Oracle chooses CLARiiON Open Storage Systems to provide data storage component for first heterogeneous server cluster demonstration; CLARiiON provides data storage for Oracle Solution running on IBM, Digital, Compaq and Unisys servers concurrently

Business Wire, August 20, 1996

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1996--CLARiiON, a business unit of Data General Corp. and the world's leading provider of open RAID-based storage systems, was chosen by software giant Oracle Corp. to provide the data storage component for the first high availability, high performance, heterogeneous server cluster demonstration, held at the SCO Forum on Aug. 19-21, 1996, at the University of Santa Cruz, Calif. The event branded as the "Oracle High 5 Cluster Expo," showcased a variant configuration made up of an Oracle7 Parallel Server running SCO UnixWare 2.1 on four Intel-based servers from IBM, Digital, Compaq, and Unisys, communicating with the same Oracle7 database residing on a CLARiiON Series 2000 disk array. During the presentation, continued transaction processing was provided, even during the loss of power connections for one, two, and even three of the machines.

"We were extremely pleased to be chosen by Oracle to demonstrate the viability and ease of supporting a highly available server cluster, even in situations where the cluster is made up of completely different server platforms, such as this one," said Larry Hemmerich, Vice President and General Manager of CLARiiON. "Being chosen to participate in this event is a true testimonial to the CLARiiON disk array's open system architecture and its ability to simultaneously support multiple servers from different systems vendors."

"From inception, the CLARiiON disk array has been designed to operate within industry standards and offers a compliant heritage in SCSI disk communications. It really is plug and play' solution that doesn't need to be engineered at the end-user site," Hemmerich continued. "This also extends investment protection by allowing the user to make future server purchases while preserving the investment in storage."

The CLARiiON Series 2000 disk array, utilized for the demonstration, is the foremost storage solution for medium-to-large scale, mission-critical computing environments. Based on an uncompromising design philosophy, each model balances performance and reliability with flexibility, addressing the dynamic storage needs of the open enterprise. In addition, the CLARiiON Series 2000 offers caching features that enhance data integrity, while reducing response time and improving system performance.

The CLARiiON Series 2000 disk array boasts such industry leading attributes as:

-- High availability -- ensures continuous access to mission-critical applications and data

-- Advanced system architecture -- provides data integrity

-- Flexible upgrade path -- addresses future storage needs

-- Innovative design -- adapts to user's specific storage requirements

-- Low cost of ownership -- provides significant return on investment

The demonstration, held for the press at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, included presentations from Oracle and SCO before two short (approximately 10 minutes each) demonstrations, followed by an open Q&A session. The demonstration will be performed for SCO Forum attendees every hour during show hours on Tuesday, Aug. 20, and Wednesday, Aug. 21.

CLARiiON advanced storage solutions, with over 500 combined manpower years of array experience, over 100 million hours of customer satisfaction, and over 25,000 systems running worldwide, is the world's leader in open RAID-based disk array storage technology. CLARiiON disk arrays range from the entry-level Model 150 designed to support PC LAN environments to the rackmount Series 2000 system designed for enterprise-level computing environments into the multi-terabyte range. CLARiiON disk arrays are distributed by OEMs, private label suppliers, value-added resellers (VARs), and system integrators worldwide, serving North America, South America, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and Asia. For further information regarding CLARiiON and its family of industry leading disk arrays, please call 1-800-67-ARRAY or visit its home page at http://www.clariion.com.

Data General Corp. (NYSE:DGN), headquartered in Westboro, Mass. specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.2 billion of fiscal 1995. Additional information on Data General Corp. its products, and its services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com. -0-

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