In article <42.56069@c.hup.hu>, Gabucino wrote:
>>> A bankok Windows-t használnak? Mire?
>> Szervernek, desktopra, bankautomatákon.
>> Kimaradt valamilyen alkalmazási terület?
> Hat ezt nemtom mire velni, mindenesetre az Altalanos Ertekforgalmi Bank
> tavaly ev vegen egy bazinagy Alpha/VMS clustert vett.
De meg is kerestem:
When General Banking and Trust Company Limited (GBT), one of Hungarys
leading financial institutions, decided to upgrade its OpenVMS production
environment, it demanded a solution that would deliver not only high
performance and capacity for growth, but also greater availability and more
disaster tolerance. After carefully evaluating a range of options from HP,
IBM, and EMC, the Budapest-based bank decided to deploy a production site of
two OpenVMS AlphaServer GS1280 systems (with eight processors and 32GB
memory) and a five-terabyte (TB) StorageWorks XP1024 disk array.
The main location is connected via fibre to a back-up site with a single
identical AlphaServer GS1280 system and XP1024 providing the flexibility to
address a server failure without initiating a full disaster scenario. The
dual-site configuration performs as a single OpenVMS cluster with a unified
system image, simplifying management and enabling easy access to storage.
For almost 15 years, GBT has relied on OpenVMS to support its critical
operations, most recently using SYMBOLS, an integrated retail banking
solution by System Access. "We have a long tradition of using OpenVMSit
delivers the performance, scalability, and reliability that we need," says
Tibor Nagy, GBT director of Information Technology. "By moving to the latest
AlphaServer technology, we expect to enjoy OpenVMS at a new level of
performance and reliability."
In its new disaster-tolerant solution, GBT is using two technologies to
ensure that both sites will have current and complete data for
business-critical applications. The AlphaServer systems at each site are
using host-based volume shadowing to mirror OpenVMS and Oracle system data.
Application databases are replicated in real-time with Continuous Access XP,
which provides a direct interface between the system software and the disk
arrays. "Continuous Access enables the bank to meet stringent requirements
for data currency with extremely fast failover," says Mr. Nagy. In addition,
the bank is using two ADVA Dense Wave Division Multiplexing optical
termination units as a cost-effective system to transport high-speed data,
storage, and voice applications. "We are very happy with the safety and
stability of our upgraded environment," adds Mr. Nagy.
To maximize disaster tolerance, GBT plans to deploy a second AlphaServer
GS1280 system in its failover cluster in 2005. "These new AlphaServer
systems give us plenty of headroom to grow, and we eventually expect to move
to Integrity servers in the future," says Mr. Nagy. "When we analyzed our
needs, taking into account the goals we want to achieve, we realized that HP
delivers a very robust platform that supports OpenVMS now and into the
future."
Hat, nem egeszen a latest debian unstablet valasztottak 2.6.8-mm5-git666
kernellel. :*
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Gabucino