Conference tuxedo::dce-program

752.0. "DCSO Product" by AEOENG::BENDRIS () Wed May 21 1997 09:28

DIGITAL Distributed Computing Solution for Open Systems V1.1

Contacts

For VARS, Resellers and Systems Integrators, contact your distributor for
more information and ordering details.

All others, contact the following:

Worldwide: Fouad Bendris (Product Manager), DTN 887-4140, [33]
(0)450094140, AEO,
Fouad.bendris@aeo.mts.dec.com

Highlights

   * Simplifies development of OSF/DCE clients and servers using a simple,
     powerful, flexible, and reliable API
   * Simplifies deployment and management of OSF/DCE servers in an OSF/DCE
     environment
   * Management is fully distributed and available as a reliable tool and
     API via an easy-to-use GUI on Windows platforms
   * OSF/DCE security is used in both the development API and Management

Description

DIGITAL Distributed Computing Solution for Open Systems (DCSO) is a
complete environment for distributed applications. Easy, rapid
client/server application development drastically improves the productivity
of the development team and saves costs. DIGITAL DCSO separates the
underlying communication mechanism from the application, providing
independence from a particular technical choice.

Features

   * Integrated development and deployment environments
   * Available for
        o DIGITAL UNIX (Alpha) Server, Client, and Administrator
        o Windows NT (Alpha, Intel) Client and Administrator
        o Windows 95 Client and Administrator
        o Header files provided for C and C++ applications
   * Makes DCE-RPC very simple and preserves its power by the use of:
        o Simple Server API -- One unique call to initialize a server; one
          unique call to check the client authentication (security)
        o Simple Client API -- One unique macro to get server bindings and
          call them; this macro handles the failover/failback mechanism
   * Extended RPC functionality for mission critical applications -- Load
     balancing, failover, failback, security
   * Server resolution includes load balancing
   * Multi-threaded servers -- Maximum number of threads for servers is a
     configurable server attribute
   * Multi-process servers for non-thread safe applications (database
     applications)
   * Distributed management including an activity monitor, a simple command
     line interface, and API

Benefits

   * Based on OSF/DCE standard
   * Preserves DCE functionality and flexibility
   * Provides high availability for mission-critical applications
   * Provides application deployment and control utilities
   * Management is fully distributed
   * Can distribute and secure legacy applications very quickly
   * Activity monitor -- A single machine can monitor the activity of
     distributed applications
   *

Selling information

DIGITAL DCSO addresses companies that have made the decision to implement
client/server application development using OSF/DCE architecture and using
DIGITAL UNIX servers and/or the Windows NT/95 environment. This is a niche
product; it is not necessary to promote DCSO on a wide scale.

Availability and ordering

DIGITAL Distributed Computing Solution for Open System V1.1 is available
now from DIGITAL and its business partners. Loaner licenses are also
available for this product.

