AlphaServer UNIX Resource Consolidation

2 Server Consolidation - Platform Trends

3 Server Consolidation Market Forecast - UNIX - File & Print  Included within Infrastructure workload which also includes web servers  Includes Servers only. Storage and Services would add about 2.5X these numbers IDC - August 1999 Preliminary

4 Logical Physical Rational Server Consolidation Defined Source: Gartner Group AlphaServer Consolidation Consolidation

5 Consolidation Customer Needs  Best Possible Service Levels Performance, Scalability 24x7x365 Availability  Maximum Resource Utilization Servers, Storage, Network, Data and People At the Lowest Cost  Maximum Business Flexibility Integrate Existing and New Applications Operating Environment of Choice Growth and Longevity

6 NT F&P Desktops NT Servers AIXHP-UXSCOSolaris Tru64 UNIX NFS UNIX Servers 1000s of Clients UNIX Resource Consolidation - Before ….

7 Desktops AIX HP-UX SCO Solaris Tru64 UNIX NFS UNIX Servers Tru64 UNIX ASU 1000s of Clients NT F&P UNIX Resource Consolidation - After

8 The AlphaServer Advantage: Operating System Choice & Flexibility Perennial Leading UNIX technology Perennial Leading UNIX technology Mature 64-bit computing platform Mature 64-bit computing platform Optimized, Industry Standard Enterprise UNIX Applications Optimized, Industry Standard Enterprise UNIX Applications Secure path - Custom Solutions Highest availability (24x365) environments Customer driven operating system based on standards Customer driven operating system based on standards Alpha is the high performance choice for Linux Alpha is the high performance choice for Linux

9 The AlphaServer Advantage: Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX Unique Benefits:  Excellent Performance & Scaling  Ultra-High Availability  Easily Adaptable & Flexible Better Utilization of Resources  Reduced Cost of Ownership IT assets Floor Space  Consolidation Expertise

10 The AlphaServer Advantage: Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX Unique Benefits:  Excellent Performance & Scaling  Ultra-High Availability  Easily Adaptable & Flexible Better Utilization of Resources  Reduced Cost of Ownership IT assets Floor Space  Consolidation Expertise Key Technologies:  Proven 64-bit UNIX  Leadership Clustering  Partitioning  NT Interoperability  AlphaServer Platforms  Getting Started Services

11 Solves Your Business Needs Easily  Slash management costs up to 50%  Reduce storage costs from 50 to 90%  Easily scale applications Always Available Incredibly Scalable Internet Enabled and Secure Compatible with LINUX and Windows NT Manageable! Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX

12 Tru64 UNIX Product Directions Performance & Scalability  Complete 64-bit computing environment  Single System Scaling 100’s CPUs 100’s GB Memory 100’s TB Storage  Partitioning/Workload management System Partitions Application Resource Partitions  Multi-node Scaling for Parallel Applications TruClusters

System Partitioning  Consolidation Benefits Isolation using multiple OS instances Run incompatible applications for testing Increased availability because of isolation of hardware faults Improves software availability and scaling in “single box” Manages as multiple systems Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX

14 Increased Value with System Partitions  Rolling Upgrades  Hardware Isolation  Flexibility in resource management Tru64 UNIX V4.X Tru64 UNIX V5.0 OVMS Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX

15 Tru64 UNIX Consolidation Directions Reliability, Availability  99.99X% availability today 64 bit maturity TruCluster Leadership – uniform shared root – greatly simplified management  X% availability in 2000 Tandem NonStop® process management added to TruClusters Enhanced Disaster Tolerance  2001 and beyond Continued fault tolerant enhancements

16 Simplified Management at a Lower Cost  Manage multiple systems as a single system out of the box  Manage from Anywhere  Faster and Easier to Manage Single low-cost Management Console  Single Task Management for Tru64 UNIX and NT Web Browser User Interface Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX

