CBOSS products meet the most demanding requirements specified by telecom companies, for they are based on the components from leading vendors like Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Sun, and Hitachi Data Systems. CBOSS provides a single point of responsibility for the entire software/hardware solution delivered.

Competition for subscribers implies a continuous increase in the number and quality of services provided. Growth of the subscriber base and tightening of the requirements for the functionality and reliability of the CBOSS products from our customers make us build our solutions on the hardware platform with the ever growing performance.

CBOSS Hardware Platform

The product line of CBOSS servers features a well thought out policy of upgrading the software/hardware solutions, which is especially critical for telecom companies with ever-increasing subscriber base. However, such features of hardware platforms as reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) are no less important under modern conditions. Reliability is characterized by the availability of data channel fault monitoring and troubleshooting system, redundant uninterruptible power supply systems, system status and environment indicators, as well as by the use of special cables and connectors. A high level of availability of a hardware platform is achieved through redundancy of the most critical system components (CPUs, controllers, address buses, PSUs, cooling systems, I/O subsystems, etc.). Serviceability is enhanced by a modular design, diagnostic and self-testing tools, possibility of hot replacement of the critical nodes and components of the hardware platform and its dynamic reconfiguration.

The load balanced architecture of the CBOSS servers ensures the optimal level of the scalability and performance of the CBOSS hardware platform, easy integration into the existing infrastructure of any telecom company and its gradual upgrade, when required. All this guarantees protection of customers’ investment in the CBOSS hardware platform.

CBOSS Servers

CBOSS solutions use business critical CBOSS Integrity servers based on HP components and Intel Itanium 2 processors. Depending on the CBOSS products selected and the customer’s subscriber base, the solutions may have different types of servers: CBOSS Integrity (NonStop), CBOSS Integrity (Blade), or CBOSS Superdome.

CBOSS Integrity NB50000c (NonStop)

NonStop servers feature unprecedented fault-tolerance. All server components are fully redundant. If the cluster is used in load sharing mode, any upgrade work can be done without service interruption. NB50000c server features the new NonStop Multi-core Architecture (NSMA), based on Dual-Core Intel Itanium 9100 Processors. The use of the cluster technology enables support of up to 4,080 logical CPUs (8,160 cores). The CBOSS NonStop servers are used as the hardware part of CBOSSrtb, the company’s flagman solution. This ensures high reliability when providing services to prepaid subscribers.

CBOSS Integrity rx8640 (NonStop)

CBOSS rx8640 server offers the most features and functionality in its class of midrange UNIX servers. The server is great for business critical applications and provides a high level of scalability and flexibility as compared to other servers in the class. This means reliable protection of your investments. For the CBOSS rx8640 server running on the multithreaded dual core Intel Itanium 9100 processors, you can order integration and partitioning services, as well as a wide range of technical support services. The server implements the technology of software/hardware partitions that was previously used in high-end servers only. At the same time, the server has a form-factor and size of midrange servers, which significantly reduces the TCO.

CBOSS Integrity (Blade)

CBOSS Integrity (Blade) servers provide high performance and scalability and a good way to protect your investments. The servers are an excellent choice for business critical applications. For the CBOSS Integrity (Blade) servers running on the quad core Intel Itanium 9300 processors, you can order integration services as well as a wide range of technical support services. The form-factor and size of blade servers provide significant reduction of the TCO.

Disk Subsystem

CBOSS Enterprise Virtual Array 8400

EVA8400 allows for the effective use of the disk space, provides high scalability and performance, as well as capacity growth without service interruption. It also allows you to make immediate copies of logical volumes and replicate them across remote systems.

The virtualization, automation, and remote management and monitoring tools of EVA8400 allow the system administrator to avoid complex routine typical of the management of “classical” RAID arrays. The tools not only save you time and money, but also enhance the entire system reliability, for they reduce the possibility of human errors. They also greatly speed up and facilitate the process of adapting a company’s information system to changing business requirements and, hence, to changes in capacity and load distribution, increase in the number of servers, and implementation of new applications. All this enables adaptation to new conditions with guaranteed business continuity.

The integrated software of the EVA8400 controllers implements the concept of self-adjusting and recoverable system, which along with the modular design of EVA allows you to easily and quickly adapt the array parameters, including the capacity and performance, to new requirements with uninterrupted server and application maintenance.

The table below describes some characteristics of the array:

CBOSS Backup System

One of the most important conditions for the successful operation of an information system is data integrity. The volume of information stored on industrial servers is rapidly increasing. Even that of small businesses amounts to hundreds of GB. If the data stored in disk arrays is reliably protected against hardware failures through mirroring and different RAID levels, only a backup system can protect it against loss due to user error, program failure, common accident, catastrophe, or natural disaster. Creation of a reliable backup system is a must to ensure business continuity.

