EMC`s Data General division and Veritas Software announce expanded alliance in clustering deal

Data General, a Division of EMC Corporation, and VERITAS Software Corporation have announced an expansion to their alliance in which Data General will bundle a full-feature version of VERITAS ClusterX for Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) with its Cluster-in-a-Box.

Previously bundling a limited version of VERITAS ClusterX for MSCS, Data General will now provide a fully functional version, allowing customers to benefit from its comprehensive cluster-management functionality for managing multiple clusters and clustered applications from a single console. As part of this expanded relationship between the two companies, Data General will also resell VERITAS ClusterX for NLB, offering customers a complete Windows 2000/Windows NT solution for their clustered Internet infrastructure.

"VERITAS ClusterX is the ideal solution for providing high availability for MS Exchange, SQL Server, IIS and other applications in rapidly growing clustered Windows environments," says Nick van Noordwyk, regional manager, Middle East and Africa at VERITAS Software. "Data General customers will now have access to an integrated hardware and software solution that`s ideally suited for those environments, simplifying the purchase and configuration of high availability clustering."

"This alliance between our two companies provides greater consolidation solutions for customers currently using Data General Cluster-in-a-Box," says Andrei Shishov, vice president of product planning and management for Data General, a Division of EMC. "VERITAS ClusterX provides the key features demanded by our customers for reducing cluster cost-of-ownership, while increasing the efficiency of systems management."

Data General Cluster-in-a-Box

Proven to be one of the most successful methods for supporting mission-critical computing across the enterprise, Data General`s clustering solutions offer a fast, highly reliable and highly available way to provide the applications availability operations demand. Compact, affordable and easy to deploy, Data General`s award-winning AViiON Cluster-in-a-Box offering is the industry`s first high-availability Windows clustering solution, pre-packaged, pre-configured in one complete rackmount system with no single point of failure.

Data General`s AViiON Cluster-in-a-Box solution combines the following key components for an unbeatable hardware platform:

• Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with MSCS for delivering performance, resilience, and high availability to mission-critical applications

• DG/ManageSuite systems management software:

• ClusterX for simplified and more-robust enterprise-wide cluster management

• ManageX Event Manager for monitoring and controlling workstations, servers, and applications anywhere in the network from a central location

• Win/Alert for fault management and call home capabilities

• Application Transparent Failover (ATF) software for continuous access to information stored on EMC CLARiiON midrange storage systems

• Navisphere storage management software for centralised management of EMC CLARiiON systems

• World-class service and support offerings

• Two high-performance, highly available AViiON Windows-based servers in one rack, with a single console

• An EMC CLARiiON midrange storage system for fast, uninterrupted access to valuable database information and superior data integrity

For specialized clustering needs, Data General`s highly available "in-a-Box" family of products also includes TermServer-in-a-Box and Exchange-in-a-Box.