The SystemPro was also one of the first PC-style systems specifically designed as a network server, and as such was built from the ground up to take full advantage of the EISA bus.

It included such features as multiprocessing (the original systems were asymmetric-only), hardware RAID, and bus-mastering network cards.

The only operating system which fully supported the SystemPro's asymmetric multiprocessing was a custom version of SCO Unix, sold by Compaq.

The system used a state-of-the-art shared memory bus design, called Tri-Flex Architecture, to facilitate its multiprocessing capabilities.

Two IDA cards could be installed, allowing all 8 hard drive bays to be filled (each IDA controller array would appear as a separate logical drive to the operating system, however), providing a grand total of 1.2 GB using RAID 5, or 1.6 GB using non-redundant striping (RAID 0).

It was replaced, also in 1992, by Compaq's ProSignia[3][4] line, and later the ProLiant series, which introduced hot swappable drives and the rack mount chassis now popular in data centers.