Data General Promotes AV 20000 NUMA System As A Data Warehouse Engine At CPP 97.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1997--CPP '97-- Modular, Highly Scalable, and Highly Available Architecture Provides Cost Effective Alternative to Commercial Parallel Processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. (CPP cpp - C preprocessor. ) Systems Data General Corporation is promoting the AV 20000 NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) A multiprocessing architecture in which memory is separated into close and distant banks. NUMA is similar to SMP, in which multiple CPUs share a single memory. However, in SMP, all CPUs access a common memory at the same speed. server as a cost-effective alternative to CPP systems for data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse applications at the CPP '97 conference being held September 8-10 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. "The AV 20000's NUMA architecture is ideal for data warehousing or online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. applications that require scalability, 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 support for very large databases at cost effective prices," said Steve Aucoin, director of AViiON Product Marketing at Data General. "Sales of the AV 20000 to new and existing customers are right on target, in line with our rollout plan. We continue to see a great deal of enthusiasm for NUMA. To further drive sales in of our key application areas, we recently signed a number of key software vendors to our Business Warehouse Program." AV 20000 NUMA Server The AV 20000 server, Data General's second generation NUMA system, currently supports up to 32 200-MHz Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. processors, 32 GB of memory, and 100 Terabytes of fault-tolerant CLARiiON fibre channel storage. Up to 128 processors can be used in clustered configurations to provide even higher availability. Future AViiON systems will continue to leverage the Intel roadmap and NUMA architecture, which can scale to hundreds of processors. The AV 20000 is now available with 1MB L2 Cache (Level 2 cache) A memory bank built into the CPU chip, packaged within the same module or built on the motherboard. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, and its memory is slower than L1 memory. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, which feeds the processor. Pentium Pro processors. AV 20000 NUMA Server and Data Warehousing Data General recently announced the expansion of its Business Warehouse Program to target selected industries (retail, healthcare, telecommunications, and manufacturing), using the highly scalable AViiON AV 20000 NUMA-based server as the hardware platform. The company signed agreements with Constellar, Information Advantage, Quadstone, and VMARK Software to provide an integrated application solutions framework. Initially, this framework will be based on Oracle8 Universal Data Server, Oracle Express, and Oracle Discover. Sainsbury's -- Using AV 20000 Server for Data Warehousing An initial customer using the AV 20000 in a data warehousing application based on the Oracle database is Sainsbury's, one of the largest retailers in the world. With this system, Sainsbury's will be able to analyze information collected from its customer loyalty card program to develop merchandising programs to attract and retain more customers. Martin Wright, Information Systems Technical Infrastructure Manager at Sainsbury's, said, "Sainsbury's needed to invest in technology that was powerful enough to let the company get closer to its customers. We needed a flexible platform that would allow us to adapt and extend our data warehouse, so we chose Data General because its technology could deliver the scalability and flexibility that were required." Sainsbury's currently uses a sixteen-processor AV 20000 as its data warehouse engine together with one-terabyte of CLARiiON storage systems. This data warehouse will grow quickly to three terabytes, making it one of the largest in the UK. Up to 300 business users will interrogate the warehouse using a number of business intelligence tools. Demonstration at CPP '97 Data General will demonstrate the capabilities and components of the AV 20000 NUMA system through its M3D M3D Media Dimensions LLC (Fairfield, NJ) M3D Magic Three Dimensional server manager software. M3D is a three- dimensional Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) based package that allows system managers to easily monitor, manage, and maintain AV 20000 systems. M3D, which runs on a Windows NT PC, delivers advanced server management including hardware configuration, remote problem diagnosis support service, and system status display. With a choice of drill-down options, M3D allows system managers to examine system components at whatever level necessary. As a result, time is saved in servicing failed components, and operational costs can be reduced since lower-level system operators can replace components. In addition, M3D is network-based enabling local or remote server management from one central facility or several distributed facilities. AV 20000 and M3D Availability and Pricing AV 20000 systems are shipping now with DG/UX, Data General's industry-leading UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services . Prices start at under $70,000 for a four-processor, NUMA-ready system with 512 MB of memory. At the high-end, the price for a 32-processor system with 4 GB of memory is $690,000. M3D software is available now with a list priced of US$3,500. Data General Data General (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), based in Westboro, Massachusetts, is a provider of servers, storage systems, and related software and services to customers worldwide. The company reported fiscal 1996 revenues of $1.3 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com . -0- AViiON, CLARiiON, and DG/UX are registered trademarks and M3D is a trademark of Data General Corporation. All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Data General Jim Dunlap Carlos Soares 508/898-6546 508/898-6674 jim_dunlap@dg.com carlos_soares@dgc.ceo.dg.com |
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