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Seeking OpenVMS-like clusters for Windows NT?

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The Question is:

 
On a presentation that I came across on an Internet search, under the
OPENVMS page, I found a "DIGITAL Enetrprise NT clusters Architecture" on
Slide 8 of 31.  I have Compaq 7000 servers running NT Enterprise 4.0.  In
them I have installed Emulex Light Pul
se cards, running SCSI Protocol, and IP Protocol, over Fibre Channel
"FABRIC".  It is attached to a SAN through an ANCOR MKII Fibre Channel
"SWITCH".
What is represented on the slide in your presentation, (MULTI-SYSTEM
CLUSTERS, and Distributed Lock Manager) is exactly what I am looking for.  I
have been unable to find the right person to talk to about this software.
Can you please direct me to someon
e.  This need is immediate, as we are trying to start implementing by
February.  We are a "Compaq NT House"
 

The Answer is :

 
  Upgrade to OpenVMS if your need for shared storage among Windows NT
  systems is immediate -- Contact Microsoft for their plans and schedule
  for the release of these capabilities in Windows NT.  (The OpenVMS Wizard
  would expect this would not be available for Windows NT until well after
  the release of Windows NT 5.0.)  OpenVMS can interoperate with Windows NT,
  and can provide services and clustering capabilities to Windows NT that
  Windows NT cannot provide for itself.
 
  The OpenVMS distributed lock manager and 96 node full-sharing clustering
  is readily available and is fully supported in OpenVMS.  Further, OpenVMS
  and the applications have roughly ten years of successful and fully-shared
  cluster storage operations and experience at customer sites.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 20-NOV-1998 )
     
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