CONTINUENT ANNOUNCES NEW TUNGSTEN VERSION.Continuent, Inc., San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. a a leading provider of solutions for backup, continuous data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. , advanced database replication and database performance scalability, has announced Continuent Tungsten 1.1 version. Continuent Tungsten harnesses the power of advanced open source and commercial technologies to deliver data availability and database performance scalability solutions that are based on the Tungsten open source components, a unique collection of solutions for database scale-out. Continuent Tungsten offers SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. customers an easy to manage, dynamic database replication solution with automatic cluster management, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and scalability for MySQL=C2=AE, PostgreSQL and Oracle=C2=AE. With Continuent's Tungsten solutions you can improve your existing database with: - No data loss: maintain extra replicas of data in a case the master database fails, with automatic master failover by promoting one of the slaves as a new master - Performance: use multiple database replicas to scale database performance - Backup and Disaster Recovery: copy data on multiple databases, local or remote, for backup and disaster recovery - Real-time Data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. Integration: replicate from MySQL to Oracle and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. - Real-time Data Warehousing: copy data in real-time from a production database into a data warehouse for analysis and reporting. Continuent Tungsten Enterprise 1.1 introduces the following new core features: - One-step installation and configuration process - Fully automated database failover using sophisticated production rules - Integrated, easy to use backup solution - Unique session-consistency load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them model - Comprehensive database cluster management for database administration - Ability to control operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. services from the cluster management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. program. Continuent Tungsten fully supports MySQL and MariaDB (a MySQL fork) and PostgreSQL. Support for Oracle database will be available in Q4/09. Continuent Tungsten runs on all Linux and Solari platforms. The Continuent Tungsten Cloud Edition also runs in the Amazon cloud through integration with RightScale. "The overall experience was great. The process was simple and it was very easy to install. It took us roughly 5 minutes to install and configure Continuent Tungsten", said Jeff Mace, team leader at AetherQuest Solutions. "Now we deploy and operate confidently our database applications, and help eliminate system downtime, on a scalable platform backed by affordable support." "Customers across industries around the world are flocking to open source software now more than ever," said Eero Teerikorpi, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Continuent. "Continuent Tungsten is well-equipped to address the needs of these new users with a deep set of features and capabilities that allow them to implement simple, powerful and affordable data availability and database performance solutions. Customers can significantly lower their TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. on business and mission critical database applications using Tungsten and open source databases." Continuent Tungsten Enterprise is available today for MySQL and MariaDB, and for PostgreSQL in September. Continuent Tungsten Enterprise is available for Oracle in Q4'09. The pricing for Tungsten Easy HA and Tungsten Easy Scale solutions starts at $500 per month. About Continuent Continuent, the world's leading provider of data availability and database performance scalability solutions, offers database high availability and incremental performance scaling using commodity hardware and databases. We provide continuous uptime so you can deliver business critical database applications with high data availability and accessibility. We also offer support, training and consulting services to our customers worldwide. Continuent's Tungsten solutions provide a unique collection of technologies for database scale-out. Tungsten stack is 100% open source. Tungsten is operating system independent and supports both commercial and open source databases including Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB. For more information about Continuent and our products, visit www.continuent.com. |
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