Compac developed new ProLiant clusters

Houston, 10 November 97 Compaq Computer Corporation revealed new ProLiant Clusters. The ProLiant Cluster Series F will use Fibre Channel technology as the storage connection and either Ethernet or Tandem's ServerNet technology as the server interconnect. Fibre Channel technology provides higher performance and greater configuration flexibility than other storage technologies. Compaq will also release the ProLiant Cluster Series S, which will feature SCSI storage, and the Microsoft Cluster server.

Fibre Channel provides greater data availability. It can be used to store data at a remote site, which in the near future could be up to 10,000 meters from their server. The ability to store business-critical data remotely provides customers increased data availability in the event of a fire or natural disaster. The Cluster Series F is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 1998.

The ProLiant Cluster Series S are SCSI-based cluster configurations utilizing existing storage offerings, so customers will be able to use their current storage systems. The ProLiant Cluster Series S, which utilizes Compaq's SMART-2 Array Controller family, will also be available in the first quarter of 1998.

In addition to Microsoft Windows NT Server clusters based on MSCS, Compaq will deliver Windows NT clusters that offer database performance scaling across multiple nodes to provide scalable transaction processing and data warehousing using industry-standard technology. Initially, these clusters will support Oracle Parallel Server (OPS), with future support planned for additional databases.

Sandra Wermer