Windows Virtualization With VMware ... Nov 8, 2009
Microsoft has no equivalent dynamic load balancing solution in Hyper-V, but it uses Microsoft's Cluster Server (MSCS) from Windows 2008 for fault tolerance. Microsoft has a process called Quick Migration that moves a virtual machine from one server to another in the time needed to transfer memory over the network. (Suite101.com)
The Agony and Ecstasy of RAID Oct 9, 2009
RAID is a form of fault tolerance. Backup and fault tolerance are very different conceptually ... Fault tolerance is designed to lessen the chance of disaster. (Datamation)
Virtualization Poses Challenges for IT Pros Aug 27, 2009
"We adopted virtualization initially to handle backup and fault tolerance for our primary machines and to handle space and power constraints in the datacenter," said Michael Diamant, CTO of procurement solution provider MoreDirect. "We started virtualizing servers because of a lack of power and space in our computer center," said Debbie Karcher, CIO of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. (Datamation)
Computer scientists scale 'layer 2' data center networks to 100,000 ports and beyond Aug 18, 2009
Critically, it removes the reliance on a single spanning tree, natively leveraging multipath routing and improving fault tolerance. The computer scientists report this advance in data center networking on August 18, 2009 at SIGCOMM, the premier computer networking conference. (EurekAlert!)
Determining the number of drives in a RAID group Aug 8, 2009
It also provides better fault tolerance than the single RAID level does, especially if configured as RAID 50. Most characteristics of RAID 05 and 50 are similar to those of RAID 03 and 30. (Search Storage)
Buttering Up Linux File Systems Aug 6, 2009
It is described on its own as "a new copy on write file system for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.". Go to page: 1. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
WAN Optimization Plus Virtualization Equals Bandwidth, Flexibility, And Fault Tolerance Jul 25, 2009
S T O R Y P A C K A G E. Vendors are exploring the intersection of WAN optimization technology and virtualization. (TechWeb)
Open source Hive: Large-scale, distributed data processing made easy Jul 24, 2009
Employing Hadoop's distributed file system (HDFS) as data storage, Hive inherits all of Hadoop's fault tolerance, scalability, and adeptness with huge data sets. When you run Hive, you are deposited into a shell, within which you can execute Hive Data Definition Language (DDL) and HQL commands. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Japan's Next-Generation Supercomputer Configuration Is Decided; Architecture Based on Scalar System Jul 22, 2009
Typical direct-connection networks are known to excel in allowing for system flexibility and expandability, but they have drawbacks in terms of the system's fault tolerance and operability. The network developed for this system, on the contrary, uses a multidimensional mesh/torus connection that achieves excellent fault tolerance and operability along with flexibility and expandability ... The CPU's error-recovery function and a network with excellent fault tolerance and operability will allow... (JCN Network, Japan)
Software To Unlock The Power Of Grids Jul 21, 2009
GridCOMP also replaced high management costs with automatic management providing built-in redundancy and fault tolerance and made a process which was difficult and expensive into one which was cheap and easy to scale. And expensive, commercial, closed-source software was replaced by a free open-soft framework. (Science Daily)
Protocols for cloud services - Part 2 Jun 16, 2009
It is a "distributed" system that achieves fault tolerance on cheap commodity hardware, typically running Linux, by extensive duplication and high throughput by choosing not to provide many typical file system functions ... Pros and Cons of Hadoop Hadoop is well suited to analysis of huge volumes of data by virtue of the efficiency, capacity, and fault tolerance of HDFS. Fault tolerance permits use of cheap commodity hardware In addition to the limit on the types of jobs suitable for mapping,... (Search Webservices)
Making cloud computing easier Jun 16, 2009
It also comes with additional features such as fault tolerance, which allows for a continuation of operations in the event of component failure. This operating system allows companies to bridge the gap between the internal intranet and the external Internet very effectively. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Enterprise UTM security: The best threat management solution? May 22, 2009
UTM deployment risks From my perspective, there are two major risks involved when deploying a UTM product: lack of fault tolerance and lack of vendor diversity. Fault tolerance is a major concern because a hardware or software failure that causes a disruption to the UTM box will take down all of your security services simultaneously. (Search Security, MA)
VMware Stresses Aggressive Product Plans Apr 28, 2009
"But we worked hard to improve usability. Those who were watching our yesterday saw the results. A feature like fault tolerance that would have required expertise to set up is virtually like turning on a property now.". He added that VMware is moving some of its technology to customers who pay less. (Datamation)
Server Virtualization and iSCSI Keep Small Business Running Apr 28, 2009
The IT infrastructure upgrade at Washington Archives improved data availability, disk utilization through , high availability, fault tolerance, replication, redundancy and disaster recovery. The flexible SAN also provides scalability and flexibility as Washington Archives grows its business. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
VMware Takes Virtualization to the Cloud Apr 28, 2009
To achieve reliability, the new version of the software includes what it's describing as "fault tolerance" that can run a real-time shadow version of itself on backup hardware ... Gilmartin noted that fault tolerance is only for the enterprise's most demanding applications: less-important applications can use a feature that's already in vSphere described as "high availability," which backs up all but the most recent few minutes of an application ... Advanced, priced at $2,245 per processor, adds... (Datamation)
Brain On A Chip? Mar 24, 2009
So we exploit the fault tolerance and use the entire wafer as a neural network. How could we use a neural computer. (Science Daily)
BEMA gets boost from BELD Mar 14, 2009
The story of how the Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) found a way to help the Braintree Emergency Management Agency (BEMA) at no charge began about five years ago when BELD Broadband installed a high-end fiber system with a high level of fault tolerance in a limited area covering Braintree Hill Park and Grossman Drive. Since then, this system has experienced not even one second of downtime or even service degradation, Network Engineer Brett Markham told the Forum. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Download, Install And Drive – The Future Of Automotive Software Feb 20, 2009
The researchers also explored the possibility of using the architecture to improve fault tolerance, so that if one electronic control unit (ECU) fails another could automatically step in and perform its function. With increasing numbers of electronic components in cars, controlling everything from security alarms and central locking to automatic braking (ABS) and engine timing, having backup systems and effective load balancing is one way of improving reliability. (Science Daily)
Aircel Implements Oracle Software to Support Aggressive Growth Feb 16, 2009
The use of Oracle Real Application Clusters has helped Aircel achieve the performance, high scalability and fault tolerance required for continual system operations. Supporting Quotes. (PR Newswire)
