Applied Concepts announces dual server fault tolerant solution for NetWare, NT, OS/2 & UNIX.WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995--APPLIED CONCEPTS announces the PowerSwitch, a low-cost dual server fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. solution for networks. Server users that require 100% availability, but have been unwilling to foot the bill for Novell's Netware System Fault Tolerance System Fault Tolerance (SFT) is a fault tolerant system built into Netware operating systems. It is a disk mirroring system similar to RAID 1. SFT level III is a server duplexing system where if a server fails a mirrored server is ready to take its place. (SFT SFT Statens Forurensningstilsyn (Norwegian Pollution Control Authority) SFT System Fault Tolerance SFT Shaft SFT Secure File Transfer SFT School Food Trust (UK) SFT Societe Francaise des Traducteurs ) III, now have an inexpensive alternative with the Applied Concepts PowerSwitch. This lower cost option made its debut in the Comdex Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and PAC Rim shows last fall, and has since toured this continent and Europe, showing off its state of the art server fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. at CeBit95 (Hannover, Germany). Installations include North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and European financial institutions, telecommunication companies, and U.S. Government facilities. "If we lose access to our data because of a server failure, the down time costs and customer dissatisfaction that result far outweigh the cost of the $1,995 PowerSwitch," said Arvind Ramarajan of AT&T. The concept and installation are as simple as plugging two or more servers into the Applied Concepts PowerSwitch, adding the external storage device, and powering up your system. In the event of a primary server failure, or if a server has to be taken down for maintenance, users switch to the back-up server and realize virtually zero down time. "The only time data is not available to operating workstations is when the backup server A computer in a network used to store copies of files from client machines or other servers. Such servers typically have their disks set up in a RAID configuration to provide fault tolerance. See backup program, RAID, SAN and LAN free backup. is rebooting," said Mary Webb, Applied Concepts' Director of International Sales and Marketing. When used in conjunction with IBM's NetFinity network manager, users can program their configurations to switch to the backup server automatically and notify network administrators of the main server failure. "My customers like the low cost high availability the PowerSwitch offers when combined with IBM's NetFinity Software," said Kevin Mclemor of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , USA. PowerSwitch supports more servers and operating systems than any other fault tolerant solution. Platforms installed with the PowerSwitch include IBM, HP, SUN, and Compaq to name a few. Novell Netware 3.X and 4.X, IBM OS/2, SCO UNIX, Windows NT are current installed operating systems. No additional network license is required. In comparison, Novell's SFT III works only in a Netware environment and with identical duplicate hardware. "One of the benefits in this design is that the backup machine can be an active workstation on the network while it is waiting for the primary server to fail," said Frank Morasutti of IBM Canada. The PowerSwitch is available in configurations starting at $1,995, which includes electronic switching hardware, installation cables and IBM's NetFinity. -0- Cost Comparison: Applied Concepts PowerSwitch vs. SFT III PowerSwitch: Novell's SFT III: ACI-2014 Switch SFT III license IBM NetFinity <100 users $1,495 Interface Cables >100 users $3,995 (unlimited users) Link Adapters $1,100 $1,100 Total: $1,995 Total: $2,595 to $5,095 -0- CONTACT: APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . Richard B. Rauch, 503/685-9300 503/685-9099 (fax) |
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