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<DIV><SPAN class=140421701-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>I saw
this today on the newswire. Sounds like they're packaging some tools
together to manage job requests: load balancing or <SPAN
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f</FONT></SPAN>ail-safe backup topology seems to be the
emphasis. <SPAN class=810272201-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2> Some good old fashioned job management routines . .
n</FONT></SPAN>ice going Red Hat!<SPAN class=810272201-11072000><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2> Of course it's nothing new to the
university types, but nice to see it pushed as a reliable product by Red
Hat. </FONT></SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140421701-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140421701-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Anyone
else hear anything?<SPAN class=810272201-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2> Red Hat guys . . .
comments? </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140421701-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140421701-11072000><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Hope
it gets people noticing PC clustering a little more.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Yoon Jae Ho
[mailto:yoon@bh.kyungpook.ac.kr]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 10, 2000 5:32
PM<BR><B>To:</B> beowulf@beowulf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> News : Red Hat
Unveils Linux Clustering Solution<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.071000/201920154&ticker=RHAT">http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.071000/201920154&ticker=RHAT</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>( BW)(NC-RED-HAT)(RHAT) Red Hat Unveils Linux Clustering
Solution; Adapted Version of Red Hat Linux 6.2 Delivers<BR>Advanced
Security, Scalability and Availability for a Reliable Internet
Infrastructure</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><BR> Business/Technology
Editors</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--July 10, 2000--Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), a leader in open source
Internet infrastructure<BR>solutions, today announced the Red Hat(TM) High
Availability Server 1.0, a specialized version of the award-winning Red Hat
L<BR> Red Hat High Availability Server is an
out-of-the-box clustering solution that delivers dynamic load balancing,
improved fault tolerance and scalability of TCP/IP<BR>based applications. It
lets users combine individual servers into a cluster, resulting in highly
available access to critical network resources such as data,
applications,<BR>network services, and more. If one server in the cluster
fails, another will automatically take over its workload. The Red Hat<BR>to
Web servers, ftp servers, mail gateways, firewalls, VPN gateways and other
front-end IP-based applications where virtually uninterrupted service is
required.<BR> "The Red Hat High Availability Server
is optimized specifically for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and
corporate customers who want to dramatically reduce<BR>the time needed for
implementation," said Paul McNamara, vice president, products and
platforms, Red Hat, Inc. "In today's demanding Internet environment,
server<BR>failure means lost revenue and diminished customer satisfaction.
With this product, we are providing customers with a flexible, affordable,
and highly available<BR>front-end Internet infrastructure solution. Because
the Red Hat High Availability Server software can be installed on any
off-the-shelf commodity hardware that<BR>supports Linux--it offers service
providers and corporate IT departments an option for increased availability
at a significant overall cost savings."<BR> The
product supports heterogeneous network environments, allowing individual
members of the cluster to run Red Hat Linux or virtually any other OS
including<BR>Solaris(R), and Windows NT(R). Because the Red Hat High
Availability Server is an open source product, customers are free from
expensive technology lock-in<BR>that often occurs with proprietary
solutions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> New Security Features</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> The Red Hat High Availability Server
has a number of inherent security features designed specifically for high
availability Web front-end applications. Remote<BR>system access is disabled
by default, and unused network services are not installed or started in the
standard installation.<BR> The Red Hat High Availability
Server can be configured in two main ways. In Failover Services (FOS) mode,
the system can be configured as a two node cold<BR>failover cluster ideally
suited for applications where simple, affordable redundancy is needed such
as firewalls, static Web servers, DNS, and mail servers. In Linux<BR>Virtual
Server (LVS) mode, the system can be configured as an n-node cluster
consisting of a two node load balancer, which accepts requests and directs
those<BR>request to one of any number of IP-based servers based on a
configurable traffic management algorithm.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Red Hat High Availability Server 1.0
Features and Benefits</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> -- Easy Installation: The Red Hat High
Availability Server is based on the award winning Red Hat Linux OS. Red
Hat's engineers have created a special<BR>installation-class that installs
only those packages that are needed with the clustering packages. The Red
Hat High Availability Server is installed for optimal<BR>performance--saving
time and hassle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> -- Higher Performance and Scalability:
The Red Hat High Availability Server supports the scalability that meets the
growth demands of today's highly dynamic IP<BR>environments. The number of
cluster nodes is limited only by the hardware and network used. The product
has advanced cluster features that provide high levels of<BR>performance
including an ability to configure servers to bypass the load balancers when
returning traffic back to the client, increasing the overall performance of
the<BR>cluster. Additionally, because individual nodes can be taken
off-line</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>