Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.65.00 (30216-90291)

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Announcements
Introducing MPE/iX 6.5 Release
1 Announcements
Introducing MPE/iX 6.5 Release
Welcome to the exciting MPE/iX 6.5 release. New releases of MPE/iX usually have a short
set of focus areas where we have concentrated our efforts to have a major impact. In the
case of MPE/iX 6.5, those areas of focus are performance scaling and capacity.
The main driver for the emphasis on performance scaling and capacity improvements is
that HP 3000 customers were growing at a rate that is starting to tax the performance of
our most powerful servers. For these customers to take full advantage of new hardware
which we will be supporting in the HP 3000 family, we needed to address certain
performance bottlenecks.
In the MPE/iX 6.5 release, we have made major changes to the core operating system,
while improving the performance of HP 3000 networking and IMAGE/SQL performance.
Some of these changes will only be apparent on those high-end systems used by customers
already pushing the performance of those systems. However, these changes will benefit
many more customers by ensuring a future upgrade path and helping to build a bright
future for the HP 3000.
Of course, with the added performance, comes the reality of more users and larger
workloads. All of this stresses the limits and capacity of the system in many ways. So we
have also greatly enhanced the capacity and limits of the HP 3000, adding support for:
• Large Files (>4GB)
• Increased disk spindle limits (up to 511 spindles)
• Larger physical memories (up to 16 GB on some systems)
• Larger network limits (TIO connections, network sockets, VT)
• Improved handling of large Image/SQL transactions
In addition, we’ve also made investments in other key areas. In today’s world,
interoperability is key to enabling our customers to compete in the fast changing world of
e-commerce. So we’ve continued our investments in key interoperability solutions by fully
supporting the very popular Apache web server and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol) software on the HP 3000. We’ve also improved Java Database Connectivity
(JDBC) support on the HP 3000. And don’t forget, many products and tools continue to be
delivered on the HP 3000 separate from major releases, including support for many new
peripherals.