Hey Dude,
Just to set the record straight, Tandem had "fire proof" NEBS and I might add Earthquake proof servers before SUN. Even before this the standard NonStop serves were well known for their resilience. During the earthquake of 89, we received calls from many Tandem customers just notifying us that there system had fallen over, or fallen through the raised floor, but were still working fine, and advising our support to come when convenient.
As for Tandems, they are still the same driving force today that they ever were, but upgraded with latest intel cpu chip technology, but still linearly expandable, like no other system on the planet.
It could be, that HP has diluted the NonStop brand to include some of their servers, not suprizing really, and it takes a while for any new company to really understand what the NonStop platform is really about, and even longer to accept that it really is a step (jump) above their own proprietary servers.
Compaq did not understand it, Digital really didn't understand it, hey they even thought that they had invented clusters (1982), after Tandem had been delivering clustered processors since 1976. So its really not suprizing HP is having problems understanding what they have, but by all accounts, I think this Fink character is asking the right questions, and with his background, will understand why the archictecture is so much better than Terradata ever was.
And in case you are wondering,I nolonger work for these guys, but was a Tandem systems Product Manager for NEBS, (Toucan) & Himalaya. Cheerz
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Hey Dude, Just to set the record straight, Tandem had "fire proof" NEBS and I might add Earthquake proof servers before SUN. Even before this the standard NonStop serves were well known for their resilience. During the earthquake of 89, we received calls from many Tandem customers just notifying us that there system had fallen over, or fallen through the raised floor, but were still working fine, and advising our support to come when convenient. As for Tandems, they are still the same driving force today that they ever were, but upgraded with latest intel cpu chip technology, but still linearly expandable, like no other system on the planet. It could be, that HP has diluted the NonStop brand to include some of their servers, not suprizing really, and it takes a while for any new company to really understand what the NonStop platform is really about, and even longer to accept that it really is a step (jump) above their own proprietary servers. Compaq did not understand it, Digital really didn't understand it, hey they even thought that they had invented clusters (1982), after Tandem had been delivering clustered processors since 1976. So its really not suprizing HP is having problems understanding what they have, but by all accounts, I think this Fink character is asking the right questions, and with his background, will understand why the archictecture is so much better than Terradata ever was. And in case you are wondering,I nolonger work for these guys, but was a Tandem systems Product Manager for NEBS, (Toucan) & Himalaya. Cheerz