Autor: Andrzej J. Piotrowski (A_J_P_at_it.com.pl)
Data: Fri 13 Mar 1998 - 19:18:06 MET
To jest z PCWeeka:
Coming attractions in OS/2
IBM's plans for OS/2 Warp include a new version of
the operating system in the first quarter of next year.
The platform will add a journaling file system that
logs file-system transactions, said Jeff Smith, director
of OS/2 business line management for IBM, in Austin,
Texas. "If there is a system failure, rather than
recheck dozens of gigabytes of data, you replay the
log and it puts the system in its correct state in
minutes," Smith said. The technology for this
originated with IBM's AIX platform and is a key
reliability feature for large server installations, he
said.
The new version of OS/2 Warp will also allow a file
system to span multiple physical disks. "We are
removing the tie between the physical disk and the
notion of a file system, which is a logical thing, to let
you have a logical file system on physical disks any
way you want," Smith said.
The next generation of OS/2 Warp will also include a
common look and feel for Warp Server and the Warp
4.0 Client modules, as well as the ability to manage
NT servers in a Warp Server domain.
More immediate enhancements to OS/2 Warp will
include a performance update in Version 1.1.6, due
by midyear, to its Java for OS/2 Warp module. "Our
main requirement is to keep up with the industry on
performance," Smith said. Early in the fourth quarter,
Java for OS/2 Warp 1.2 will gain a Netscape
Communicator Corp. browser.
IBM's network operating system development plans
also include enhancements to its WorkSpace
On-Demand module that allows thin clients and
network PCs to boot off of OS/2 Warp Server.
"Today, we boot using [Remote Program Load] and
NetBIOS protocols," Smith said. "We are adding
BOOTP and IP-based protocols early in the fourth
quarter this year." WorkSpace On-Demand will also
expand its capabilities beyond OS/2 by adding support
for DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 clients as
well as additional server platforms.
Lech Wiktor Piotrowski
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