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T24 Scalability and ResilienceT24 can be implemented within a simple client computer and single server architecture, or T24 canscale up to a full n-tier architecture that employs multiple servers in each tier.This flexibility in solution architecture makes it possible for Temenos to work with banks todetermine the most appropriate technical systems configuration that meets a bank’s resilience,redundancy, performance, and budgetary requirements.T24 scales dynamically, and servers can be added during live operations without affecting theservice provision. This ability to “adapt” in a live environment has very powerful implications from aresilience perspective. Should a T24 server fail, the other servers recover and absorb the failedserver’s load online until the failure issue is addressed and the original server can be reintroduced.This high level of resilience is critical for supporting today’s demands for global or 24x7 processing,and resilience is a cornerstone of T24’s ability to support a truly “around-the-clock” environment.Integration and Full Interconnectivity with T24T24 is channel neutral and offers a common architecture for all channels to interact and invokefunctionality within the application. The T24 presentation layer is abstracted from the application.All front-end channels, including the browser client, use a common, industry-standard accessmechanism to connect to the application layer.The basis for this connectivity is the use of XML messaging through the Temenos open connectivityframework and the Open Financial Service (OFS) module. OFS is a message-based, real-time, onlineinterface that exposes all T24 functionality and, provided the appropriate security criteria are inplace, also exposes the entire T24 database to external, message-based systems.This ability to integrate with a bank’s requirements for interconnectivity extends to industry-leadingservice-oriented architecture (SOA) environments; every single T24 transaction, enquiry, orworkflow process can be exposed as a web service. This capability hinges on the application’sinherent business service definition model, which renders every transaction deployable by usingT24 web services tooling. Because the application was developed to adhere to key web servicesstandards and SOA principles, this deployment mechanism produces high-quality, consistent webservices definitions. These web services definitions provide application interoperability withindustry-standard enterprise service buses (ESBs) and associated applications, such as BusinessProcess Execution Language (BPEL) engines, among others.For more information about T24, see the TEMENOS T24 home page.Benchmark Testing Results: TEMENOS T24, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, and Intel Xeon Processor-Based Servers 3
Benefits of SQL Server 2012SQL Server 2012 provides a reliable, cost-effective, low-maintenance database framework for T24that can support the largest and most process-intensive deployments. SQL Server is acomprehensive, integrated, and enterprise-ready data-management software solution. Hundreds ofenterprises are currently running 10 terabyte and larger transactional databases on SQL Server.SQL Server 2012 sets the new standard for mission critical with industry-required high availabilityand performance capabilities at a leading total cost of ownership (TCO). Running T24 on SQL Server2012 provides Temenos customers with many benefits, including:Scalability and performanceSQL Server 2012 supports up to 640 logical processors and 4 TB of RAM on Windows Server8 (256 logical processors and 2 TB RAM on Windows Server 2008 R2) for high performanceof very large workloads. SQL Server also includes many features that can help Temenoscustomers scale up and scale out as their businesses grow.Lower hardware costsSQL Server runs on standard commodity server hardware, dramatically lowering the TCOwhen compared to mainframe hardware.Lower software costsWith SQL Server, customers can typically enjoy a 3:1 reduction in licensing costs comparedto the largest competitor. 1 Simpler systems management and lower staffing costs 2SQL Server database administrators (DBAs) can typically manage four times as manyphysical databases as a competitor’s DBAs. 3 Lower administration costs 4SQL Server delivers a 460 percent savings in annual costs of administration per databaseover that of the largest competitor.Fewer security vulnerabilitiesSQL Server consistently has fewer security vulnerabilities than the largest competitor. 5With SQL Server, Temenos customers can save with reduced licensing, hardware, administration,and support fees, which translates into substantially lower costs over the system's life.For more information about SQL Server 2012, see the SQL Server home page.1 http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/tools/cost-savings-calclator.aspx2 http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/compare-oracle.aspx3 http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/why-sql-server.aspx4 http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/why-sql-server.aspx5 NIST National Vulnerability Database, http://nvd.nist.gov/Benchmark Testing Results: TEMENOS T24, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, and Intel Xeon Processor-Based Servers 4
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