NonStop NS1200 Planning Guide

Figure 1-1 Example of an Integrity NonStop NS1200 System
NonStop Architecture
The Integrity NonStop NS1200 server achieves full software fault tolerance by running the
NonStop operating system on rx2660 blade elements. This includes:
• Software fault tolerance and fault isolation
• Dynamic workload balancing
• Linear scalability
• Application virtualization
• Cluster programming transparency
The Integrity NonStop NS1200 server can be configured with two, four, six, or eight processors,
communicate with other servers using Expand-over-IP, and achieves ServerNet connectivity
using ServerNet PCI adapter cards installed in the rx2660 blade elements. Most pieces of hardware
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