Qualix Group announces FirstWatch 2.2; major new product features ensure greater level of high availability and reliability.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1995--Qualix Group, Inc., a leading provider of client/server software 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 , today announced the release of their high-availability failover management software for mission critical applications in the client/server environment A networking environment that is made up of clients and servers running applications designed for client/server architecture. See client/server. , FirstWatch 2.2. The 2.2 version includes major upgrades such as an alternative heartbeat channel, 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. script builder, and enhanced security and memory management features. In addition, Qualix is announcing FirstWatch support for FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. and Token Rink networks. Demonstrations of the software will be provided in the Qualix booth, #1724, at the 1995 SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor Information Management Conference & Exhibit, June 28-30, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . FirstWatch 2.2 will be available Q3/95. FirstWatch provides failover management for systems, applications, and services, increasing the integrity of both the data and the network. The software provides automated failure detection, recovery, restart, and failover services for any type and size network. By providing multi-machine failover the product is ideal for customers who require 99%+ uptime of their critical operations. These industries include major telecommunications companies, Wall Street businesses, large banks, and government organizations. FirstWatch provides compatibility with Sun's SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill Storage Array and other RAID disks, and agents for monitoring Sybase, Oracle and Informix databases. The software will operate with any Sun SPARC platform or HP 9000/800 series machines. Version 2.2 new features include: -- Alternative Hearbeat Channel -- FirstWatch 2.2 will allow better communication between two servers by providing an alternative heartbeat channel. The heartbeat is a mechanism that allows the FirstWatch servers to communicate by sending status information back and forth. In addition to one private heartbeat network line (using TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. interface over Ethernet), users can optionally use the disk as a secondary heartbeat connection. This engineering design implements a fully-redundant paradigm to ensure no single point of failure. -- GUI Installation and Configuration -- Several new features make the product easier to install and configure. With the GUI-driven script builder, users only need to answer a few questions and the scripts are automatically generated and distributed -- saving time, minimizing costly typing errors, and simplifying administration. -- Enhanced Security -- With a new authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. procedure, FirstWatch will authenticate names when running between servers and client monitors. Users at remote client systems are now ensured authorized access to the FirstWatch monitor. -- Enhanced Memory Management -- New features enable the optional locking of FirstWatch software (data and code) into main memory. This ensures that the application will run faster. For additional reliability, locking application memory ensures that the application will not be swapped-out or -in. FirstWatch functions seamlessly with the Veritas volume manager The Veritas Volume Manager, VVM or VxVM is a proprietary logical volume manager from Veritas (now part of Symantec). It is available for Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. A modified version is bundled with HP-UX as its built-in volume manager. (VxVM) and the Veritas Journaling File System (VxFS), which eliminates the need for a full file system check, dramatically speeding up system failovers. The software also supports SunOS 4.1.3., Solaris 2.2/2.3 and now Solaris 2.4 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Base Price Per Server Pair -- FirstWatch 1-to-1 failover $14,995/server pair
-- FirstWatch 2-to-1 failover $25,595 (includes 2 days free
configuration and installation
consulting on-site)(1)
-- FirstWatch 3-to-1 failover $34,395 (includes 3 days free
configuration and installation
consulting on-site)(1)
-- Database Agents starts at $1500/agent-server pair -- 24-hour, 7-day support available (1) Does not include travel and expenses The software features server licensing which is based upon the type of server FirstWatch is loaded on -- Sun SPARCstation 10/20 or Hewlett-Packard H, J, K series. Call Qualix for further details on other platform configurations. Background FirstWatch is developed by Veritas Software Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California. of Mountain View, CA. Qualix partners with Veritas Software to provide marketing, sales, and support for the product worldwide. Founded in 1990, Qualix Group, Inc. is the leading provider of solutions for managing networked client/server environments. For more information, contact: Qualix Group, Inc., 1900 S. Norfolk Street, No. 224, San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , CA 94403. Phone (415) 572-0200; E-mail: info@qualix.com; World Wide Web: http://www.qualix.com. -0- Note to Editors: FirstWatch is a trademark of Veritas Software. Qualix and Qualix Group are trademarks of Qualix Group, Inc. All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Qualix Group, Inc. Jean Kovacs, 415/572-0200 jkovacs@qualix.com or Cooper/Iverson Marketing Carolyn Holck, 408/395-8174 cimnorth@netcom.com |
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