Features and Specifications

The tables in this section describe THOR's hardware/software environment and basic features.

HW Specifications	Module (four nodes)	Tower (24 nodes)
Model Number	HI64	HI512
Memory	256 MB - 2 GB, ECC protected	1.5-12 GB, ECC protected
Total disk space	67.2 GB	403.2 GB
Network gateway connections	up to 4 Fast-Wide SCSI-II	up to 24 Fast Wide SCSI-II
Processors	4 of each of the following:	24 of each of the following:
	Power PC 604 RISC Processor PowerPC bus w/ 1MB Synchronous Cache RAM (SRAM) 32-bit PCI Bus Dual Ultra-Wide SCSI Buses up to 512MB 60ns EDO DRAM w/ECC protection Dedicated Communications Processor
I/O	Node to Node communications: Toroidal interconnect topology Sustained bandwidth of 64 Megabytes/second per node Per module: 256 Megabytes/second total sustained bandwidth Per tower: 1.5 Gigabytes/second total sustained bandwidth External Peripherals: One Fast-Wide SCSI II port per node Internal Peripherals: One Fast-Wide SCSI II channel per node Four hard disk drives per node Diagnostic Ports: One RS-232 Serial Port per node One Ethernet 10BaseT per node

SQL Supported	SQL and SYBASE TRANSACT-SQL - Supports stored procedures and triggers - Full set of system administration tools
Database integrity	Row-level concurrency control
Data types	Supports SYBASE SQL Server data types
Security control	Login and password - GRANT/REVOKE privileges - Views
Backup/recovery	Full transaction logging (logical-mirrored) - Transaction roll-back and two-phase commit - Backups (DUMP) on databases - Automatic recovery - RAID level 1
Networks supported	All networks supported by SYBASE Open Server - Ethernet (TCP/IP) - Novell NetWare LAN Workplace - Microsoft LANManager - IBM LAN Server
SYBASE Open Server Interface	Supports SYBASE Data Workbench, APT Workbench, Report Workbench - Supports SYBASE and Microsoft SQL Server-compatible 4GLs, gateways, and utilities

Table 3. THOR Technology Parallel Features