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In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee proposed to his employer CERN (European center for nuclear research) a new project, which had the goal of easing the exchange of information between scientists by using a hypertext system. As a result of the implementation of this project, Berners-Lee wrote two programs: a browser called WorldWideWeb and the world's first Web server, which ran on NeXTSTEP. Today, this machine is on exhibition at CERN's public museum, Microcosm.
Today's Web servers, while conceptually not too different from Burners-Lee's machine, run modern hardware and software. Combined with a solid and reliable system of telecommunication lines, today's Web server technology thrives to produce a high level of reliability and a maximum amount of uptime.
Our servers run Intel Dual-Core Xeon processors at 3 GHz and 1Mb L2 cache, with 2-4GB of RAM and RAID protected hard drives providing the power, versatility, and reliability required for high end servers. The combination provides outstanding performance and headroom for peak workloads, resulting in faster response times.
Why did we chose the Intel Dual Xeon? Because it is an exceptional performer.
The Xeon is Intel's name for its server-class PC microprocessors intended for multiple-processor machines. The name has been kept over several generations of processors. Older models added the name Xeon to the end of the name of the corresponding standard range but the more recent models have just used the name Xeon on its own. Xeon chips generally have more cache and support larger multiprocessor configurations than their desktop counterparts.
Dual-core technology puts two complete CPUs into the same package. Since dual-core Xeon CPUs have also HyperThreading technology – which simulates two CPUs per core – the operating system recognizes each dual-core Xeon processor as four CPUs. So, on a server using two dual-core Xeon CPUs the operating system will recognize eight CPUs (four cores, two per processor, and two logic processors per core).
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