“The device, called Perpetua, starts with eight independent
servers networked with switching and routing capabilities inside a
single box. Each server, equipped with a 450MHz Advanced Micro
Devices Inc. K6 processor and one hard drive, can run its own Unix,
Linux, Windows or NetWare operating system….”
“One of the first customers to sample Perpetua is Honeywell
Security Products….The Fremont, Calif., company purchased a
four-node box with one Limbix system and is running Red Hat Linux
6.0….“
“On paper, at least, we are believers. Now we have to see how it
works,” Donn said. “The way it’s designed, if we pull one component
out, it will continue to work. In terms of specifications, I
haven’t seen anything that comes close to this. And at this kind of
price, people will go for it.”