DRA Corporate Overview

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QuikConnect
Message Queuing Facility
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QuikConnect lets different computers and
different kinds of computer talk to each
other. Painlessly and seamlessly. It frees
you from having to deal with FTP, Telnet and
other hands-on applications.
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The QuikConnect philosophy
Applications should operate seamlessly over the
Internet, regardless of the individual platform
or physical location -- just as applications run
today on host computer operating systems.
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QuikConnect overview

• Definition of QuikConnect
• Client-Server in the Stratus environment
• Distributed client benefits
• Implementation using QuikConnect
• QuikConnect environments
• QuikConnect flexibility

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What is QuikConnect?

• For general computer users
• Peer-to-peer messaging middleware
• An efficient protocol for interprocess
  communication
• An Open Systems transaction-processing facility
• An interoperability protocol
• For Stratus users, QuikConnect is also
• A VOS to HP-UX Solaris migration tool
• A VOS to HP-UX Solaris porting tool

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An all-VOS Transaction Processing Facility
Queue holds requests replies
Requester
holds
smsg_send
smsg_receive_reply

• Can be Intra-host
• Can be Inter-host via StrataLink or StrataNet

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QuikConnect processing in an all-VOS environment
Requester
smsg_send
smsg_receive_reply
QuikConnect
Manager
SERVER (VOS)
REQUESTER(VOS, Windows, NT or UNIX)
msg_receive msg_send_reply
msg_send msg_receive_reply
Workstation or host
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QuikConnect processing in UNIX and WIN NT
environments
QuikConnect API (Server)
QuikConnect API (Requester)
performs file I/O
msg_sendmsg_receive_reply
msg_receivemsg_send_reply
(Can be intra-host)
SERVER (Unix)
REQUESTER(Windows, NT, UNIX or VOS)
(Can be inter-host via Ethernet-TCP/IP)
QuikConnect API
(Requester or Server)
ClientApplication
msg_receive msg_send_reply
msg_send msg_receive_reply
Workstation or Host
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VOS Transaction Processing Facility

• Requester operations
• Queues
• Server operations
• Multi-Tasking
• Transaction Protection

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QuikConnect Transaction Processing Facility

• Requester operations
• Queues
• Server operations
• Multi-Tasking (supplied by OS)

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Full Requester-Server model

• Wait / no-wait modes and means of selection
  of queues
• Server operations
• Queue file manipulation commands, including
  VOS s calls
• Utility commands, including VOS s calls

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QuikConnect position

• Because applications should operate seamlessly
  over the Internet regardless of platform or
  physical location, Quik Connect lets applications
  interface freely with and between
• Windows 95, 98, 2000
• Windows NT
• HP-UX, Solaris, Unix
• Java
• VOS
• Other proprietary or open systems

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QuikConnect user profile
SEC EDGAR Project
TRW, on contract to the US Securities Exchange
Commission, used QuikConnect as the
message-oriented middleware for a large
multi-host, mixed-vendor system. QC is the
glue that interconnects HP-UX, Solaris, Stratus
VOS, Stratus FTX, OS/2, and NT machines for the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System
(EDGAR) to report all corporate filings to the
US government. It can be viewed at www.sec.gov
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Competing transaction processing products

• Single System Image Goal is system-to-system
  portability
• Blank Paper Applications Best to start
  from scratch
• Big Environments Similar to operating
  systems

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QuikConnect flexibility
Remote workstations
STRATUSFTX server
Stratus
Stratus
Internetwork routing
DOS, OS2, UNIX, Windows workstation
Windows NT server
HP-UX Sun Solaris workstation or server
STRATUS VOS Server
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QuikConnect message queuing
VOS QC Manager Req/Server
HP-UX QC Queues Req/Server
SUN Solaris QC Queues Req/Server
Win NT QC Queues Req/Server
FTX QC Queues Req/Server
ANY requester can call ANY server
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Inter-host message queuing (Transaction
Processing Facility)

QuikConnect API (Server)
QuikConnect API (Server)
QuikConnect Queues
QuikConnect Queues
QuikConnect API (Requester)
QuikConnect API (Requester)
Stratus VOS, FTX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, UNIX,
Windows NT
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Intra-host message queuing (Transaction
Processing Facility)

• Stratus VOS
• Stratus FTX
• HP-UX
• Sun Solaris
• UNIX
• Windows NT

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QuikConnect benefits

• Combines
• Fault tolerant processing power of the Stratus
  server
• User interface features of desktop workstation
• Speed and reliability of a LAN
• Open Systems architecture
• Provides
• High performance access to distributed
  applications
• Distributed client application processing
• No required changes to existing server
  applications
• Access to off the shelf" tools and
  applications
• More flexible system expansion

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QC Distributed Client Benefits

• Takes advantage of PC tools like Windows,
  graphics, imaging
• Allows application processing without using
  critical server computing resources
• Applications include image capture, data entry,
  editing, local file access, terminal
  management
• Improves transaction throughput
• Data transferred at LAN speeds
• Processing matched to architecture of computer
• Breaks application at most efficient point
• Retains fault tolerant server essential to
  application
• Provides flexible system expansion

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QuikConnect offers Stratus users

• VOS to Unix (HP-UX, Solaris, FTX) application
  migration
• Servers or requesters can be ported separately
• VOS Unix requesters can access same VOS
  servers
• VOS Unix requesters can access same Unix
  servers
• VOS requesters can access both VOS Unix
  servers
• Unix requesters can access both VOS Unix
  servers
• VOS to Unix ports
• VOS applications can retain VOS-like TPF
  architecture when ported to HP-UX, Solaris or
  FTX
• VOS users can continue to use familiar TPF
  facilities

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Target Applications

• Internet based commerce
• Point of sale
• EDI
• Credit card authorization
• Mail order
• Distribution systems
• Groupware
• Games
• Other transaction processing client
  server applications

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QuikConnect turns bowling balls into BBs
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Planned Additional Features

QuikConnect API (Server)
QuikConnect API (Server)
QuikConnect Queues
QuikConnect Queues
QuikConnect API (Requester)
Load Balancing, Multiple Server Addressing
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Current System

Terminals
CAD App
Server
Req.
queues
Disk
VOS, HP-UX, Solaris, FTX etc.
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Porting an Application Step 1 Terminal Emulation

QT QuikTerm
VOS, HP-UX, Solaris, FTX etc.
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Porting an Application Step 2 Offboard Requestors

VOS, HP-UX, Solaris, FTX etc.
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For Stratus, QuikConnect works on all of
CONTINUUM, RISC and XAR

PCs
VOS,FTX
Quik Conct
Server
Queues
Disk
Continuum, RISC, XAR
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Application Configuration
RequesterServers
Server
Requesters
Requester
ServerRequester
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Terminals and PCs Can Coexist

Terminals
Req.
PCs
Quik Conct
Server
Queues
Disk
VOS, HP-UX, Solaris, FTX etc.
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Porting an Application Step 3 Offboard Servers

PCs
FTX/HPUX/Solaris
Quik Conct
Server
Queues
Disk
HP-UX, Solaris, FTX
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QuikConnect lets different computers and
different kinds of computer talk to each other.
Painlessly and seamlessly. It frees you from
having to deal with FTP, Telnet and other
hands-on applications.