From: Brian Ziel <bri...@sco.COM> Subject: SCO's Unixware nonstop clusters sets new performance and scalability records Date: 1998/12/22 Message-ID: <3.0.32.19981222073636.00a063f0@mars.sco.com> X-Deja-AN: 424892757 Sender: scoann...@xenitec.on.ca (comp.unix.sco.announce moderator) Approved: scoann...@xenitec.on.ca Submit-To: scoann...@xenitec.on.ca Followup-To: comp.unix.sco.misc Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Resent-By: scoann-modera...@xenitec.on.ca Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.announce FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Brian Ziel SCO Tel: 831-427-7252 bri...@sco.com KING OF THE HILL! SCO's UNIXWARE NONSTOP CLUSTERS SETS NEW PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY RECORDS Six-Node UnixWare Cluster Running on Compaq ProLiant 7000 Leaps Ahead in SPEC95 Benchmark, Wins "Outstanding Product of the Year" SANTA CRUZ, CA (December 22, 1998) - Continuing its strategy of bringing the power of UNIX technology and Intel economics to enterprise markets, SCO (NASDAQ:SCOC) today announced its UnixWare NonStop(r) Clusters server software produced a record-breaking score for performance and scalability in the industry-standard SPECint_rate95 benchmark. This comes on the heels of UnixWare NonStop Clusters being honored with Performance Computing magazine's "Outstanding Product of the Year" award. The 6-node, 24-CPU UnixWare cluster achieved a score of 3443, scorching previous results from more expensive proprietary system vendors, such as Sun, and setting a new standard for Intel systems. With an outstanding single-node score of 594, the system also demonstrated an unmatched 96.5% scalability from one to six nodes. "These results are the latest in a long line of proof points that UnixWare based systems are ready for the enterprise," said Ray Anderson, senior vice president of Marketing at SCO. "They demonstrate that Reliability and Scalability, once the exclusive domain of RISC based UNIX servers, can now be achieved with 32-bit UnixWare systems running on Intel processors." This SPECcpu_int95 benchmark* ran on a cluster of six Compaq ProLiant 7000 servers, reaching record-breaking scores of 3443 for six nodes and 594 for one node that obliterated previous scores established by Sun (24 CPUs - 2171, 1 CPU - 464). "These record-breaking benchmarks reinforce Compaq's leadership in delivering the most advanced high-volume servers on the market," said Mary McDowell, vice president and general manager, Industry Standard Server Division, Compaq Computer Corporation. "Compaq and SCO have combined to develop UnixWare NonStop Clusters with the superior reliability that is required in the most demanding enterprise environments. UnixWare NonStop Clusters is an example of Compaq providing its customers with the highest performance and most scalable Intel-based systems in the industry." Compaq first introduced the NonStop Cluster Software technology to meet the needs of its Telecommunications customers, on its Compaq ProLiant server-based Integrity(r) XC platform in January 1998. Compaq's Tandem Division continues to sell NonStop Clusters direct to the telecommunications customers. Outstanding Product of the Year UnixWare NonStop Clusters was recently honored by Performance Computing magazine with an "Outstanding Product of the Year" award. The magazine cited system administration as a compelling aspect and strength of the product. Because UnixWare NonStop Clusters is a Single System Image (SSI) technology, administrators can configure and maintain the cluster as if it were a single, hugely scalable computer. Anderson continued, "To see the industry identify this product as the best of the year is an honor. The Performance Computing award validates both SCO and Compaq's work in developing a truly compelling product." About UnixWare NonStop Clusters UnixWare NonStop Clusters technology is the first and only SSI cluster solution available for volume enterprise servers. It provides both high availability and exceptional system scalability. Each node of a cluster can function independently of other nodes; or applications can take advantage of load balancing, system and application fail-over and process migration throughout the cluster. Applications can run unmodified in a cluster, or powerful cluster-aware applications can be created. These could include parallel databases, web servers and multi-tiered applications like On-line Transaction Process (OLTP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). UnixWare NonStop Clusters is available today under SCO's Early Availability Program. See http://www.sco.com/products/clustering/nsc.html for more information. About the SPEC95 Benchmark SPEC95 is an industry-standard software benchmark product produced by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), a non-profit group of computer vendors, systems integrators, universities, research organizations, publishers and consultants throughout the world. See http://www.spec.org for more information. About SCO SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems, and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of all kinds - including PCs, graphical terminals, and NCs - to have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com/. ### SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, Tarantella, and UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. NonStop is a registered trademark of Compaq Computer Corporation. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. * The system benchmarked included six Compaq ProLiant 7000, each with four 400 MHz Pentium II processors and 1 Gbyte of RAM, running UnixWare 2.1 NonStop Clusters software. ________________________ Brian Ziel Senior PR Manager Tel: 831-427-7252 Fax: 831-427-5418 mailto:bri...@sco.com http://www.sco.com/press ________________________