Cubix Announces Balanced Cluster Service Load-Balancing Software for Windows Terminal Server.CARSON CITY Carson City, city (1990 pop. 40,443), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural area. State government is the major employer, and tourism is economically important. , Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998-- Enhances Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Scaleability With Low-Cost Clustering/Load-Balancing Solution Cubix Corporation has developed a patent-pending software product called Balanced Cluster Service(TM)(BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. ) for clustering and load balancing Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (WTS See Windows Terminal Server. ). BCS enhances the scaleability of Windows Terminal Server An option in Windows NT and 2000 that enables an application to be run simultaneously by multiple users at different Windows PCs. In NT, it is known as the Terminal Server Edition. by linking multiple servers to form a cluster which appears as a single server to users. Servers can be added or subtracted without disturbing the operation of others in the cluster. Load balancing spreads user demands evenly among the servers in the cluster. Clustering and load balancing ensure that server utilization is optimized and availability is maximized. "Implementing BCS for clustering and load balancing can have a dramatic savings on cost per seat for WTS projects," said Jim Zakzeski, vice president of marketing and sales for Cubix. Microsoft has endorsed Cubix's BCS software as an enhancement tool for its WTS product. "Cubix's Balanced Cluster Service load-balancing software for Terminal Server enables administrators to configure and grow Terminal Server server farms and create a very cost-effective solution," said John Frederiksen, group product manager at Microsoft. Compatibility BCS runs on any server platform listed on the Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Hardware Compatibility List HCL stands for hardware compatibility list. In today's world, there are vast amounts of computer hardware in circulation, and many operating systems too. A hardware compatibility list is a database of hardware models and its compatibility with a certain operating system. . No additional client software is required beyond Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol See RDP. (protocol) Remote Desktop Protocol - (RDP) A Microsoft protocol that provides remote display and input for Windows. RDP's video driver renders display output by sending packets to the client which translates them into corresponding Microsoft Win32 graphics (RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) The presentation services protocol that governs input/output between a Windows terminal client and Windows Terminal Server. It is based on the T.share protocol. See Windows Terminal Server. (protocol) RDP - 1. ). Pricing and Availability BCS is comprised of two pieces -- the BCS Service, which is installed on each WTS server, and the BCS Manager, which serves an entire domain. A minimum configuration for two WTS servers consists of the BCS Manager and two copies of the BCS Service, totaling $2,385. Additional Service pieces are priced at $695 per WTS license. BCS is scheduled for release Sept. 1. Contact Cubix for additional product and pricing information or visit the Cubix Web site at http://www.cubix.com. Cubix Corporation Cubix has designed, manufactured, marketed, and supported hardware and software products for mission-critical network services since 1975.
CONTACT: Cubix Corporation
Debbie Morton, 702/888-1000
debbiem@cubix.com
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