Japanese ISP Mega installs Linux cluster to serve more than 100,000 customersTokyo 05 December 2000 Mega Co., Ltd., an independent Internet service provider (ISP) based in Tokyo, has adopted Turbolinux Cluster Server for its new clustered server system featuring total disk storage capacity of 1.5 terabytes and serving more than 100,000 corporate customers.
The new clustered server system was designed and implemented by
Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd., a Turbolinux partner in clustering
technology.
"We adopted Turbolinux-based clustering because our customers
require reliability and availability," said Kenji Nousho, a planning
and development executive at Mega. "Turbolinux has a proven track
record and we have succeeded in achieving far higher performance than
we originally expected."
"We have a lot of experience in UNIX-based clustering and were
impressed with Turbolinux software solutions in building a clustered
system with 1.5 terabyte large disk storage capacity," said Satoshi
Kawamura, senior engineer at the electronic information systems
division of Hitachi Engineering. "This deployment with Mega could
trigger a sharp rise in demand for clustered systems based on Linux,
which now has proven stability comparable to that of UNIX. The Mega
installation also proves that Turbolinux's Cluster Server can deliver
even in mission-critical environments where system downtime cannot be
tolerated."
Mega's new clustered Turbolinux system provides Internet package
services for corporate users. The cluster is comprised of nine racks
of Hitachi 3U HA8000 servers providing mail, Web, and NFS services and
interconnected via high-speed network switches.
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