The Acer Altos G540 provides outstanding value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and new availability features at an affordable price. Advanced capabilities make the server easy to manage, which can help control IT expenses. Redundancy features such as redundant power supplies and native RAID solutions are offered on the Acer Altos G540. The G540 also offers you the possibility to upgrade to enterprise server features such as redundant arrays of storage, in a flexible and affordable manner.

Dual Core 64 Bit Performance

Flexible systems design methodologies allow you to configure the G540 to match your budget. The Acer Altos G540 is based the Intel Xeon 5000 Series processor with 64 Bit processing technology. This platform enables you to run tomorrow's 64 bit applications and boost throughput using Dual Core technology. Indeed, the G540 is built to support next generation Quad Core processors when they become available. System performance can be scaled in line with your business growth, by the addition of a second processor. Redundant power supplies and redundant Hot-swap hard disk drives provide affordable performance and data protection. The G540 introduces Serial Attached SCSI technology to the Acer Altos Range, with throughputs of up to 3Gb/s per channel. The Acer Altos G540 is fully convertible from a tower to a rack mountable form factor.

Best in class redundancy and scalability solutions

The G540 allows you to configure the system, to adapt to your business requirements. Hot-swap features allow you to perform system maintenance without any system downtime.

• Native SATA Raid 0/1 support
• Optional SAS or SATA RAID 5 support
• Up to 8 Hot-swap hard disk drive support
• Up to 32GB of ECC DDR II Memory support
• Memory sparing and memory mirroring
• Hot-swap power supply support
• Six PCI slots to increase I/O bandwidth for improved performance and productivity
• Integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet with fault tolerance

Easy to install and manage

Acer EasyBuild simplifies the installation and set-up, by providing an intuitive GUI based process and by providing all relevant tools to set up your Acer Altos G540. Advanced Server Manager 7.1 software makes comprehensive systems management easy. ASM provides performance management and critical event management and remote console services to network administrators. These components help you control IT expenses by making the G540 simple and efficient to manage.

Typical solutions scenarios

• Workgroup application services
• File, print and fax services
• Groupware
• Domain controller
• DNS Server

To configure Acer Altos Systems and Solutions please go to: http://altosconfigurator.acer-euro.com