14 DAY TRIAL // Acer’s new AC100 micro server is a compact system powered by an Intel Xeon E3-1200, Intel Core i3 or Pentium series processor. Acer has just announced the detail on its official website, but the system cannot be yet found on the company’s online store.
Acer’s new small server comes preloaded with unique Acer utilities and Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials to ensure the success of startup and small-size businesses.
It packs a 80-plus certified 200 watts PSU, that seems to have enough juice to feed up to 8TB of RAID storage and 16GB memory.
The system is quite capable for its size and comes with four 3.5-inch hot-pluggable hard drive bays, six USB ports, one PCIe x8 slot, as well as video and eSATA ports.
The storage controller is able to support RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 modes and will handle any kind of backup method required.
"We're committed to helping organizations succeed by providing systems that are easy to set up, use and maintain without taking up a lot of space.The AC100 provides plenty of power, security and expansion without requiring dedicated IT resources, which can be imperative for a small business.Plus, we assure superior technical service from North American call centers, so our customers can focus on what they do best, their core business," said Michael O'Beirne, Acer senior director, commercial product marketing.
The chipset powering the AC100’s mainboard is Intel’s C206. The system has four 3.5” hard drive bays and comes with integrated single-port Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet.
Acer’s online shop will offer a wide list of operating system options including: Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1.
Pricing has not yet been revealed.
