tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post1124331982551601735..comments2024-03-27T00:26:40.551-07:00Comments on Real Time View: Repurposed … NonStop the better server for database?Richard Bucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17723428627971060930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-4394541482289824052015-01-21T19:09:12.939-08:002015-01-21T19:09:12.939-08:00“Nonstop just makes sure that the data always rema...“Nonstop just makes sure that the data always remains available and intact, can't be stolen or tampered with”<br /><br />"Always available" -- yes, we can claim that.<br /><br />"Can't be stolen or tampered with" -- be careful about that one. Assuming at least some applications are running on a different platform and just using the NonStop system as a database server, if those applications get compromised, the intruder could use the applications' access to the database on the NonStop system to steal the data or tamper with it. If that happened, it would not be the fault of the NonStop system, but the data still would be stolen or altered.Keith Dicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-10080851937578839632015-01-18T06:52:20.568-08:002015-01-18T06:52:20.568-08:00Churches and cathedrals have a significantly longe...Churches and cathedrals have a significantly longer useful lifetime than computer systems. Standard servers are often decommissioned after three years, NonStop systems tend to last a bit longer ...<br /><br />But I'd guess most people would understand this more as an idea of repurposing the Nonstop architecture and the advantages resulting thereof, by using NonStop in a somewhat different way than what was the way to use NonStop in previous decades.<br /><br />Up to now, NonStop was mainly seen as a tightly integrated failsafe system containing both the application(s) and the database. People also noticed that this failsafe system is pretty robust versus malware attacks and requires much less tender care in terms of security patching.<br /><br />All this is nice and good, but only of limited use if you don't have the required applications. So outside of the traditional niches like card payments and controlling telco networks, NonStop's success was somewhat limited. <br /><br />Besides lack of mindshare, lack of applications is the major obstacle holding NonStop back today. <br /><br />But imagine for a moment that NonStop would be repositioned as a superior database server - communicating nicely and efficiently with today's mainstream application servers. <br /><br />Now it would not matter at all that there are very few applications running on Nonstop. All popular mainstream applications could leverage the advantages coming from an extremely reliable and secure database. With proper application process persistence implemented via the database, that combination would indeed be good enough for many purposes - and better than what is found in mainstream IT today.<br /><br />There are many other databases around and even more coming to the market, but when looking for very high reliability the choice boils down to very few alternatives. The most popular and most successful alternative comes with very high pricing - there are studies showing NonStop SQL is significantly less expensive. And by the way, Nonstop SQL also provides better reliability and security ... <br /><br /> Gerhard Schwartznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-85391249219854514592015-01-17T08:49:25.288-08:002015-01-17T08:49:25.288-08:00I'm not sure if there is a relation between th...I'm not sure if there is a relation between the loss of churches and the loss of piano players, but there certainly is a correlation between the loss of churches and the loss of <b>organ</b> playersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734583855994427823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-88154161912112679482015-01-16T13:30:41.462-08:002015-01-16T13:30:41.462-08:00As they say, markets drive R&D and R&D sha...As they say, markets drive R&D and R&D shapes the market. In this case, let us start with the Use Cases and let the Roadmap evolve.Ajaya Gummadinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-7865608569546379772015-01-16T12:57:16.548-08:002015-01-16T12:57:16.548-08:00Ajaya - interesing about IB and something near and...Ajaya - interesing about IB and something near and dear to my heart. Comms. <br /><br />OK, so will the NonStop community be getting an externalised IB controller? From the specs I've read, there's no IB that makes it out of the system. It's just a replacement for DynaBus, ServerNet, etc. and terminates in controllers / adapters. <br /><br />Maybe you can fill me in on how, with NonStop X, you see it all working with:<br /><br />In this interconnected world implemented over standard Infiniband, a whole new class of apps can be written with the philosophy of “right compute for the right workload.” <br /><br />Or, is this really about running the interconnect to build this hybrid over Ethernet - a very fast Ethernet, mind you.Richard Bucklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723428627971060930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-64789513624104224002015-01-16T11:12:13.952-08:002015-01-16T11:12:13.952-08:00Richard it is interesting you bring this up as I h...Richard it is interesting you bring this up as I have been thinking for a while about something I called the company "Black Box" similar to the one in planes. What information would a company need to rebuild and restart in the event of some kind of disaster and shouldn't that information be housed on a NonStop. Just a thought in case there are some ISV's out there looking for a project...8^)Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-54540954303175134462015-01-15T15:48:25.982-08:002015-01-15T15:48:25.982-08:00Richard,
Love the title!
Once comment about port...Richard,<br /><br />Love the title!<br /><br />Once comment about porting Java apps. A Java app written clean with shared-nothing assumptions port with little or minimum effort. We encounter challenges where we see the applications doing clustering and managing memory and threads in the app itself – all of this code is redundant on NonStop and hence apps require changes. Yes, NonStop Java tooling still has some work to do but from application port perspective, in 2014-15, we are standing tall!<br /><br />NonStop X comes with Infiniband giving you 25x improvement in system interconnect capacity. What is exciting for me is that at the other end of this Infiniband fat pipe could be a Linux or Unix compute server doing the crunches and accessing NonStop X database over Infiniband. <br /><br />In this interconnected world implemented over standard Infiniband, a whole new class of apps can be written with the philosophy of “right compute for the right workload.” <br /><br />Services can be hosted on the most appropriate platform. Mission-critical services handling settlements, trades, CDRs, payments hosted on NonStop X. Search, data sorts and number crunching on a Superdome X. <br /><br />Need to update the NonStop X database with the results of a number crunch just executed on the Superdome X? Sure, go ahead and send it over the IB.<br /> <br />Need sub-second transaction data from NonStop X to include it for some real-time datalytics? Pull it at IB speeds! <br /><br />NonStop X is indeed enabling a new class of apps to be written. Let us get back to writing cool software.<br />Ajaya Gummadinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-79284436301850975212015-01-14T14:18:14.884-08:002015-01-14T14:18:14.884-08:00With the relationship between Oracle and HP being ...With the relationship between Oracle and HP being not exactly one of perfect harmony, I would hope that the "bigger HP" eventually realizes that using HP NonStop SQL they do own the full technology of a rather powerful database.<br /><br />I do believe that NonStop SQL could indeed be another player in the "databases running on HP Enterprise Hardware" beyond Oracle, MySQL and Vertica.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880695609607184469noreply@blogger.com