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Novell Maximizes Network Availability with Advanced Clustering Solution NetWare Cluster Services for NetWare 5 Maximizes Network Uptime, Provides Highly Available Access to Web Resources and Other Network Applications ATLANTA (NetWorld + Interop)—September 14, 1999—Keeping networks constantly up and running is critical to today's fast-moving Internet economy. With that in mind, Novell, Inc. today announced the availability of directory-enabled NetWare® Cluster Services™ for NetWare 5. Endorsed by hardware vendors Compaq, Dell, HP and IBM, NetWare Cluster Services is a highly scalable, extremely manageable clustering solution for Intel-based servers that maximizes network uptime and allows businesses to provide their customers with reliable access to network resources like file, print, e-mail/collaboration or Web applications. Through integration with Novell® Directory Services® (NDS®), NetWare Cluster Services also simplifies and lowers the cost of network management by providing a single point of administration, allowing live upgrades and maintenance, and supporting shared storage between servers in a cluster. The costs of network downtime can be dramatic for any business that relies on an IT infrastructure for customer service or employee productivity. According to The Standish Group, network downtime can cost up to $10,000 each minute in the case of an e-commerce application and $13,000 each minute in the case of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application. NetWare Cluster Services for NetWare 5 adds higher availability to Novell's award-winning, directory-enabled network operating system. NetWare Cluster Services maximizes network uptime by tying together from two to eight Intel architecture network servers, or nodes, to create a cluster. The clustered servers have access to shared volumes and can also back each other up if one of the nodes fails, a process known as failover. "Intel architecture provides the availability, performance and scalability necessary to deliver highly available cluster services in today's unforeseeable Internet economy," said Justin Rattner, Intel Fellow and director of Intel's Server Architecture Lab. "The combination of Intel-based servers, featuring the Pentium® III Xeon™ processor, and Novell's NetWare Cluster Services for NetWare 5 is ready to meet the e-Business availability and manageability challenge." Read what other partners are saying about NetWare Cluster Services. This combination of NetWare Cluster Services and NetWare 5 allows customers to dramatically reduce network downtime by providing extremely fast failover if problems occur. In most cases, if a clustered server does go down, failover is imperceptible to end-users. For example, if a user sends a print job and the network server fails, that user doesn't have to resubmit the print job and would notice little more than the passing of a few seconds before the job is completed. Other key benefits of NetWare Cluster Services include:
Pricing, Availability and Support Novell Consulting Rapid Deployment Solution Novell offers the directory expertise and training to help businesses integrate their networks with NDS through professional services provided by Novell Consulting Services, Novell Education, Novell Technical Services™ or any of Novell's qualified partners. About Novell Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the leading provider of network software enabled by directory services. Novell solutions give customers total control of business networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity. Novell's worldwide channel, developer, education and technical support programs are the most extensive in the network computing industry. For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/pressroom. In addition, detailed comparisons between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are available on the Web at http://www.novell.com/advantage. For information on the Year 2000 status of Novell products, please access Novell's Year 2000 Web site at http://www.novell.com/year2000 or contact Novell's Customer Response Center at year2000@novell.com. Novell, NetWare, GroupWise, NDS and Novell Directory Services are registered trademarks, and ConsoleOne, NetWare Cluster Services and Novell Technical Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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