1.   But when you consider the computing power of these behemoths, and the number of smaller servers they can replace, the picture starts to look different.

2.   By Monday afternoon, technicians had connected a smaller backup server, but it was unable to keep up with the flow of e-mail traffic.

3.   Client-server systems, which replace mainframes with smaller server computers linked to desktop personal computers, have since become the preferred corporate approach.

4.   Hewlett-Packard, which is stronger in smaller Unix servers, began selling its Superdome machine earlier this year.

5.   This links smaller servers working for thousands of different users.

6.   It also launched a cheaper six-processor Web server and a smaller server aimed at e-business.

7.   The smaller server has crashed several times and sometimes creeps along.