17 Management Costs Reduced by at least 50% $ Number of Nodes Traditional UNIX Clusters Single Systems TruCluster Server V5.0 Breakthrough “Once-is-Enough” Management Managing a cluster is like managing a single system!  Single system image -> install operating system once!  Cluster-wide file system -> install applications once!  Cluster alias -> single security domain Same management tools for clusters or a single system Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX

18 Traditional Application Deployments Tru64 UNIX: Reduces Management Costs Tru64 UNIX Deployments Failover Clusters Single System Distributed Systems Replicated Systems Failover Clusters Single System Distributed Systems Replicated Systems

19 Common UNIX/NT Infrastructure Internet Intranet Single Management DomainSingle Signon Common Development Platform Integrated Resource Access For Printers and Files Simplifies Heterogeneous Customer Environment Integrated Security

20 Compaq’s Advanced Server for UNIX  Supports File and Print Consolidation  Windows NT 4.0 networking on Tru64 UNIX  No additional software on your PC clients  Full NT Domain controller support  Manage UNIX users, file shares and printers using out-of-the-box NT administrative tools  Highly available NT services using proven UNIX TruCluster technology  Scales to thousands of simultaneous users  Single Password across UNIX and Windows NT  Compaq services offered for mixed UNIX NFS environments Server Consolidation with Tru64 UNIX

21 Shared Disks Active system Failover system TruCluster Services Start & Stop Scripts ASU Service Cluster Alias TruCluster Services Start & Stop Scripts ASU Service ASU Failover Event

22 Shared Disks Failed system New Active System TruCluster Services Start & Stop Scripts ASU Service Cluster Alias TruCluster Services Start & Stop Scripts ASU Service Status monitoring ASU Failover Event Cluster Alias

23 ASU Multi-Instance Cluster Support Cluster File System Cluster Alias AS U SAM Registry Share 1Share n ASU

24 ASU Multi-Instance Cluster Support Cluster File System AS U SAM Registry Share 1Share n Cluster Alias ASU

25 How Many Clients Can We Support?  Lightly loaded (office apps, occasional file access) DS class can support clients ES class can support clients  Moderate load (CAD environments, app serving) ES class can support clients GS class can support clients  Heavy load (constant server I/O) ES class can support clients GS class can support clients

26 EV67 DS20E 1- 2 Processors Scalable performance, high availability, flexibility, manageability Tru64 UNIX (plus Linux), Open VMS, Clusters 1- 4 Processors AlphaServer ES40 AlphaServer DS Series 32-way AlphaServer GS60E 16-way 1- 8 Processors AlphaServer GS Processors AlphaServer Consolidation Family Slate EV67 DS10 EV67 ES40 AlphaServer SC Series New Generation AlphaServer GS Series 8-way 1000s Processors

27 The AlphaServer Advantage: Full Range of Services Design and Architecture Implementation Support Management and Outsourcing Server Consolidation Assessment Server Consolidation Workshop Capacity Planning Total Cost of Ownership Availability Review Server Consolidation Workshop Capacity Planning Total Cost of Ownership Availability Review Pilot if necessary Server Consolidation Awareness Seminar Customer Determines Point of Entry Compaq Services portfolio of services and tools: Custom solution Packaged Services SI Projects Compaq Services portfolio of services and tools: Custom solution Packaged Services SI Projects

Operations Management Centers 24-hour, 365-day support Services delivered in 202 countries Telecom & Financial industry expertise Business critical for uninterrupted operations Alliances with industry leaders 30,000 Channel partner service resources 27,000 employees 2,400 NT Certified 800 Novell Certified 2,500 Internet and Networking engineers 3,000+ UNIX engineers 15,000 Microsoft trained specialists 1,000 SQL certified engineers Innovative service packages 1st WW Prime Integrator for Windows NT Compaq Services Worldwide Expertise and Capability

29 AlphaServer Consolidation - Leadership Capabilities “Compaq offers a winning consolidation alternative on the AlphaServer platform.” * January #11GD-1299A-WWEN Vernon Turner, IDC From a white paper “Compaq AlphaServers Step Up to IT Center Consolidation”*

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