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News Release from: SDC Systems | Subject: High Availability Monitor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 March 2005
Firmware boosts embedded systems uptime
SDC Systems has a new firmware application from General Software for increasing the reliability, uptime and availability of embedded x86 devices.
SDC Systems has a new firmware application from General Software for increasing the reliability, uptime and availability of embedded x86 devices As the first member of a new Firmware Application Suite specifically developed to enhance embedded x86 devices, the High Availability Monitor provides an ideal way of ensuring maximum up-time for products ranging from set-top boxes, thin client form factors and information appliances, industrial controllers and telecommunications equipment
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"High availability is becoming increasingly important in the design and deployment of today's interconnected systems".
"The High Availability Monitor from General Software is a superior solution which provides services at all times, even when the operating system fails to boot, crashes, or locks up; unlike traditional middleware solutions", said Steve Dearden, General Software's Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
"Customers will now be able to offer much higher levels of assurance to their end users for the continuous availability of their products".
High Availability Monitor (HA Monitor) is a firmware application written utilising Firmbase Technology that continuously monitors the foreground operating system and application, verifying that it has not crashed.
When crashes such as blue screens, black screens, or panics occur, the HA Monitor detects an OS system death and generates an HA event.
The event can be configured by the ODM/OEM to perform specific functions, including: logging the failure to a system event log, sending an alert or e-mail over the network, triggering a reload of known-working software and firmware, and rebooting the target.
The HA Monitor can be remotely managed over the local network or Internet with any web browser or Telnet connection.
Standard Firmbase Technology TCB user-level security is provided on remote administration.
Common applications include limiting down time to quantifiable levels and ensuring users never witness an internal OS failure on visible monitors.
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