DocumentCode :
1646978
Title :
Requirements and implementation of a highly configurable telecom power system for continuously available computing
Author :
Hart, William ; Olsson, Johnny ; Sahlström, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Stratus Computer Inc., Marlboro, MA, USA
fYear :
1995
Firstpage :
126
Lastpage :
131
Abstract :
Applications with even higher availability requirements than are normally required within the telecommunication industry exist today. With the continuing restructuring of the telecommunication network, and the integration of voice and data communications, these applications will be of great importance. This paper describes one of these applications, and how very high availability requirements are met by a means of system architecture, supervision, and maintenance/error handling routines. The design requirements and implementation of a fault tolerant power system for powering Stratus´ “Continuously Available” computers are detailed. These computers are used in a wide variety of areas tolerating no down-time, such as telecommunication network management, emergency services, banking and finance, to mention a few. Continuous availability is achieved by using redundancy of hardware, fault tolerant error reporting and customer replaceable hardware
Keywords :
computer power supplies; fault tolerant computing; power system reliability; telecommunication computing; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication power supplies; continuously available computing; customer replaceable hardware; data communications; fault tolerant error reporting; fault tolerant power system; hardware redundancy; telecommunication industry; telecommunication network; telecommunication power system; voice communications; Application software; Availability; Communication industry; Computer architecture; Computer errors; Data communication; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Power system faults; Telecommunication computing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1995. INTELEC '95., 17th International
Conference_Location :
The Hague
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2750-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.1995.498940
Filename :
498940
Link To Document :
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