GNP Computers Announces High-Availability VoIP Application on Sun Microsystems Servers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001 GNP GNP See: Gross National Product Computers, a leader in engineering, manufacturing and systems integration services for the embedded control and communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. , today unveiled an application-ready 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. (HA) telecommunications platform for voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) applications. This new platform integrates a Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. NEBS Level 3 telecom server -- the Netra(TM) ct based on the Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. -- with GNP's Continuant continuant (k  ntin´yōō Cluster Suite middleware, which is capable of delivering 99.999 percent uptime in telecommunications switching applications, providing load sharing, fault detection and recovery, and managing multiprocessor systems. This CompactPCI (cPCI) carrier-grade network server is based on Sun's commercially available high-density rackable Netra ct servers, designed for telecommunications development. This platform is comprised of a Netra ct 800 and two Netra ct 400 servers running the Solaris 8 Operating Environment for high I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output density in a flexible, scalable and serviceable delivery platform that is crucial to Network Equipment Providers. Arlen Vanderwel, chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems, Network Equipment Provider division, says of Sun's position: "By working with GNP, we are showing our customers that, jointly, we can implement powerful servers that meet their expectations for 5-9s reliability. "This is a real plus for expanding the telecommunications infrastructure in these tough economic times. Our Netra ct server configuration with GNP's Continuant Cluster Suite middleware provides availability levels required for telecommunications applications." The Sun-based server platform provides a baseline application configuration complementary to Sun Netra cPCI boards. It implements a complete VoIP Media Gateway Controller operating under the direction of Continuant Cluster Suite. Each of the four active control nodes within the system has a Netra CP1500 CompactPCI board and runs the Solaris 8 Operating Environment. The scalable server achieves rapid switchover switch·o·ver n. A complete shift, as from one system to another. among all four nodes using Continuant Cluster Suite preventing any break in service in the event of a node hardware failure. Continuant Cluster Suite is an amalgam of Continuant Cluster, the Continuant System Manager, and Continuant Watchdog. GNP uses its patent-pending Natural Clustering Technology (NCT NCT National Childbirth Trust NCT National Car Test NCT North Carolina Theatre NCT National Coordination Team NCT Northern California TRACON NCT Noise Cancellation Technology NCT Network Control and Timing NCT Nicotine Replacement Therapy ) to adapt the parallel-processing method "Linda" for telecommunications applications. NCT allocates a portion of each processor's memory to a virtual shared memory, or tuple space. Any processor can read a tuple (1) In a relational database, a tuple is one record (one row). See record and relational database. (2) A set of values passed from one programming language to another application program or to a system program such as the operating system. , process it and return the results back into tuple space. The Continuant System Manager eliminates non-hardware-based failures within the system and eliminates the need for a dedicated, onsite System Administrator (SA) by automating routine SA tasks. Continuant System Manager includes modules that provide a complete operations framework. The hardened UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). facility protects the Solaris Operating Environment from damage in case of shut down. Several modules monitor the system, detect changes, diagnose and isolate system faults, manage failover, repair failures, and reconfigure the system when changes occur. Continuant Watchdog is a fully scalable System Management Framework for diagnostic and fault management of all system elements. "Our goal was to demonstrate the capabilities of Continuant Cluster Suite middleware for creating a robust VoIP application platform providing greater than 99.999 percent reliability," says Roger Baar, Ph.D., president and 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 GNP. "Sun servers such as those we have built will revolutionize 5-9s systems throughout the telco industry, providing the best price performance ever achieved, for a variety of infrastructure applications." About GNP Computers GNP Computers, Inc. is a premier provider of complex systems manufacturing for the embedded control and communications marketplace. The company designs, manufactures and customizes open system platforms to meet the demanding requirements of its customers' programs, using Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology enhanced by system building blocks of its own design. GNP's broad range of platform solutions include SPARC-, PowerPC- and Intel-based carrier-grade systems in CompactPCI(R) and other form factors, as well as a multi-node continuously available applications framework -- the Continuant Cluster Suite(TM) -- for use in mission-critical embedded control and communications equipment. Its products are complemented by comprehensive services, ranging from conceptual design through deployment, that minimize cycle time at all stages of the product life cycle while achieving the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction. ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 certified, GNP is privately held with headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. For more information on GNP Computers' products and services, visit the company web site at www.gnp.com. (c) 2001 GNP Computers, Inc. GNP Computers is a trademark of GNP Computers. All other brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective holders. |
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