Amdahl Offers Clustered Solutions for Windows NT using Fibre Channel.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998--

Complete high availability solutions including integrated hardware, software and operational services support enterprise-level Windows NT.

Amdahl Corporation today introduced a suite of high availability clustered solutions that deliver multi-node and cascading application failover over Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL). Amdahl's clustered solutions feature Fujitsu(R) teamservers(TM), LVS(TM) storage systems, operational and maintenance services, and LifeKeeper(TM) for Windows NT(R) high availability software. The Amdahl High-Availability (HA) Cluster Solutions are being offered for enterprise IT customers seeking to deploy large-scale, business-critical applications on Windows NT.

The HA Cluster Solutions provide end-to-end availability of applications and data by packaging world-class hardware with a rich suite of products and services - from assessment and design through implementation and support - that makes business-critical computing under Windows NT an attractive option to higher cost alternatives.

"Availability is a key issue in the NT market, especially in comparison with UNIX(R)" said Ali Jenab, vice president, systems marketing, Amdahl Corporation. "Amdahl's HA Cluster Solutions address availability by providing core technology that includes Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL), highly resilient integrated hardware with redundant components plus software tools to allow applications to restart on a clustered server node."

Operational and maintenance service expertise with mission-critical computing is as important as hardware or software, according to Jenab. "While other vendors offer cluster-in-a-box solutions, our customers understand that it isn't that simple," he said. "You can't 'shrink-wrap' availability if it can be limited by clients, networks, help desks, or business practices."

A basic Amdahl HA Cluster Solution package includes two Fujitsu teamservers and one Amdahl LVS 4000 Storage unit attached via FCAL. FCAL allows additional servers, or disk storage capacity as needed, and, with LifeKeeper for Windows NT, allows cascading failover across multiple nodes (up to 16) with mirrored data storage. Other packages will feature Microsoft Cluster Server that supports two servers with shared external storage and Amdahl's SCSI-based LVS 4000 storage systems.

debis Systemhaus, a subsidiary of Daimler-Benz InterServices (debis) AG, and Germany's leading vendor-independent IT services provider has deployed an Amdahl high availability cluster solution.

"It is an absolute necessity for debis to be able to provide 24x7 availability of Microsoft Windows NT-based applications to our customers," said Klaus Rubik, Project Manager at debis Systemhaus in Munich. "We chose Amdahl to help meet our needs because of its successful history of developing enterprise-wide IT solutions and their specific expertise in dealing with business-critical data on the enterprise level. Together, debis and Amdahl have designed and implemented what is basically a hot, mirrored, active data center, greatly reducing any risks that might be associated with our deployment of critical applications and data under Windows NT."

This is yet another example of the Amdahl tradition of bringing robust, enterprise-class technology solutions and services to its customers. Amdahl continues to "raise the bar" by providing products and services that help customers gain a competitive advantage in their industries.

About Amdahl

Amdahl Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of information technology products and solutions for the global marketplace with revenues of $37.7 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. Amdahl provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Amdahl has over 25 years of experience with large-scale computing solutions and client/server technology. The company supports heterogeneous architectures found in mission-critical customer environments that blend MVS(R), Windows NT, and UNIX operating systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Amdahl combines hardware and software products and services methods with world class offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries.

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Amdahl is a registered trademark and LVS is a trademark of Amdahl Corporation. Fujitsu is a registered trademark of Fujitsu Limited. teamserver is a trademark of Fujitsu Computer Europe Limited. MVS is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. LifeKeeper is trademark of NCR Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively (except in Japan where such license is non-exclusive) through X/Open Company, Limited. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.

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