“HP will show ProcessControl Manager at the show and release a
Linux version in the third quarter, said Mike Balma, marketing
director for HP’s newly formed Linux Systems Operation. The
software assigns priorities for different jobs as they run
simultaneously on the same server, an important feature for
multiprocessor systems handling tasks such as housing large
databases.”
“The software, while proprietary, still requires
some support in the kernel, or heart of Linux, which
currently can’t report frequently enough what tasks it’s working
on, Balma said. The company hopes changes to accommodate
HP’s software–or other companies’ products that work
similarly–will be incorporated into the standard Linux
kernel.”
“The company plans to increase its Linux services, announcing
that it will add a program offering, though not guaranteeing, a
6-hour response time to companies whose Linux servers fail. … HP
also is working on Service Guard for Linux, software that shares
jobs among a group of as many as 16 computers, minimizing problems
when one computer crashes.”