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Ques. to ask Sun and IBM customers re: SSHA

Ques. to ask Sun and IBM customers re: SSHA. Can your operating system maintain 24x7 availability in a dynamic environment?

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Ques. to ask Sun and IBM customers re: SSHA

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  1. Ques. to ask Sun and IBM customers re: SSHA • Can your operating system maintain 24x7 availability in a dynamic environment? • HP’s integrated high availability components are integrated. (PRM is integrated with Psets, WLM, PRM, vpars, npars are integrated with MC/ServiceGuard) to maintain the highest availability… • Are you concerned with unplanned down time due to application faults. If so, does your OS have the ability to self-manage application resources? Or To recover against in-system failures, can your system adjust dynamic partition size based on load? • HP has vPars, Psets, variable page sizing, dynamic tunable kernels,… • To provide the highest availability, does your operating system enable isolation of a CPU to a portion of a system (rather than to an entire SMP or SMP partition)? • HP vpars can… • Do you have requirements to maintain a high availability infrastructure in a multi-OS environment? • MC/Serviceguard, Openview, etc… • Do you want to pay for high availability when you haven’t used it? • Pay per use… *** HP Confidential ***

  2. 2001 D.H.Brown “Unix Function Review”Reliability, Availability, Serviceability Reliability Availability Serviceability Score 8.24 7.53 7.26 6.55 6.24 • Solaris leads in this category due to • OL* capability for CPUs/memory/IO • dynamic reconfiguration capability for system domains on E10000. • hot-patching its kernel • live-upgrade feature • HP-UX is credited for good component failure recovery, leading resource workload balance tools, first-class Fibre Channel support, and strong Disaster Recovery options. • Tru64 UNIX has the strongest Cluster File System (CFS). • AIX lags due to not having partitions. NOTE: DHBrown only scores the OS. Sparc CPUs have had major reliability issues with their Caches and is a major cause of system crashes on SUN boxes. *** HP Confidential ***

  3. Building Always-On, 24x7 Availability High Availability Self Healing Dynamic Computing Keep It Running Load balance Dynamic tuning Partitions Reliability Isolation Resiliency Recover Discover Resolve • Fault Management • HAO • Serviceability (SCR) • AEN • HPMC Analysis tools • Remote Administration • Online JFS • VxVM • HW Quality • SW Quality • Patch Management • Panic reduction • DPR / DMR • OLA PCI cards • Fabric resiliency • Auto-deallocate • Hot-swap fans • Hot-swap power • Fault Tolerant SANs • OLA partition reconfiguration • I/O error recovery • Multipath I/O • APA • Dual AC inputs • Boot time improvement • OLR PCI cards • Root disk Journaling • OLD PCI cards • OLRD partition reconfiguration • Live upgrade • Dynamic patching • iCOD • Pay per use • PRM • WLM • Hard partitions (nPars), • Virtual partitions (vPars) • Processor Sets • Partition Manager • Automatic tunables • Dynamic tunables- • Variable Page Sizing Legend: • Green = feature in 11i • Red = feature in future release *** HP Confidential ***

  4. HP-UX vs Solaris8 and AIX 5L Dynamic Sever Computing Fault Avoidance Self Healing Server Reliability Resiliency Isolation Load Balancing Dynamic Tuning / Dynamic Partitions Resolve Recover Discovery HP Sun IBM #4 Disadvantage Competitive Advantage #5 Parity with HP-UX Laggards *** HP Confidential ***

  5. Key RAS Advantages HP-UX 11i Note: Only the HPUX advantages over BOTH Solaris8 and AIX5L are listed. • Fault Avoidance • Auto-deallocate (DMR) • PCI bus error isolation • Dynamic Server Computing • Pay per use • Workload Manager • Variable page sizing • Integrated high availability components • vPARs • Planning and Flexibility • OE packaging • Multi-OS (OpenView, …) Solaris 8 AIX 5L • Self Healing Server - Recovery • Live upgrade • Hot Patching • Dynamic reconfiguration • Self Healing Server - Resolve • Self healing Eliza • Dynamic Server Computing • Lpars • Self Healing Server - Recovery • Hot swap cpu • Hot swap memory • Hot swap cell • Hot patching • Dynamic reconfiguration • Event based kernels • Dynamic Server Computing • Dynamic npartions (Cell OL*) #4 #5 *** HP Confidential ***

  6. Analysis – HP for SSHA Strengths • Dynamic Server Computing • vPars • Virtual page sizing • Dynamic kernels • Pay per use • WLM • Fault Avoidance - Resiliency • Auto-de-allocation infrastructure (DMR) • PCI Bus error isolation • Packaging and flexibility • OE • Multi-OS • Integrated modules for high availability • Today • Fault Avoidance • Dynamic Server Computing • Integrated high availability components • Packaging and flexibility • Future (In planning) • PCI I/O Error Recover • OLD PCI I/O card • Self Tuning System • Addressing OL* capabilities Opportunities Weaknesses • Self Healing Server - Recovery • Hot swap cpu, memory, cell, • Hot patch feature • Dynamic Reconfiguration • Live upgrade • No DLKM I/O drivers, streams, FS • Availability • No Event based kernel (KEN,AEN) *** HP Confidential ***

  7. Causes of Downtime • Underlying Causes (Gartner) • 40% Operator Errors (usability) • 40% Application Failures (software quality) • 20% Technology Failures (hardware, OS, network, etc) Unplanned Planned *** HP Confidential ***

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