Workstation Systems
Workstation Systems leans toward HP's blade workstations: ProLiant xw460c, xw2x220c and xw25p blades that ran users' desktops from the data center, plus the DL380z Gen8 virtual workstation. Towers include HP xw4100, xw5000 and xw6600 systems, a Lenovo ThinkStation P330, and PA-RISC C3700 and J6000 workstations for HP-UX. A Supermicro SuperWorkstation SYS-7049A-T barebone and a Dell Precision 3520 mobile workstation are listed too.
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Workstations in this category
Blade workstations
Blades like the xw460c sit in a BladeSystem enclosure, and users reach them from a thin client or PC through remote graphics software.
PA-RISC systems
The C3700 and J6000 run HP-UX, not Windows, and are usually bought to keep legacy engineering software running.
Barebone towers
The Supermicro SYS-7049A-T takes two LGA3647 Xeon Scalable processors and arrives without processors, memory or drives.
Workstation Systems
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between a workstation and a desktop PC?
Workstations pair professional graphics, ECC memory and Xeon processors certified for engineering and design software, and they're built for sustained heavy loads. A desktop can run many of the same programs without those certifications or error-correcting memory.
What is a virtual workstation like the DL380z?
A rack server built to host workstation sessions on professional GPUs, which users reach remotely. It puts workstation graphics in the data center instead of under each desk.
Do older workstations run current operating systems?
Usually not well. Systems like the xw4100 and xw6600 predate Windows 10 and 11, so they're mostly bought to run the software they were built for.
