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Xeon Servers: They're a Gas, Gas, Gas

Have you spent too much on your low-performance, high-maintenance server? Maybe it's time to upgrade to a Xeon- or Pentium III-based powerhouse. With faster cache and more of it, plus built-in redundancy and reliability features, the seven workgroup servers we tested are no flash in the pan.

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Best Buy: Acer Altos 12000

An impressive amalgam of high-performing components, a super chip, and a wide array of features earns the Altos 12000 our Best Buy award. This big and brawny powerhouse used dual PIII-550 Xeon processors and a two-channel RAID subsystem to perform consistently well in our tests, and Acer also shows admirable attention to detail with rampant redundancy and excellent setup and fault-tolerance features.

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