Special Features:
Emic GRID CLUSTER ENHANCES APACHE
& MySQL RELIABILITY
Emic Networks announced Emic Application Grid Cluster (EAC) for
Apache.
EAC for Apache is a new application-grid clustering product, designed to
provide best price/performance Lintel (Linux/Intel)-based grid cluster
platform for horizontal scaling of Web applications.
EAC scales economically from small and medium size environments to high-end
server platform environments. EAC's benefits include performance scalability
and load balancing, fault tolerance and continuous availability, and
centralized management.
Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of
1996. The December 2002 Netcraft Web Server Survey found that 62% of the
domains and 67% of active sites are using Apache, thus making it more widely
used than all other Web servers combined.
EAC combines multiple physical Apache web servers, working as one logical,
high performance and fault tolerant web server. It takes full advantage of
available resources and balances the workload between grid clustered nodes.
EAC delivers almost linear scalability as nodes are added to the grid
cluster.
This enables organizations to predict the cost of scaling up Web services
to
the enterprise level system, and provides a higher degree of confidence that
the Web services will continue to perform well as they scale up.
"With EAC, lower-cost Intel-based systems can easily match the performance
and reliability of expensive RISC systems," said Kari Honkanen, CTO at Emic
Networks. "EAC for Apache continues to expand Emic Application Grid Clustering
to cover the complete high-performance and highly reliable grid clustered Web
solutions.
EAC is also available for MySQL, the most popular open source database.
Both
EAC for Apache and EAC for MySQL products share a common, very intuitive
Administration Client that allows managing several clusters either locally or
remotely."
"We only use the Apache Web Server for our web hosting clients. Speed is
especially important when serving busy web sites. Reliability is extremely
important. The combination of Apache and EAC delivers maximum speed and
reliability," said Ismo Paananen, managing director at Optinet, whose hosting
customers are the biggest sport federations in Finland.
At the same time, Emic Networks today announced Emic Application Cluster
(EAC)
for MySQL, version 1.1. EAC for MySQL adds a new dimension to MySQL
reliability and scalability. EAC is a new application-grid clustering product
that is tuned for MySQL, the world's most popular open source database.
"At MC-Wetter customer satisfaction is our top priority. We make sure that
no
matter what the situation, our customers receive top-notch service. MySQL is a
vital component to our website and EAC adds a whole new dimension to MySQL's
reliability and scalability," said Michael Spindler, CTO at MC-Wetter GmbH,
one of the biggest privately owned Internet weather services in Europe.
"Enterprises and ISPs are increasingly turning to MySQL for running their
mission-critical applications. We are pleased to see leaders like Emic
Networks add application-clustering technology to the total offering," said
Marten Mickos, CEO at MySQL. Emic Application Grid Cluster for Apache and EAC
for MySQL are available today, starting at $995.
Free evaluation versions are available for downloading at: http://www.applicationcluster.com
.
About Emic Networks
Emic Networks offers the industry's leading, patent-pending
high-availability, fault tolerance and grid clustering software for
application and
hardware vendors.
Emic Networks was founded by Internet security and traffic management
specialists in response to the explosive growth in the need for reliability
and performance in mission- critical applications. Emic Networks is
headquartered in San Jose, CA.
http://www.emicnetworks.com
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