UTS Global Announces Distributed Tape Subsystem for Mainframe Linux Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 UTS (Universal Timesharing System) Amdahl's version of Unix System V. Release 4.0 is POSIX compliant. Global, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the worldwide leader in Unix(R) and Linux(R) mainframe operating environments, today announced Distributed Tape Subsystem (TSS-DTS), the newest component of their recently released Tape Services Suite for Linux. Using the tape and data management tools of the Tape Services Suite, TSS-DTS adds to mainframe Linux systems the ability to share tapes among mainframe, distributed and desktop systems. Without any administrator's involvement, TSS-DTS enables users to share a pool of mainframe tape drives among LPARS running Linux/390, Virtual Machines running Linux/390, x86 systems running Linux and 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. (R) systems running Solaris(R). "Using the Distributed Tape component of our Tape Services Suite means that you can easily share your tape drives among all your virtual Linux systems," explained Douglas DeMers, Linux Product Manager for UTS Global. TSS-DTS provides a user interface to the remote tape drives that makes them appear as if they are local. It also manages access and scheduling of the drives. When combined with the Tape Silo silo, watertight and airtight structure for making and storing silage. Silos vary in form from a covered pit, such as was used by the early Romans, to the modern storage tower, dating from the 19th cent. Feature (TSS-TSF), another optional component of the Tape Services Suite, TSS-DTS facilitates access of tapes stored in StorageTek(R) tape silos from any supported client system. A trial version of TSS-DTS is available now for download from the UTS Global website, www.utsglobal.com. All components of the Tape Services Suite are supplied in standard binary RPM format. For pricing information, contact a UTS Global sales office. In the U.S., call 408/496-4200, and in Europe, call 44-125-283-6168. About UTS Global, LLC UTS Global, LLC, is the worldwide leader in Unix and Linux operating environments for mainframe business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services for building and deploying mission-critical Linux applications. Note to Editors: UTS Global is a trademark of UTS Global, LLC. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . UNIX is a registered trademark 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, licensed exclusively (except in Japan where such license in non-exclusive) through X/Open Company Limited. StorageTek is a registered trademark of Storage Technology Incorporated. |
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