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- From: dafuller@sequent.com (David Fuller)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: Fault Tolerant-High Availability comp systems
- Keywords: Fault Tolerant-High Availability
- Message-ID: <1992Sep16.014325.18265@sequent.com>
- Date: 16 Sep 92 01:43:25 GMT
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- In article <7211@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> fleurant@sparc15.hri.com (P.Fleurant) writes:
- >I'm doing a survey on this thing they call Fault Tolerant Computer systems.
- >As far as I know there are only a few companies that market such a system.
- >
- > Tandem Cupertino, CA (408) 725-6000
- > Stratus Marlboro, MA (508) 460-2000
- > Sequoia Marlboro, MA (508) 480-0800
- > Integrated Micro Products Los Gatos, CA (408) 399-5088
- > Fail-Safe Technology Los Angeles, CA not listed (?)
- >
- >
- >Can someone point me to the following on the subject of Fault Tolerant
- >Computer systems?
- > 1) a good bibliography
- > 2) the best newsgroup
- > 3) a best trade journal
- > 4) a FAQ type article
- > 5) list of companies
- >
- >
- >Is Fault Tolerant just some marketing hype used to sell expensive low
- >performance yet highly
- >redundant computer?
-
- Huh? Ask the New York Stock Exchange that question, or the many other
- happy Tandem users. If you NEED fault tolerance, you know it. It's a
- requirement that sticks out as primary in certain applications and no
- fancy juggering of non-FT computers will work your way out of it.
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- Dave Fuller All opinions expressed are my own and not
- Sequent Computer Systems those of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- dafuller@sequent.com
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