Differences Between Dcnt And Mscs - Compaq DIGITAL Server Cluster Kits for Windows NT Configuration Manual

Differences between DCNT and MSCS

Here' s a quick summary of the differences between DCNT and MSCS so that you can decide which
product best meets your customer' s needs.
Feature
Cost
Market segment
Architecture
Overall cluster experience
Windows NT cluster experience
Client support
Runs on NTS 4.x Standard Edition
Runs on NTS/E 4.x Enterprise Edition
API to make applications cluster-aware
for failover support
Generic application failover via
scripting
NTFS failover
Failover of applications based on IP
address
File shares failover
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 failover
DCNT
$995 per server and $1990 per
cluster plus the cost of NT 4.0
Standard Edition for each
server
Upgrade price for customers is
$390
Low cost, high availability
solution for a Windows NT
client/server environment
across LANs
Entry level , low to mid range
Great as a pilot to try clusters
on Windows NT
Proprietary
Delivering clusters for the past
15 years
Delivering clusters on
Windows NT 18 months before
MSCS with a total of 7,000
DCNT licenses
Windows NT 4.x, 3.51
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows 95
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes – Standard Edition
MSCS
$4,000.00/server (includes
NT)
High cost, high availability
solution for a Windows NT
client/server environment
across LANs
Enterprise level, mid to high
range
Industry accepted standard
None
Delivering clusters on
Windows NT since
November 1997
Windows NT 4.x
Windows 95
No
Yes
Yes for all BackOffice
applications
No, but can use API
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes