A zero administration web-server appliance that's simple to install, configure, operate, and grow.
The SiteStakTM TW-500 from THiiNTM Line is designed to be the basic building block for web site hosting services and large-scale content providers.
Built with inexpensive, reliable commodity components, it’s the first in a family of single-purpose, specialized appliances designed to bring economy,
simplicity and utility to web publishing and administration.
Smart, Web-wise
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Small, simple and cheap as it is, the SiteStak is far smarter, web-wise, than any of today’s most powerful commercial systems.
It is self tuning, self configuring, and self monitoring. It uses content-aware memory organization to optimize web performance.
A single SiteStak can be used, with containment security, to host multiple web sites. Or each SiteStak can be dedicated to a single web site.
To grow, new SiteStaks can be stacked quickly and easily: they’ll configure their network addresses automatically.
Publish Power
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Simple as it is, the SiteStak makes a powerful publishing server.
It features comprehensive log-file management and compatibility with Microsoft® FrontPage, Netscape® Page Composer, and AOLpress.
Content can be static or dynamic with full support for FrontPage components, CGI, and server-side scripting in VBScript, Jscript, and Perl.
All You'll Ever Need
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Best of all, the SiteStak doesn’t weigh the web site down with gadget-ridden hardware or superfluous software.
It occupies just 1.75 inches of rack space, comes with a two-page startup guide, and needs just two connections: power and 10/100 MB Fast Ethernet.
SiteStak TW-500 Numbers
- Hosts up to 1,000 web sites
- Stores up to 160,000 web pages
- 500 hits/second
- Processes up to 43,000,000 hits/day
- Fits in 1U of rack space (1.75 inches)
- 1 SPECweb96 per cubic inch (10x performance density of competition)
- 20,000 SPECweb96 per rack (1,700,000,000 hits/day)
SiteStak Features
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Appliance-like Installation
- No console, keyboard or mouse
- No software to install
- Plug in power, Ethernet, and turn on
- Automatically configures network address information (requires DHCP or RARP server)
- Configurable via any web browser
Web Server Features
- Multi-threaded design
- Virtual server support
- HTTP/1.1 HOST header
- HTTP/1.1 byte range support
- NCSA and CERN image maps
- Microsoft FrontPage server extensions
- Server-side includes
Virtual Web Site Support
- Shared or dedicated IP addressing
- Advanced web site containment within server
- Critical-resource usage monitored, limits enforced on disk, network, CPU, and cache
Server-side Active Content
- CGI/1.1
- VBScript
- Jscript
- Perl
- Server-side includes
Publishing Protocols
- FTP
- HTTP/PUT
- Microsoft FrontPage
Content-aware Performance
- Embedded objects such as GIFs, JPEGs and other HTML pages are pre-fetched into cache
- Frequently-requested files are given cache preference, decreasing response times for popular pages
- Content-aware disk layout improves average seek times
Search Engine
- Full text indexing and search engine
- Compatible with HTML and text files
- Integrated with security engine
Comprehensive Log File Management
- Each SiteStak maintains a global, configurable rotating log
- Each virtual web site’s log size is configurable
- SiteStak Storage Manager software periodically processes global logs, automatically distributing web site log records to each publisher
- Microsoft Extended log file format with user-agent and referer information
HTML Documentation
- Setup Wizard
- Server Administrator documentation
- Publisher documentation
- Context-sensitive help for the novice to the expert webmaster.
Security
- Restricted web site access configurable by ACLs, hostname/IP address, and HTTP Basic Authentication
Alarms, Monitoring, and Reporting
- SNMP traps
- Event log viewer
- Online diagnostics
- Complete per-web site reporting: total hits; disk space, CPU and network I/O usage
Hardware
- Rackmount enclosure (17.25" W x 11.6" L x 1.75" H)
- Weight: 12.5 pounds
- 200 MHz Intel® Pentium® Pro processor
- 512 KB pipelined burst L2 cache
- 128 MB 60ns EDO DRAM with ECC
- Two 2.1 GB SCSI disk drives
- 10/100 MB Fast Ethernet NIC
- Universal input AC/DC power supply (110/220, 50-60 Hz), 4 fans
- Four external connectors: power, 10Base-T 10/100 MB Fast Ethernet, 2 serial ports (RJ-45)
- FCC A, CISPR A, CE mark, UL/CSA/TUV
- Four LEDs: Power, System, Network, Activity
Warranty/Service
- 3-year return-to-factory
- Toll-free telephone support for hardware failures (7 x 24 x 365); and software issues (8:00 to 8:00 M-F)
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