Storage 99 Conference
ViewPoint Uniquely Able to Monitor and Analyze All Components of Sequent's
Switched-Fabric SAN
Delivers Proof of Performance Gains And Cost-Saving Benefits
FAIRFAX, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Datametrics(R) Systems Corporation
announced today that ViewPoint(R) performance management software was selected
by Sequent to monitor the industry's only multi-path, switched-fabric fibre
channel Storage Area Network (SAN). On view in a live demo at Gartner Group's
Storage 99 conference in Scottsdale Arizona last month, the SAN was developed
by Sequent and partners EMC, Emulex, and Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
It was configured as a geographically separated, clustered system with
8 kilometers of single mode fibre connecting four cascaded switches, providing
multiple redundant paths from the cluster through the switched fabric to the
storage devices.
ViewPoint enabled attendees who viewed the SAN demonstration to directly
observe the performance of the entire SAN demonstration environment, including
the NUMA-Q(R) systems (CPU, memory, I/O), fibre channel host adapters, Brocade
switches, EMC storage and Oracle database software. "This conference was an
ideal venue for demonstrating not only the capabilities of the SAN, but also
the critical importance of being able to measure the performance of the SAN as
well as those components that rely on it," says David Freund, vice president
of marketing for Datametrics. "It also provided the first glimpse of
ViewPoint's expanding capabilities enabling unified, sophisticated performance
analysis for groups of hardware and software components as they are
increasingly being deployed by IT departments worldwide."
"Sequent's switched-fabric fiber channel SAN is literally years ahead of
the competition and offers high-speed access to enterprise storage,
centralized management, and non-disruptive scalability," says Jeff Pancottine,
vice president worldwide marketing, Sequent Computer Systems. "Datametrics'
ViewPoint software enables IT organizations to monitor complex environments
and is an essential component of our SAN solution."
ViewPoint is a multi-platform performance management and analysis product
for the entire enterprise that automatically monitors, analyzes and correlates
thousands of performance metrics simultaneously and at blazing speed, alerting
and reporting problems before they become critical. It also provides trend
analysis, prediction, and simulation modeling for capacity planning
-- anticipating problems before they even occur. ViewPoint can be used
throughout a distributed computing environment and provides detailed
performance management of business-critical systems running Compaq OpenVMS,
Unisys Corporation 2200 and A Series, Windows NT and many UNIX platforms
including Sun, HP and IBM. A leader in Windows-based performance analysis,
ViewPoint is poised to exploit the evolving WBEM and CIM standards by already
using Java technology to present critical performance analysis information
over the Internet.
ViewPoint's advanced intrinsic analysis features include:
* AutoAlert(TM) notifies users when systems violate set thresholds of
acceptable performance
* AutoAnalyze(TM) examines problems and recommends solutions
* AutoCorrelate(TM) detects causes of performance problems by
automatically discovering cause-and-effect relationships
* AutoInvestigate(TM) systematically identifies abnormal conditions
* AutoReport(TM) schedules and prints detailed system performance reports
at periodic intervals or for a specific case
* AutoWeb(TM) enables users to view system performance from a Web browser
* Data Dictionary(TM) multi-platform knowledge base supplying variable
definitions
* EventScope(TM) exposes processes or programs using excessive system
resources
* DrillDown(TM) allows users to selectspecific items for progressive
discovery
* AutoVariable(TM) builds custom dynamic variables using mathematical
expressions
ViewPoint has an open data collector interface which enables hardware
vendors, software vendors and customers to add their own performance metrics
modules, providing automatic integration with the rest of ViewPoint's
performance management capabilities. And since ViewPoint can integrate with
any SNMP-based management framework, custom metrics can be readily used with
the event automation features in Enterprise Management environments such as
BMC Patrol, Tivoli Enterprise, CA Unicenter TNG, or HP OpenView.
About Datametrics
Datametrics Systems Corporation is a global company providing IT
professionals with multi-platform software and services to keep
business-critical systems, databases, and applications running at peak
performance. Datametrics is the leading developer of automated performance
analysis and correlation software to solve computer performance problems.
Datametrics has been delivering performance solutions to customers in over
25 countries since 1980 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zitel Corporation
(Nasdaq: ZITL). Visit Datametrics at datametrics.com.
About Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Sequent Computer Systems (Nasdaq: SQNT), the leader in Intel-based
solutions for the data center, is committed to the success of its end-user and
system integrator customers. Sequent's platform architectures and services are
optimized for the scalability, availability and manageability requirements of
large, growing corporate infrastructures leveraging Internet technologies,
database technologies and best-of-breed partnerships.
Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide, including many
of the world's largest and most sophisticated e-commerce, CRM and business
intelligence environments. For further information, phone Sequent at
503-626-5700 or 800-257-9044, or visit the company's Web site at
www.sequent.com.
NOTE: Datametrics and ViewPoint are registered trademarks of Datametrics
Systems Corporation. All other product names and brand names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.
This press release may contain projections and other forward-looking
statements regarding future events or the future financial performance. Such
statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ
materially. Refer to the documents Zitel Corporation files from time to time
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents contain and
identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those contained in the projections or forward-looking
statements in this press release.
SOURCE Zitel Corporation
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