Oracle and SCO Demo First Ever Cross-Vendor, High Availability Cluster; Oracle Solution Running SCO UnixWare Involves Compaq, CLARiioN, Digital Equipment, IBM, Intel and Unisys.SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1996--In an industry first, Oracle and SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. today demonstrated Oracle7 Parallel Server running the SCO UnixWare A server operating system for the Intel platform from SCO. It is based on Unix System V Release 4.2MP and includes SMP support for two processors with optional support for up to 32. As of UnixWare 2.1, it includes NetWare 4.1 file, print and directory services. 2.1 system across Intel processor-based hardware servers from Compaq, Digital Equipment Corp., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel and Unisys. The demonstration is significant since it's the first time a "fail-over" high performance cluster solution running on Intel processor-based hardware from numerous vendors has shown to be a viable solution. The dramatic demonstration graphically illustrated the 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. benefits customers can receive by configuring a cluster of Intel processor-based server hardware they may already own with Oracle7 Parallel Server, running the SCO UnixWare system. The hardware cluster included servers from Compaq, Digital, IBM and Unisys, communicating with the same Oracle7 database residing on a CLARiioN disk array. Oracle7 Parallel Server showed continued transaction processing even when the power connections for one, two and even three of the machines were literally ripped out. Users on the failed nodes were automatically re-routed to one of the remaining nodes in the cluster. "Only SCO UnixWare and Oracle7 Parallel Server can transparently combine systems from different hardware manufacturers into a single, high availability cluster," said Mike Shelton, SCO's vice president, Enterprise Solutions. "This is a compelling example of SCO UnixWare providing a unified operating system for Intel-based systems." "Oracle7 Parallel Server offers a cost effective way to deploy high availability solutions using industry standard hardware," said Tom Hildebrand, vice president of Oracle's Intel/MIPS products division. "Unlike configurations requiring idle standby systems, all systems in an Oracle7 Parallel Server cluster are fully utilized, maximizing performance. Oracle7 Parallel Server gives customers high availability, high performance and high choice -- an unbeatable combination." Oracle7 Parallel Server and SCO UnixWare Cluster Manager represent breakthrough technology in parallel cache management. The Oracle7 Parallel Server uses the SCO UnixWare Distributed Lock Manager A distributed lock manager (DLM) provides distributed applications with a means to synchronize their accesses to shared resources. DLMs have been used as the foundation for several successful clustered file systems, in which the machines in a cluster can use each other's to track the state and location of data and locks across multiple machines. If one of the machines becomes unavailable, the remaining nodes can continue to update the database. The remaining nodes automatically recover the committed work of the failed node without intervention from a database administrator. Oracle7 Parallel Server will be available on the SCO UnixWare system in October after the completion of the current beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the . About Oracle Oracle Corp. is the world's second largest software company, and the largest supplier of software for information management. With annual revenues of more than $4.2 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education, and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , in more than 90 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please contact Oracle's headquarters at 415/506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) http://www.oracle.com/. About SCO SCO is the world's leading supplier of UNIX server operating systems, and a leading provider of client-integration software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with UNIX servers from all major vendors. SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical, day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance, telecom, and government, as well as corporate departments and small to medium-sized businesses of every kind. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. home page at: http://www.sco.com. -0- Note to Editors: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , the SCO logo, and SCO UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the United States and other countries. 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). is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Co. Ltd. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners. CONTACT: SCO, Santa Cruz Monika Laud, 408/427-7421 monikal@sco.com or Oracle Corp. Daniel Berkowitz, 415/506-3614 |
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