Lineo's Availix Horizontal Clustering 1.3, a high-availability Linux solution, promises redundancy, high density, and scalability for providers of Internet services. It can support up to seven processors.

by Wayne Kawamoto [July 9, 2001]

Lineo, Inc., a provider of embedded systems, real-time, and high-availability solutions, announced the release of its Linux-based Lineo Availix Horizontal Clustering 1.3, a new clustering solution that supports non-stop access services.

According to the company, Availix Horizontal Clustering 1.3 (Availix HC 1.3) provides service providers with an immediate, cost-effective solution that supports high availability, redundancy, reliability, and scalability. Availix HC 1.3 is the Lineo solution for medium scalability of up to seven processors.

According to Lineo, Availix HC 1.3 offers the following capabilities:

• Support for high speed switched technology based on Fibre Channel
  
  
• Content sharing on a Storage Area Network (SAN) through Global File System (GFS 4.0.1)
  
  
• SNMP Mibs for administration and maintenance via remote access
  
  
• Oracle Parallel Server 8i using high speed CompactPCI bus on a multi-node configuration
  
  
• Zeus for HTTP performance and Real server for Audio and Video Streaming in addition to the Linux distribution
  
  
• Support for the new CompactPCI technology from I-Bus and SAN technology from MTI and Newnet

Through its distributed architecture, Lineo says that its Availix HC 1.3 supports a high workload without the risk of failure or CPU bottleneck issues. Also, users should be able to hotswap redundant hardware components in a cluster without rebooting the entire cluster. These redundant components include the CompactPCI bus arbiter board, cluster controller board and the cluster node boards.

"Availix HC 1.3 is an excellent balance between high speed bus and switched technology to provide an immediate and effective solution for content providers in need of non-stop access services," said Bruno Simon, Lineo vice president of infrastructure business. "With Availix HC 1.3, providers are now able to quickly resolve all issues related to clustering technology in terms of performance, high availability and administration."

Pricing and availability
Lineo's Availix HC 1.3 is available now and sells for $2,000 per CPU board.

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