Discount codes: End user and OEM = X
 Order No.      Description                                     U.S. List
                DIGITAL UNIX Alpha Platform -- DCSO-SERVER-UA
 Q2-8AMAA-H8    CD-ROM Kit                                        $ 300
 Q2-8AMAE-AA    Workgroup Traditional License                     8,000
 Q2-8AMAE-RA    Workgroup Traditional Update License              3,200
 Q2-8AMAG-AA    Departmental Traditional License                  15,000
 Q2-8AMAG-RA    Departmental Traditional Update License           6,000
 Q2-8AMAQ-AA    Enterprise Traditional License                    35,000
 Q2-8AMAQ-RA    Enterprise Traditional Update License             14,000
                DIGITAL UNIX Alpha Platform -- DCSO-CLIENT-UA
 Q2-8AQAE-AA    Workgroup Traditional License                     2,000
 Q2-8AQAE-RA    Workgroup Traditional Update License               800
 Q2-8AQAG-AA    Departmental Traditional License                  6,000
 Q2-8AQAG-RA    Departmental Traditional Update License           2,400
 Q2-8AQAQ-AA    Enterprise Traditional License                    12,000
 Q2-8AQAQ-RA    Enterprise Traditional Update License             4,800
                DIGITAL UNIX-Alpha Platform -- DCSO-ADMIN-UA
 Q2-8ATA9-AA    Traditional License                               1,000
 Q2-8ATA9-RA    Traditional Update License                         400
                Windows NT Platform -- DCSO-CLIENT-WNT
 Q2-8ASAB-HC    RX23 KIT (Windows NT Alpha)                        100
 Q2-8ASAC-HC    RX23 KIT (Windows NT Intel)                        100
 Q2-8ASA9-3B    Concurrent Use 1 User License                      100
 Q2-8ASA9-5B    Concurrent Use 1 User Update License                40
 Q2-8ASA9-3C    Concurrent Use 25 User License                    2,000
 Q2-8ASA9-5C    Concurrent Use 25 User Update License              800
 Q2-8ASA9-3D    Concurrent Use 50 User License                    3,500
 Q2-8ASA9-5D    Concurrent Use 50 User Update License             1,400
 Q2-8ASA9-3E    Concurrent Use 100 User License                   6,000
 Q2-8ASA9-5E    Concurrent Use 100 User Update License            2,400
 Q2-8ASA9-3F    Concurrent Use 500 User License                   25,000
 Q2-8ASA9-5F    Concurrent Use 500 User Update License            10,000
                Windows NT Platform -- DCSO-ADMIN-WNT
 Q2-8AVAB-HC    RX23 KIT (Windows NT Alpha)                        100
 Q2-8AVAC-HC    RX23 KIT (Windows NT Intel)                        100
 Q2-8AVA9-3B    Concurrent Use 1 User License                     2,500
 Q2-8AVA9-5B    Concurrent Use 1 User Update License              1,000
 Q2-8AVA9-3C    Concurrent Use 25 User License                    2,500
 Q2-8AVA9-5C    Concurrent Use 25 User Update License             1,000
 Q2-8AVA9-3D    Concurrent Use 50 User License                    2,500
 Q2-8AVA9-5D    Concurrent Use 50 User Update License             1,000
 Q2-8AVA9-3E    Concurrent Use 100 User License                   2,500
 Q2-8AVA9-5E    Concurrent Use 100 User Update License            1,000
 Q2-8AVA9-3F    Concurrent Use 500 User License                   2,500
 Q2-8AVA9-5F    Concurrent Use 500 User Update License            1,000
                Windows 95 Platform -- DCSO-CLIENT-W95
 Q2-8ARAA-HC    RX23 KIT                                           100
 Q2-8ARA9-3B    Concurrent Use 1 User License                      100
 Q2-8ARA9-5B    Concurrent Use 1 User Update License                40
 Q2-8ARA9-3C    Concurrent Use 25 User License                    2,000
 Q2-8ARA9-5C    Concurrent Use 25 User Update License              800
 Q2-8ARA9-3D    Concurrent Use 50 User License                    3,500
 Q2-8ARA9-5D    Concurrent Use 50 User Update License             1,400
 Q2-8ARA9-3E    Concurrent Use 100 User License                   6,000
 Q2-8ARA9-5E    Concurrent Use 100 User Update License            2,400
 Q2-8ARA9-3F    Concurrent Use 500 User License                   25,000
 Q2-8ARA9-5F    Concurrent Use 500 User Update License            10,000
                Windows 95 Platform -- DCSO-ADMIN-W95
 Q2-8AUAA-HC    RX23 Kit                                           100
 Q2-8AUA9-3B    Concurrent Use 1 User License                     2,500
 Q2-8AUA9-5B    Concurrent Use 1 User Update License              1,000
 Q2-8AUA9-3C    Concurrent Use 25 User License                    2,500
 Q2-8AUA9-5C    Concurrent Use 25 User Update License             1,000
 Q2-8AUA9-3D    Concurrent Use 50 User License                    2,500
 Q2-8AUA9-5D    Concurrent Use 50 User Update License             1,000
 Q2-8AUA9-3E    Concurrent Use 100 User License                   2,500
 Q2-8AUA9-5E    Concurrent Use 100 User Update License            1,000
 Q2-8AUA9-3F    Concurrent Use 500 User License                   2,500
 Q2-8AUA9-5F    Concurrent Use 500 User Update License            1,000

Services

Services from DIGITAL MCS are available in Europe only. Warranty: DCSO
products are sold as ASSET products; DCSO products include three (3) months
warranty support.

Technical data

   * See SPD 56.53.00 for all hardware and software required
   * DCSO is implemented on top of OSF/DCE API and POSIX system calls
   * DCSO consists of the following components:
        o Local supervisor -- Daemon process started on each node running a
          DCSO server
        o Supervisor -- Daemon process that manages a pool of servers
          started on node
        o Management utility, GUI, and API
        o Server API
        o Client API
        o Setup Utility (DIGITAL UNIX platforms)
   * Setld kit installable process
   * Monitoring is done over GUI on Windows NT and Windows 95 DCSO ADMIN
     utility
   * Failover/failback mechanism implemented with CDS profiles
   * Load balancing feature implemented with CDS groups
   * Persistent management data stored in a configuration file
   * Environment variables can be set at supervisor level using an
     environment file

Resources

Internal

   * World Wide Web sites
        o http://savoye.aeo.dec.com/~scripts/dcso.exe
        o http://eadc.aeo.dec.com/catalog/info/sicatdap-DCSO.html

External

   * Product brief -- EC-F380B-15
   * SPD -- 56.53.00

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Other trademarks are listed with their owners: Intel Corp. (Intel);
Microsoft Corp. (Windows, Windows NT); Open Software Foundation (OSF). UNIX
is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries,
licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd.

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