He's wavering about the overall reliability of EJB application servers. Like Monberg, he questions whether Sun's EJB architecture can scale in the future and meet the unpredictable demands of the Internet. But it's still very early. His enthusiasm, tempered by reality, is for EJB's promise. Recovery Manager 1.0 collects configuration information from the systems it protects and then copies it to another automated computer system elsewhere on the network.
Users can bring a damaged or destroyed server back online with limited downtime.
System, Reset Thyself IBM Corp.'s Netfinity 5600 server detects when a system is about to crash and automatically resets itself. While the server doesn't solve the problem that causes the crash, it does avoid downtime. The software helps administrators respond to data overloads, downtime or equipment failures quickly. When system and network performance levels approach peak capacity, MonitorIT can either deliver notifications or launch programs that can take corrective action. It provides both real-time and historical reporting and analysis of selected performance data.