They enable to run existing GCOS applications without change (binary compatible) on industry-standard servers that provide an outstanding scalability combined with mainframe-class robustness.

They constitute the ideal evolution path for the Bull DPS 9000 & 7000 servers.

The Bull NovaScale GCOS Line consists of three series:

9000 Series: High-range servers based on dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing advanced partitioning features allowing the simultaneous support of GCOS 8, Microsoft® Windows® and Linux®
7000 Series: High-range servers based on dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, providing advanced partitioning features allowing the simultaneous support of GCOS 7, Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® .
G7x6 Series: The new generation of NovaScale GCOS 7 servers based on dual-core Intel® Xeon® processors, bringing the best of two worlds: GCOS 7 and Open.

The entire Bull NovaScale family is managed by Bull System Manager, a flexible and ergonomic platform which can be seamlessly integrated into the existing management infrastructures. It provides event handling, monitoring, information collection, hardware management and OS control.

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