QSOL.COM Announces Its First Servers with Dual AMD Opteron™ Processors

Los Angeles, CA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 4/22/2003 -- QSOL.COM, Inc. today announced the availability of its new line of Dual AMD Opteron™ processor-based 64-bit series of servers, designed for high performance clusters and 3D - visual effects animation in a server farm environment. These AMD Opteron processor-based servers can be custom built using the online configurator at http://qsol.com.

“Customers can benefit from QSOL.COM and AMD Opteron processor technology by enabling users to benefit from 64-bit computing while maintaining compatibility with today’s 32-bit applications.” said Joe Safai, CEO, QSOL.COM INC.

Designed for maximum performance and density, the new QSOL systems, powered AMD Opteron processors, provide high performance and reliability demanded by businesses for their servers. With up to two AMD Opteron processors, the servers are designed for maximum performance at a minimum footprint. Other models include up to 4 internal or hot swappable redundant 250GB IDE or 146GB SCSI drives for up to 1 Terabyte of storage per 1U server, nearly 42 Terabytes of power and storage in a standard rack cabinet.

"Our tests on the new QSOL servers, powered by AMD Opteron processos, have significantly sped up our render capabilities, allowing us to perform graphics at a tremendous speed,” says Boy Wonder Visual Effects, Inc. CTO Brian Krusic.

Most systems will also have optional high definition real-time editing controllers for uncompressed real-time high definition record and playback.

“We are pleased to continue supporting QSOL’s server lineup,” said Ben Williams, director, AMD's Server/Workstation Business Segment, AMD’s Computation Products Group. “AMD64 technology enables 64-bit performance with backward 32-bit compatibility, and offers dramatic performance increases to optimize a variety of business applications, including visual and graphics rendering.”

QSOL’s wide variety of AMD Opteron processor-based systems enable customers to utilize QSOL’s online SysBuilder to build their own configuration on the fly. Users can choose from a variety of rackmount servers and configure the chassis, processor, memory, and hard drives, including the operating system. A typical AMD Opteron processor-based system can be configured as follows:

2U QSOL Model Q26/Q28 Chassis with Dual Redundant 460W Power supplies
Dual AMD Opteron Processors
Up to 12GB of 333MHz ECC Registered DDR Memory
Onboard Ultra 320 SCSI controllers
Optional Ultra 320 SCSI RAID controllers
Up to eight (8) 146GB 10,000RPM SCSU Drives with RAID
Up to eight (8) 250GB 7200RPM IDE Drives with RAID
Dual 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet Network support

About QSOL.COM, Inc.
QSOL.COM, Inc. a worldwide leading manufacturer of rackmount server systems specializes in the design and production of turnkey clusters and systems. Located in Los Angeles, we are in the heart of the Visual Effects industry and can cater to the majority of VFX companies rapidly and with ease. With numerous Fortune 500 and government clients, QSOL can provide the best design and development of the highest demanding server requirements. QSOL's specialty includes single or dual CPU systems, as well as integrated multi processor and multi-terabyte storage systems at the most competitive prices. To learn more about QSOL.COM please visit http://www.qsol.com or call (800)933-7510. . E-mail inquiries may be sent to: sales@qsol.com.

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