xeon platform, this computer is integrated with a reinforced frame with carrying handle and anti-shock protection.

One or two processors Xeon L5630 (quad-core clocked at 2.13 GHz) or L5640 (hexa-core 2.26 GHz) will take place in this workstation, and a maximum of 48 GB of DDR3 memory and up to 7 TB of storage (via SAS or SATA hard drives mounted in RAID 0/1/5/10). A DVD burner is also present, along with a Matrox graphics card G200eW.

A PCI-Express 2.0 x16, two PCI-Express 2.0 8x, an 8x PCI-Express 1.0 and two PCI slots are available, as well as two Gigabit Ethernet controllers. Of course, this is a transportable workstation and not a laptop, so there is no built-in battery, but a real power, 460W or 700W depending on options selected.

Finally, we note the possibility of adding two additional screens 17 inches from either side of the integrated display. In order not to scare too many potential customers, the manufacturer does not provide the price for this solution ...

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