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Fault-tolerant systems get cheaper
News For years, specialist "fault-tolerant" server makers have doubled up hardware to make servers more reliable. On 10 March, veteran fault-tolerant vendor Stratus will launch a rack-mounted, entry-level, fault-tolerant Intel server.
[March 4, 2003, 8:49]
Stratus adds Nehalem to fault-tolerant servers
News The fault-tolerant systems can offer high availability by running a pair of servers whose CPU, memory and hard disk are in permanent synchronisation. Stratus has upgraded its ftServer range of high-availability servers with the addition of Intel's...
[August 25, 2009, 9:00]
Red Hat certified on NEC's fault-tolerant servers
News NEC has certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for use on its Express5800/320Ma server, a fault-tolerant machine that uses backup components to protect against hardware failures. It's the first time the software has been certified on the server...
[August 16, 2006, 16:40]
Stratus launches first fault-tolerant dual-core servers
News Fault-tolerant system supplier Stratus Technologies launched its first system using dual-core processors on Tuesday, claiming it will offer 25 percent performance improvements over its current line. The server is available with a fault-tolerant...
[January 24, 2006, 14:00]
Stratus allies with NEC on fault-tolerant servers
News Fault-tolerant computer manufacturer Stratus Technologies said on Friday that it has signed two new deals worth a total of $9m (£5.3m) with NEC. The Linux server portion of the fault-tolerant market is growing at a CAGR of 63 percent.
[November 28, 2005, 13:40]
Stratus rolls out fault-tolerant 64-bit Linux
News Stratus, which sells fault-tolerant servers to enterprises, first announced support for Red Hat Linux in October of last year. Since then, the company has been building up its standards-based offerings, and in January announced its first fault...
[June 19, 2006, 15:45]
HP adds fault tolerance to blades
News HP has added to its family of c-Class blade servers with the launch of its first fault-tolerant blade server for high-availability systems. Fault-tolerant systems usually carry a high-price tag, and the HP Integrity NonStop is no exception.
[June 17, 2008, 15:45]
NEC and Stratus launch quad-core fault tolerance
News Stratus is labelling its latest server, the ftServer 6200, as "the most powerful Intel processor-based, fault-tolerant server for Windows or Linux" enterprise systems. The two companies are pooling their respective technologies, with NEC supplying...
[March 26, 2007, 17:04]
How scalable is your IT department?
News You know how important it is to have a backup of important data, and to have backup hardware (such as a fault tolerant RAID array so your data is safe if one disk crashes, or a server cluster so there'll be a machine ready to take over if a...
[September 27, 2006, 12:00]
Neverfail offers resiliency for BlackBerrys
News Resilient computing has long been the preserve of large firms who purchase high-end, fault-tolerant computing products. Based in Texas, privately held Neverfail has spend several years trying to persuade companies that they should be considering...
[June 30, 2006, 11:00]
NEC shifts resilient servers to quad-core chips
News NEC said last week that it's updating its fault-tolerant line of servers with Intel's new quad-core processors — a move that marks a major shift to a more competitive processor family. The company's machines employ an unusual design to avoid...
[April 2, 2007, 9:41]
Infortrend moves into enterprise storage
News Infortrend has released five new SAN systems that combine fault-tolerant Raid storage hardware with software to help customers manage storage-area networks. The Enterprise Scalable Virtualised Architecture (EVSA) range of systems, announced on...
[June 17, 2009, 12:14]
Stratus takes batteries out of backup
News Resilient computing specialist Stratus Technologies aims to reduce the need for toxic batteries in its latest fault-tolerant servers, by replacing them with capacitors. Instead of relying on the use of batteries to protect the cache inside the...
[May 22, 2007, 16:11]
The seven Rs of high availability
News The goal of all availability process owners is to maximise the uptime of the various online systems for which they are responsible -- in essence, to make them completely fault-tolerant. Constraints inside and outside the IT environment make this...
[November 26, 2002, 12:06]
CeBIT 2002: IBM squeezes eLiza into eight-way server
News The x440 uses fault-tolerant memory, self-healing software and virtual machine technology to provide the kind of reliability and scalability normally associated with mainframes. IBM has finally launched its mainframe-class Intel server, the eServer...
[March 13, 2002, 14:51]
EMC readies midrange NAS technology
News Sources close to EMC said the storage giant is planning to release later this year a fault-tolerant NAS product, codenamed Chameleon, that is based on the company's Clariion midrange storage system. EMC is muscling its way into the midrange network...
[November 13, 2000, 16:11]
Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison takes aim at IBM
News Ellison claimed the Sun/Oracle system had 25 percent more throughput, consumed six times less power, eight times less floor space, and had the added advantage over its IBM rival of being fault tolerant.
[October 12, 2009, 10:01]
Photos: Roll up for Adobe Acrobat's inflatable circus
News The system is managed by a Stratus fault-tolerant server. Adobe's mobile Acrobat 8 training touched down in Regent's Park today, and a group of journalists had the first chance to get their hands on the new software.
[September 18, 2006, 17:10]
Siemens and Nokia push enterprise mobility
News These systems have to be fault tolerant for ongoing business continuity. Siemens and Nokia have signed a co-operation agreement for the testing, development and sales of Siemens' fixed-mobile convergence service MobileConnect, the companies...
[March 15, 2007, 14:05]
Compaq Q4 up 23 per cent
News Compaq officials did not go into detail about the quarter's finances, but they did say that the company's enterprise computing business -- which includes servers, workstations, clustering technology storage products and massive parallel fault...
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