“Today, PolyServe, the leading provider of software-based,
distributed server clustering technology, and SuSE Linux, the
international technology leader and solution provider in open
source operating system (OS) software announced the availability of
Understudy 1.3 server clustering software for high-availability
and load balancing on SuSE Linux.”
“We’ve received an enormous number of requests to port our
category defining clustering utility to SuSE Linux”, said Vince
Schiavo, President of PolyServe. “Having now done so, we’re looking
forward to working hand-in-hand with SuSE, the leader in enterprise
Linux solutions. We are excited about joining SuSE in their
continued successful deployment of Linux for mission-critical
web-based applications, from small businesses all the way up to
enterprise accounts. Until now, this kind of clustering capability
has been available only to very large enterprise or institutional
customers with virtually unlimited IT budgets. With Understudy’s
breakthrough price-point of only $499 per server pair, any business
can enjoy the benefits of high-availability and high-performance
web services through failover and load balancing.”
“PolyServe Understudy1.3 has delivered a key component which has
been sorely needed for the effective deployment of Linux in mission
critical web-based applications”, said Volker Wiegand, President of
SuSE Linux, Inc. “By including Understudy 1.3, SuSE has established
itself as the leading Linux platform for High Availability. The
SuSE 6.4 High Availability tool kit already includes the ReiserFS,
LVS and drbd.”