Mission Critical Linux, Inc. Increases High Availability Market Dominance with Convolo Cluster DataGuard Edition Version 2.0.Business/Technology Editors LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001 -- Leadership High-Availability Clustering Solutions shipping today -- Mission Critical Linux, Inc. today announced the availability of Convolo Cluster DataGuard Edition Version 2.0, the most fully functional Linux 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. cluster solution on the market. This release includes many new features, some of the most important include: the ability to configure enterprise-strength high-availability Samba samba Ballroom dance of Brazilian origin, popularized in the U.S. and Europe in the 1940s. Danced to music in ⁴⁄₄ time with a syncopated rhythm, the dance is characterized by simple forward and backward steps and tilting, rocking body movements. solutions - allowing heterogeneous file serving to Windows clients - support for the Linux V2.4 kernel and the ReiserFS journalled file system, and seamless recovery from network interface failure. Additionally, support for the latest database software releases, such as Oracle 9i, DB/2 EEE EEE eastern equine encephalomyelitis. EEE eastern equine encephalomyelitis. , and Informix is included. Once again, Mission Critical Linux, Inc. brings business-critical Linux solutions to the enterprise. DataGuard Edition is a member of Mission Critical Linux's growing family of Convolo Cluster products. DataGuard Edition is targeted at commercial application environments that require shared disk storage, such as databases and file & print servers. Another member of the Convolo Cluster product family, NetGuard Edition, is being announced today. NetGuard Edition provides support for up to 128 node clusters and is designed for applications that require sub-second response to failures, such as Web front-ends and compute intensive environments. The Convolo family of products is designed to meet any high availability requirement in the Linux market. DataGuard Edition V2.0 follows on from the highly successful V1.2 release, which was, and remains, the only Linux clustering product to completely support NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System in failover environments. Building on this technology lead, V2.0 provides a fully featured Samba high availability capability. Samba provides the ability for Linux systems to host file & print services to Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. clients, supporting Microsoft 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. and CIFS (Common Internet File System) The file sharing protocol used in Windows. It evolved out of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol in DOS, which is why the terms CIFS/SMB and SMB/CIFS are sometimes seen. The word "Internet" in the CIFS name has little relevance. environments. Now, with Samba and DataGuard Edition, is it possible to deploy clustered file & print services to Windows clients - delivering 99.999%, "five nines", availability. This capability allows IT departments to realize considerable cost savings in their back-end servers while delivering improved services to the Windows desktop environment. The DataGuard Edition cluster is built from the ground up for Linux, and is certified on all major Linux distributions  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. . The shared storage architecture supports SCSI SCSIin full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. and Fibre Channel, complete Quorum-based data integrity, active-passive and active-active failover configurations, highly available Samba, NFS and Apache services and out of the box database applications such as Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, Sybase, and MySQL. In addition, Mission Critical Linux Inc. has qualified DataGuard Edition on the IA-32 and Itanium architectures. "The demand for clustered Samba support has been very strong. Customers wish to extend their usage of Linux beyond their Web infrastructures - they want to realize its cost saving and reliability features in their desktop server environments too," said Brian Stevens, Chief Technology Officer at Mission Critical Linux, Inc. "For companies facing the prospect of server upgrades from Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. to Windows 2000 - which entail considerable complexity and, more often than not, additional hardware - a move to Linux is extremely attractive. The software cost is very significantly lower, additional hardware is not required, and the capabilities and reliability are typically better than a Windows server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. solution. We are extremely pleased to be able to deliver this technology to our customers. It continues with our vision of moving Linux to the enterprise." Availability Convolo Cluster DataGuard Edition Version 2.0 is available now from Mission Critical Linux, Inc. Online ordering is available at www.missioncriticallinux.com. The software is delivered ready for quick and easy installation or upgrade on all major Linux distributions. A suite of application recovery kits is included as part of the product for no additional charge. A graphical, browser-based management interface for day-to-day operations and a command-line management interface for scripting of regular operations is included with the package. A 30-day evaluation CD is available through sales@missioncriticallinux.com. About Mission Critical Linux, Inc. Mission Critical Linux, Inc. offers enterprise-ready Linux professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to help plan and deploy efficient and highly available Linux systems; custom engineering for specific development needs; and 24x7 support to ensure maximum systems availability and performance. By combining these services with ground-breaking Linux technologies such as Secure Service Technology and Convolo Cluster Software, the Company provides commercial Linux users with the tools needed to maximize the performance of their IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, with offices in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and Europe, Mission Critical Linux, Inc. can be reached at www.missioncriticallinux.com or at +1 877.625.4689 toll free or +1.978.606.0200. |
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