Sun Enhances Cluster Solutions; New Internet Services and HA Toolkit Provide for Continuous Uptime.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 1997--Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced an enhanced line of server cluster solutions that feature new highly-available Internet services and a toolkit that lets customers turn most standard applications into highly-available applications for continuous "uptime." The Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) Cluster solutions feature Solstice solstice (sŏl`stĭs) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). (TM) HA 1.3 software and span from Ultra Enterprise 2 workgroup clusters to data center-class Ultra Enterprise 6000 clusters. Sun's enhanced cluster solutions also offer support for node separation of two kilometers (previously limited to 100 meters) to support campus-wide clustering. This feature is supported for both the HA failover capability and the existing parallel database product PDB(TM) 1.2 server. For example, redundant systems can be located up to two kilometers apart in the event that a fire or other local disaster destroys the first system to ensure that the application remains up and running. Sun also offers services to help customers quickly migrate to campus-wide cluster environments. "Sun is giving customers the ability to incorporate their in-house applications into a highly available architecture to ensure the highest levels of application availability, performance and scalability," said Andy Ingram, director of enterprise servers, 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. Computer Company. "Today's announcement is the first step towards delivering Sun's Full Moon clustering technology to the market." Internet Services Sun(TM) cluster solutions deliver 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. businesses need for mission-critical computing. In addition to existing 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 and data services, the Sun cluster Sun Cluster (sometimes SunCluster) is a high-availability cluster software product for the Solaris Operating System, created by Sun Microsystems. It is used to improve the availability of software services such as databases, file sharing on a network, electronic commerce solution now includes off-the-shelf Internet services to support highly available data services such as web, news and mail. With these Internet services, a business can integrate its Web technology into a high-availability framework to ensure continuous operation. Toolkit for Highly-Available Applications For customers who require additional flexibility, a comprehensive application programming interface (API) is now available. This new API New API (also referred to as NAPI) is an interface to use interrupt mitigation techniques for networking devices in the Linux kernel. Such an approach is intended to reduce the overhead of packet receiving. toolkit allows ISVs and customers to plug their existing applications into the HA (Highly Available) framework and exploit the automated fault detection and recovery functionality the Solstice HA solution provides. Customers can now write their own application fault managers that identify failures. These fault managers not only monitor responses, but also understand the unique events generated by a data service and provide recovery mechanisms designed to restore a particular service with minimal disruption. Pricing and Availability The Ultra Enterprise cluster solutions are available immediately. Prices begin at $68,620 for a two-node Ultra Enterprise 2 cluster, which includes servers, storage and the base cluster In base defense operations, a collection of bases, geographically grouped for mutual protection and ease of command and control. software package. The database and Internet service modules are priced separately and begin at $2,000 per node for the database module and $4,000 per node for the Internet service module. Existing Sun server customers who wish to configure their multiple Sun systems into a HA environment can purchase the base cluster software package starting at $5,000 per node. Availability and pricing of on-site consulting services for campus clustering solutions vary by country. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on "SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) "), to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $7 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the WorldWide Web at http://www.sun.com . -0- Note To Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Ultra Enterprise, The Network Is The Computer, Solstice, PDB and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mosaic. Type http://www.sun.com at the 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. prompt. CONTACT: Sun Microsystems Computer Company Cindee Mock, 415/786-8323 cindee.mock@sun.com or Burson Marsteller for Sun Mark Richardson, 415/463-4007 mark_richardson@bm.com |
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