Description:
Host Factory is a system to control the entire software contents of deployed Unix machines. Host Factory lets you customize one prototype Unix system and use it to build hundreds of similar systems. You can deliver incremental changes to running systems and roll them back if they fail. Changes are tracked in a version-control filesystem integral to the product. Host Factory provides an environment to do configuration management and version control of complete hosts.
Licensing policy:
Commercial and GPL.
Documentation:
Printed documentation.
Product support:
EMail.
Available since:
1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Upon request. Special prices for educational institutions.
Vendor:
Working Version
31 Shea Road Cambridge, MA 02140 U.S.A.
EMail:
bb@wv.com
URL:
http://www.wv.com
Contact:
Brian Bartholomew
Last modified:
July 22, 1997.
17.2 PerfectBACKUP+
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Description:
PerfectBACKUP+ is the Unix/Linux world’s premier Backup/Restore utility. It is the worlds fastest backup/restore for Unix and has been since 1985. Previously sold in the US as FASTBACK PLUS for Unix, the counterpart to the DOS FASTBACK PLUS, it now has character and Motif interfaces, networking support, compression, the best verification and recovery, scheduling and is compatible with both tar and cpio. Backs up all files, devices, partitions etc. and can backup Windows, Netware and Windows NT drives too.
Distribution media:
3.5″ diskettes, Internet (WWW), 4/8mm DAT and soon CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Free evaluation copy from our web site. Free online manual from same the same address. Price per CPU, unlimited users.
OS provisions:
Kernels 1.2.x and 2.0.x, X11R6, Motif 1.2, 3 MB of RAM, 3 MB disk.
Documentation:
Printed (188 pages), PostScript online, and online help. English language documentation, but help by phone and EMail also avilable in Spanish.
Product support:
Unlimited free EMail support and phone support.
Extra features and add-ons:
Comes with free PC program to read tar/cpio diskettes onto PC. AutoChanger add-on with tape recycling for high-end shops.
Available since:
1996.
Countries with distribution:
USA, Canada, Germay, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany.
Price range:
UD$79 to US$499. Linux off the net (no media) is US$79 and HP/UX is US$499. Always full product.
Vendor:
Unisource Systems, Inc.
1409 North Cove Blvd. Longwood, FL 32750 U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 407 834 1973
Fax:
+1 407 834 1973
EMail:
sales@unisrc.com
URL:
http://www.unisrc.com
Contact:
Gary Heller
Last modified:
October 3, 1997.
17.3 Venus
Description:
Venus is an distributed administration tool for any network built of Unix workstations from different hardware vendors. A Venus network presents itselfs to the user as a homogeneous computer system and guarantees transparent access to any network resource. It provides software tools for major cluster management tasks: configuration management, software distribution, user and filesystem administration.
Licensing policy:
Commercial.
OS provisions:
Currently build on top of the S.u.S.E distribution.
Documentation:
Printed doumentation, online help.
Product support:
Hotline, EMail, courses.
Available since:
1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Upon request. Special prices for educational institutions.
Vendor:
science + computing GmbH
Hagellocher Weg 71 D-72070 Tübingen Germany
Phone:
+49 7071 9457 0
Fax:
+49 7071 9457 27
EMail:
info@science-computing.de
URL:
http://www.science-computing.de
Contact:
Olaf Flebbe
Last modified:
February 25, 1997.