FullTime Software, a leading developer of enterprise-wide, cross-platform adaptive computing solutions, has announced a new version of its high-availability and service level availability software - FullTime Cluster Version 4.2 - which now offers support for the HP-UX platform and for Windows NT on Alpha.
Operating systems previously supported include Windows NT on Intel and Sun Solaris. FullTime has also announced that FullTime Cluster 4.2 is SAN-Ready, as demonstrated at Legato Systems` worldwide SAN press conference in February. SANs (storage area networks) benefit cluster environments by overcoming the traditional limitations of using shared disk devices. These advantages -combined with FullTime Cluster`s central-management and single-configuration architecture - make very large and flexible clustering environments a feasible reality for enterprise customers.
FullTime Cluster 4.2 allows users to manage groups of servers running on Windows NT (Intel or Alpha), Sun Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.6, HP-UX 10.2 or 11.x and, on 1 May, IBM AIX 4.3 together in the same cluster. FullTime Cluster 4.2 also provides features that make the software more robust and easy to administer.
"FullTime`s clustering solution has really come of age for enterprises which want to manage their infrastructure from a central point, regardless of whether the servers are running on Windows NT or Unix," says Dave Terespolsky, MD of local FullTime distributor Server Tools.
New features
In addition to new operating system support, FullTime Cluster 4.2 provides system administrators with the ability to store application scripts once in the central FullTime configuration database, making the scripts available for all nodes in the cluster instead of requiring duplicate copies on all servers. This feature provides easy set-up and maintenance for starting, stopping, and monitoring applications.
Providing additional robustness, the new network isolation detection feature shuts down a single isolated server in order to protect from split-brain scenarios in the event that a network cable becomes accidentally disconnected, making it appear that the other server has crashed.
Other new features include improved management of IP addresses and rule attributes configurable for resource groups, which enables seamless enhancements and control of resource group relocation requirements between servers. Server Tools is a subsidiary of Dimension Data.
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