A. Manageability measures the ease with which an IT staff can administer and troubleshoot all of the components of the enterprise's IT structure. The ability to manage diverse hardware and software environments is vital for IT directors. The E2000 Platform Architecture fully embraces standards-based management tools. These technologies complement products such as Compaq Insight Manager and Intel LanDesk. The attraction for vendors is that the E2000 Platform Architecture modules are based on industry standards, making support easier and faster than for proprietary devices that need vendor-specific drivers, etc.
Clustering offers scalability by allowing multiple standards-based servers to work together.
Furthermore, additional processing power can be easily provided by adding servers to the cluster. To the user, the applications and data running on the failed server remain available. The user sees the cluster as the provider of services and applications.