Company managers often do not realize how critical data archiving is. It should be kept in mind that any severe accident may be disastrous for a business if there is no backup system or if it fails. According to special studies, more than 40% of the companies which suffered from a disaster and irreversible loss of a large amount of corporate data failed to survive.

CBOSS StorageWorks EML 442e

CBOSS Corporation offers a wide range of solutions for data backup. For instance, CBOSS StorageWorks EML 442e, a tape library solution for backing up and storing large volumes of data. Depending on the data volume and requirements for its archiving speed, the tape libraries may have a different number of tape transport mechanisms, as well as run in high-speed distributed storage networks (SAN).

Hardware Platform based on SUN and HDS Components

The family of Sun Microsystems industrial servers is designed so that a customer can transfer to a new model with all basic components (CPUs, memory modules, power supply units) retained in a new casing. To upgrade a server, usually one just needs to replace chassis while keeping the internal elements of the server. They can be supplemented with new modules to make the system more powerful. Depending on the class of a telecom company’s objectives, it can choose from the following types of RISC servers of the Sun server family: entry-level servers (Sun SPARC Enterprise T51x0, T52x0, T5440, and M3000), midrange servers (Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000) and hi-end servers, being flagship of the Sun Microsystems product line (Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000). CBOSS suggests that medium and large telecommunications companies use the following Sun servers as a hardware platform:

Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000

The most powerful server of those recommended by CBOSS Corporation is Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000. Based on 64-bit multithreaded dual-core (SPARC64 VI) and quad-core (SPARC64 VII) new-generation processors, it is a high-performance and high-reliability system designed for critical applications. In Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 server, all internal components are fully redundant: connections to disk subsystems, network connections, etc. The server enables creation of dynamic system domains and hot replacement of processors. An operating system can be upgraded without stopping the server. Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 allows combining dual-core SPARC64 VI and quad-core SPARC64 VII processors, each of them with its own nominal frequency, which gives additional protection to your investments. We recommend Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 server for companies that want to have a highly scalable system with maximum reliability and performance.

Disk Subsystem

Booming telecom market means tougher requirements not only for server reliability, scalability, and performance, but also for storage systems. Today, a storage system is not just a set of disks connected to a server. It is a set of tools that should provide high-level access to data and its availability any time; protection against failures and disasters; disk space monitoring and management; auto archiving and transparent recovery. CBOSS offers to solve these tasks by using state-of-the-art storage systems from leading vendors like Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems.

HDS USP V

For large companies with a rapidly growing subscriber base, CBOSS offers a hi-end HDS USP V storage system with the highest availability and scalability. The system is available under the brands of Hewlett-Packard (XP disk array) and SUN Microsystems (SE 99xx disk array). USP V features the revolutionary non-blocking architecture of Fibre Channel with an exceptional level of reliability, availability, and serviceability. The solution architecture provides high bandwidth, I/O rate and scalability level. Compared to earlier models of modular disk arrays, UPS V has a number of undeniable advantages, one of which is aggregate bandwidth of 106 GB/sec. The array design enables support of any types of applications, including “heavy” ones, i.e., those with intensive I/O. Its architecture is based on a Hierarchical Star Network that provides multiple redundant non-blocking channels of data transmission between the I/O subsystem, cache memory, and disk subsystem.

The table below describes some characteristics of the array:

HDS AMS2500

Hitachi’s midrange storage system AMS2500 is a flagship of the AMS series. It features the latest advancements in data storage. The table below describes some characteristics of the array:

To enhance availability, AMS2500 uses mirrored cache with battery backup. It also enables firmware update without interfering with the operation of the storage system. It supports hot addition and replacement of storage devices and cache memory, automatic data recovery and automatic shutdown of failed components. AMS2500 can be effectively used in open SAN architecture and serve as a key component for building fail-safe systems within a software/hardware solution of a telecom company.

Backup System

One of the most important conditions for the successful operation of an information system is data integrity. The volume of information stored on industrial servers is rapidly increasing. Even that of small businesses amounts to hundreds of GB. If the data stored in disk arrays is reliably protected against hardware failures through mirroring and different RAID levels, only a backup system can protect it against loss due to user error, program failure, common accident, catastrophe, or natural disaster. Creation of a reliable backup system is a must to ensure uninterrupted business operations.

Company managers often do not realize how critical data archiving is. It should be kept in mind that any severe accident may be disastrous for a business if there is no backup system or in case of its failure. According to special studies, more than 40% of the companies which suffered from a disaster and irreversible loss of a large amount of corporate data failed to survive.

Sun StorageTek SL500

CBOSS Corporation offers a wide range of solutions for data backup based on Sun Microsystems products. SUN StorageTek SL500 is a tape library solution for backing up and storing large amounts of data. Depending on the data volume and requirements for its archiving speed, the tape libraries may have a different number of tape transport mechanisms, as well as run in high-speed distributed storage networks (SAN).