Furthermore, AIX 7 will have features that will help reduce the time to discover failures, along with common device naming, to help systems administrators simplify cluster administration.

"We discovered that we had about 400 medical device companies in the state, but these firms didn't see themselves as part of a cluster," he recalls.

The cluster is a series of three (or more) alarms set within minutes of each other on a cell phone (or other programmable awakening device).