Powerful software for managing disk resources on HP NonStop servers

In November 2009, XYPRO announced its strategic partnership with Merlon Software Corporation of Toronto, Canada.  This partnership has already proven successful and we are very happy to be aligned with a company that provides the NonStop community such effective products.

XYPRO represents Merlon’s database management software solutions on a global scale, and today we would like to highlight their disk management solution, Discover.   Discover provides a safe and efficient mechanism for monitoring disk resource usage on HP NonStop servers.  It replaces manual methods of tracking disk and file growth, reduces the risk of human error, and frees up operations and support staff for other tasks.

Why Discover?
Most applications depend on the availability of sufficient disk space in order to function correctly. If a disk volume becomes short of free space, an application may not be able to allocate the disk space required in order to continue running.

In addition, individual disk files may only grow to a pre-configured size. If an application continually adds new data to a file it will eventually encounter a "no space" error condition - even if there is free space available on the disk.

Either of these situations can cause part, or all, of an application to become unavailable. Discover enables you to avoid these conditions by taking corrective actions before they occur.

Discover continuously monitors disk and file usage, and predicts potential disk full and file full conditions before they occur. You can configure Discover to automatically invoke corrective actions, or to alert an operator that manual intervention is required.

Discover’s key features include the following:
•    Prevention of application outages due to disk or file full conditions
•    Continuous monitoring of disk utilization
•    "SpaceMaker" technology for improved disk space allocation
•    File attribute monitoring
•    Automatic reload of key sequenced files
•    User disk space quotas
•    Corrective measures initiated automatically
•    Comprehensive reporting
•    Worksheets
•    Discover Utilities
•    The Recycle Bin
•    Backup and Archive Support

 In addition, Discover is work-flow oriented.  It organizes "action items" which are required in order to ensure the availability of your data. You can learn more about Discover and all of Merlon’s products by clicking here.




-Lisa Partridge