Data General announces 32-processor AViiON AV 10000; moves towards NUMA implementation.Corporation today announced the AViiON AV 10000 server, a new UNIX-based high-end, symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) system that scales to 32 processors, doubling the peak performance of the current 16-processor AViiON AV 9500 system. "Our large commercial customers have expressed the need for higher performing systems for applications like data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse ," said Joel Schwartz, vice president of the AViiON Business Unit. "We have listened and have pushed SMP performance with capabilities built into our DG/UX 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. ." The AViiON AV 10000 Server The AV 10000 server is designed to be a high-performance database system for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environments where high throughput, 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. , scalability, and excellent connectivity are essential requirements. For even higher levels of performance and availability, Data General's AViiON systems and DG/UX operating system provide powerful clustering technology, DG/UX Clusters allows multiple systems to appear as one system to users and system administrators, easing data access, system management, and software upgrades. Pricing and Availability The AV 10000 starts at $590,000 for a 16-processor configuration; 32-processor systems start at under $1 million. System shipments are expected to begin by the end of the calendar year. According to Data General, the installed base for the AViiON line, which began shipping in 1989, will exceed 30,000 systems this year with a total value of more than $2 billion. AViiON servers ranked first in customer satisfaction in the Computerworld 1995 Buyers' Guide Survey for the third year in a row. DG/UX software was ranked the number one commercial 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 in a study by Illuminata, a technology assessment firm. The Company Data General Corp. is a worldwide open systems computing company that specializes in providing servers and related storage systems, software, and services. The company, with headquarters in Westboro, reported revenues of $1.12 billion during fiscal 1994. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com or gopher.dg.com. AViiON, CLARiiON and DG/UX are registered trademarks of Data General Corp. CONTACT: Data General, Westboro Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546 or Edelman Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Worldwide, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Dee Anna McPherson/Kendra Collins, 212/704-8133/8286 |
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