[SunRescue] Interesting NT stuff

[Kurt Huhn]

Now that's a refreshing burst of reality!  Will Compaq follow suit? 
On the other hand, could this be a marketing step towards the
introduction of a small AS400 style server geared to small business? 
Where is IBM going with this?

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men....

Kurt




"Hatle, Steven J." wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Below is a clip of an article from CNet touting new IBM servers. Realizing
> that software problems cause more difficulties than hardware problems, this
> is IBM's response. Nice to know that third-party vendors are coming out with
> tools to tell you when your enterprise operating system (NT) has so pooped
> in it's own bed that you should reboot now. If I were Microsoft, I would be
> embarrassed. If I were Sun or the Linux guys, I'd be marketing the hell out
> of it.  .  .
> ****************************
> To address software problems, IBM is adding "software rejuvenation" features
> that accommodate problems with Windows 2000 and Windows NT. Those operating
> systems gradually become less stable as computing tasks that are supposed to
> be finished don't quite let go of all the resources that they used, such as
> memory. For that reason, many organizations periodically restart their
> Windows machines.
> 
> Right now, software rejuvenation means simply a feature that lets Windows
> computers automatically restart themselves periodically. In the fourth
> quarter, the servers will monitor the operating system as well as several
> popular server software packages to judge more intelligently when they need
> to be rebooted, Yost said.
>