SilverStorm Technologies Announces Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) InfiniBand Interconnect Solution for Oracle(R) Real Application Clusters.KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. -- Oracle and SilverStorm Team to Drive Network Consolidation and Scalability for Oracle's Clustering Technology SilverStorm Technologies, the leader in high performance interconnect solutions for clustered computing and a Certified Partner in the Oracle(R) PartnerNetwork, announced today that it is working in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with Oracle on trials with select customers of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS (1) (Remote Data Services) A set of programming interfaces from Microsoft that enables users to update data on the Internet or intranets from their ActiveX-enabled browser. ) InfiniBand interconnect solution for Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle's database clustering solution used by over 7,000 customers to provide 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. and scalability in the database tier. The RDS InfiniBand interconnect solution was developed by SilverStorm and Oracle to leverage the power of InfiniBand to provide a cost effective and highly scalable database cluster networking solution that meets the stringent stability and availability requirements of Oracle's most demanding enterprise customers. RDS over InfiniBand provides a high bandwidth, low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as , ultra reliable IPC (1) (InterProcess Communication) The exchange of data between one program and another either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. protocol and transport system that exactly matches Oracle's requirements for IPC communication between Oracle Real Application Clusters nodes. "Oracle views RDS over InfiniBand as a key technology to increase the throughput and decrease the latency of cluster networks," stated Juan Loaiza, vice president, Systems Technology Group, Oracle. "Oracle is pleased to partner with SilverStorm to deliver the RDS over InfiniBand solution to our customers." When combining RDS with SilverStorm's multi-protocol InfiniBand solutions for Oracle Database 10g, data center architects can consolidate conventional networks, the cluster interconnect, and storage networks onto a single InfiniBand infrastructure creating a simplified, higher performance network at a reduced cost. SilverStorm's family of InfiniBand products supports Oracle's enterprise grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal strategy by allowing customers to construct large, high performance cluster networks using low-cost, commodity server, blade and storage resources that are allocated dynamically to meet application demand. "SilverStorm continues to lead in the development of high performance, enterprise-ready cluster solutions for Oracle Real Application Clusters," said Russ Hawkins, 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 SilverStorm Technologies, "and we look forward to continuing our efforts with Oracle and the open source community to make RDS the gold standard in database cluster interconnects." Enterprise customers can immediately evaluate Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and Oracle Real Application Clusters with RDS and SilverStorm's QuickSilver quicksilver: see mercury. (1) (QuickSilver Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.qstech.com) A mobile communications company that specializes in a reconfigurable logic chip for cellphones and PDAs. See adaptive computing. 3.2 host release for Linux. About the Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of 16,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer to customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle can qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner levels. About SilverStorm Technologies SilverStorm Technologies is the leader in high performance interconnect solutions for clustered computing. SilverStorm designs, manufactures and services a family of networking hardware and software products that dramatically improve cluster performance and scalability. SilverStorm solutions power some of the world's largest supercomputers in diverse fields including Oil and Gas exploration, Automotive and Aerospace design, Financial Services, Bio Medical and University/Government Research. SilverStorm customers include Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New , Riken Research Institute, Virginia Tech University, Toyota, Lockheed Martin, Chevron, Sun Microsystems, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Intel and Canon. Several customers listed on the TOP500 list of supercomputers have SilverStorm products installed. For more information, visit www.silverstorm.com or contact info@silverstorm.com. Trademarks Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Siebel are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. |
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