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8-way server

A 8-way server includes 8 CPUs in one computer which provides better performance, scalability and higher availability (fault tolerant). Each CPUs can conduct individual processes simultaneously. They can work like 8 individual computers, or work as a group to process a large job together, or simply work as the back-up for each other to increase fault tolerance.


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8-way server