Bull announces the NovaScale® 9162 and 9322 servers
These new models provide more power and flexibility to simultaneously run GCOS 8, Microsoft Windows and Linux applications
Paris,
April
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Bull today announced the NovaScale 9162 and 9322 servers, the new GCOS 8 servers of the NovaScale 9000 series.
The GCOS 8 applications hosted on the large DPS 9000 mainframes can run on the new NovaScale 9000 without any need for recompilation. These applications draw on the innovative characteristics of the Intel® Itanium® 2 processors that the NovaScale servers are based on, both in terms of flexibility and power. They have access to the Linux® and Microsoft® Windows® applications available on the same NovaScale 9000 servers, while taking advantage of the distinctive robustness of mainframes.
The new NovaScale 9000 servers based on standard components bring the GCOS 8 applications more power, more scalability, and more flexibility
The new NovaScale 9000 servers can run up to 32 Intel® Itanium® 2 processors and enable the creation of physical GCOS 8 partitions that can each use up to 12 processors. In addition, they can also integrate the GCOS Turbo Server Processor (GTSP) functionalities that increase performance by 40%.
As compared to previous models, the new NovaScale 9162 et 9322 servers bring five times more processing power, more I/O power and more flexibility.
With their physical partitioning and virtualization capabilities, the new NovaScale 9000 servers bring GCOS 8 applications an unmatched level of flexibility and scalability: up to 4 GCOS 8 physical partitions and up to 3 GCOS 8 logical partitions per physical partition, plus up to 3 physical Windows® or Linux partitions per NovaScale server. With their dynamic configuration, the logical GCOS 8 partitions bring increased flexibility that allows modification of the system resources at any time.
The new NovaScale 9000 servers can integrate the DBSP (Data Base Server) in a dedicated physical partition. The interconnection between GCOS 8 applications and the DBSP is ensured through the InfiniBand protocol, which allows throughput 10 times superior to that obtained with the previous models.
These new servers can handle up to 15,000 GNSP (GCOS Network Server Processor) telecommunications server connections.
The GCOS 8 applications draw on the latest innovations of open systems
Developed by Bull, these reflect Bull's ambition to offer open and powerful environments based on standard technologiesthe family of Intel® Itanium® 2 processorsso as to fulfill the strongest expectations in terms of openness, flexibility and business continuity.
They also reflect Bull's ambition to provide its GCOS customers with a long-term evolution path. This includes giving them the best of what new technologies and standards can offer while protecting their current applications and investments.
Bull NovaScale 9162 and 9322 servers technical characteristics:
As the ultimate solution for GCOS 8 customers, the NovaScale 9162 and 9322 servers bring together GCOS robustness, with Intel processor performance and the openness of the Linux® and Microsoft® Windows® environments.
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Openness: GCOS 8 interoperates with Linux® and Microsoft® Windows®, facilitating the integration of production applications with standard environment functionalities.
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Interoperability with the new e-business applications: the launch of the NovaScale 9162 and 9322 has taken on a new dimension, assisting and speeding up the insertion of GCOS servers into new infrastructures: J2EE application servers, Internet, Intranet and Web Services.
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Partitioning and multi-environment: Thanks to specific partitioning functionalities, several applications running under different operating systems, such as GCOS 8, Linux® and Microsoft® Windows®, can be safely and securely consolidated on a single server.
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Business continuity for GCOS 8 applications: The Bull NovaScale 9000 servers have inherited the robustness, security, availability and performance of GCOS 8. They also integrate self-healing and disaster recovery functions in case of problems.
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Performance: Performance and evolution capabilities are unlimited in the long term since the NovaScale 9000 series will immediately benefit from every performance improvement that Intel brings to its future generations of processors.
Characteristics of the Bull NovaScale 9162 and 9322 servers:
Each GCOS 8 partition of a Bull NovaScale 9162 or 9322 server generates power up to 5,000 TPS.
The new servers provide the Bull DPS 9000/500, Bull DPS9000/700 and Bull DPS9000/TA with a long-term evolution path. They include increased power and the new functionalities of the new GCOS 8 SR6 version. This version is also available on the large Bull DPS 9000/TA200 and Bull DPS9000/TA300 (Olympus 2/2B) servers.
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Servers
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NovaScale 9162
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NovaScale 9322
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Number of Intel® Itanium® 2 processors
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4 to 16
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4 to 32
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Number of physical partitions
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1 to 2
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1 to 4
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Of which GCOS 8 partitions
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1 to 2
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1 to 4
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Of which Linux® or Windows® partitions
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0 to 1
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0 to 3
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Pricing and availability
The NovaScale 9162 and 9322 servers will be available in June 2005.
The price of the entry level NovaScale 9162, including 4 Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, 4GB memory, 4 x 73GB disks, an I/O IOSP processor and a GNSP telecommunications processor, is € 100,000.
About Bull, Architect of an Open World
As one of the leading European IT companies, Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:
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Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on industry-standard technologies;
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Building on its alliances with leading ISVs, Bull develops and implements flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give business processes the freedom to evolve;
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Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT security, Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in preserving customers' business integrity.
Bull has a particularly strong presence in the public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network and business partners cover more than 60 countries worldwide.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com
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