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Compatibility could challenge Windows Server use

IDC says the updated version owes more to Windows 2000 than Windows 2003, and will require an extensive evaluation of scenarios and planning. Then there are the application issues

Storage by the cluster

Clustering provides massive throughput because of an increased port count that comes from cobbling many storage servers together into a single pool of disks and processors, all working on a similar task and all able to share the same data. Management functions are distributed across the storage server farm. To an application server, the farm looks like a single, block-level storage system. Storage capacity can be added without disrupting applications running on the cluster.

Penguin boosts blades

Linux hardware and clustering company Penguin Computing Inc. is releasing two new blade servers in its BladeRunner family, the 4130 and the 4140, based on 64-bit chips from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) respectively. Penguin showed off the blades at the LinuxWorld show held earlier this month in San Francisco.

LINUXWORLD SF: Penguin adds new 64-bit BladeRunners

Linux hardware and clustering company Penguin Computing Inc. is releasing two new blade servers in its BladeRunner family, the 4130 and the 4140, based on 64-bit chips from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) respectively.

HP drops plans to put Compaq technology into HP-UX

The decision to drop the Tru64 integration will do nothing to help the public perception of HP-UX, which has been characterized as a neglected product by HP's rivals.

Veritas expands research and development in India

Storage software vendor Veritas Software Corp. recently announced that it plans to expand its research and development (R&D) operations in India by hiring 300 new staff at its Pune facility over the next year.

Network Appliance preps for grid

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