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To: J. D. Main who wrote (136464)	7/13/1999 3:18:00 PM
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More DELL News!! (COMTEX) B: Dell Unveils Clustering Architecture B: Dell Unveils Clustering Architecture Jul 13, 1999 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- Dell Computer said it plans to integrate third-party clustering hardware and software into its server line, and will look into broadening Unix support. Dell Monday unveiled the Dell Scalable Enterprise Computing (SEC) architecture, combining its PowerEdge servers and PowerVault storage for applications including Web hosting, intranet, e-commerce, online transaction processing, decision support, and parallel database architectures. Dell will initially support Microsoft Server Cluster (MSCS) failover software of up to two nodes, running on Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, the company said. In a small but significant step for Dell, the company will look into supporting a commercial Unix on its systems, either Sun Microsystems Solaris or Monterey, a 64-bit Unix operating system being developed by IBM, SCO, Sequent, and Intel. That's a slight change of strategy for Dell, which previously said it was mainly a Windows NT company and would not support Unix on its servers because it did not see sufficient demand. Dell now provides technical support and validates NT, Novell NetWare, and Linux on its servers, and will pre-install anyoperating system, including Linux and SCO, at user request, but the user will have to provide his own support for other operating systems. Dell will validate, support and resell Giganet's cLAN 5000 switch and cLAN GNN1000 Host Adapter, and the Dell Open Manage Cluster Assistant with ClusterX systems management software, which Dell re-sells from NuView. The components are available directly from Dell. Pricing for the host adapter starts at $695; the cluster switch starts at $4,350. The management software and cables are priced starting at $3,275. The management software lets users configure and administer servers connected in a multiple clusters. -0- Copyright (C) 1999 CMP Media Inc. * end of story *