In general, I am interested in utilizing Windows NT as a base for running loosely coupled applications in a clustered configuration, both from the standpoint of being able to scale these applications across multiple nodes, and also to improve application availability. In particular, I'm interested in means for creating high bandwidth, low latency, and low CPU utilization mechanisms for doing IPC between nodes in a cluster, mass storage solutions for clusters that can improve loosely-coupled application performance, and software fault tolerance techniques that can be implemented with low enough overhead to be useful/attractive to customers in the commercial market.

I am involved in transferring various aspects of Tandem Computer's clustering technology from the proprietary Non-Stop Kernel hardware/software environment to the Windows NT environment, and in originating new technologies for facilitating clustering on Tandem's NT platforms. I am also involved in implementing various network interfaces for Tandem's Servernet hardware in the NT environment.

Jim Hamrick
Tandem Computers, Inc.
hammer@loc1.tandem.com