I would love to see this in a disk version also...
Steve
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From: Paul Emerson [mailto:paul_at_gta_dot_com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 4:04 PM
To: Justin Kuntz
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Subject: Re: high availability plans for GNAT-Box
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We've had a design for the redundant/failover GNAT Box system for
quite a while now. It is on the development track, (don't ask for
release dates). This type of feature is something that will most
likely be standard on our GB-2000 system (1RU rack, enterprise
solution).
Paul
>
>I'd like to suggest a feature addition. This is something I'm sure GTA
>could charge a premium for and possible catapult the product to a new
>market level. Basically, I'd like to see the ability for 2 or more
>GNAT-Boxes to work in a "High Availability Cluster". The machines could be
>linked by a serial port, special network interface port, or simply the
>regular network interface ports. Each machine would have a connect to the
>same networks as the other. Then, if one machine went down or congested,
>the other could take over.
>
>I realize the GNAT-Box is very fast and stable. But many companies have a
>need to ensure "no single points of failure"... and this kind of addition
>to the product would allow for full failover requirements. It is my
>understanding that GTA had some experience with this kind of clustering
>from their original "GTA" branded firewall.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Justin Kuntz
>Prominic Technologies, Inc. - Research Division - President
>Prominic.NET, Inc. - Internet Services Division - Systems Architect
>http://www.prominic.org
>Phone: 217-356-2888 x 101 | Fax: 356-3356 | Pager: 888-241-0647
>Internet: jkuntz_at_prominic_dot_com | NotesNet: Justin Kuntz_at_Prominic@Notes Net
>"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." -- Albert Einstein
>
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