Compellent Supports Oracle(R) VM to Deliver Advanced, Virtual Storage and Server Infrastructure.EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn. -- Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca For other uses of "ARCA", see ARCA. NYSE Arca, previously known as ArcaEx, an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange, is an entirely online securities exchange on which both stocks and options are traded. : CML 1. CML - A query language. ["Towards a Knowledge Description Language", A. Borgida et al, in On Knowledge Base Management Systems, J. Mylopoulos et al eds, Springer 1986]. 2. CML - Concurrent ML. ) today announced support for Oracle[R] VM server virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS software. Compellent's advanced virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. creates a powerful storage infrastructure, delivering high performance, reduced cost of ownership, simplified storage management and an ideal platform for Oracle VM. "Compellent and Oracle are aligned in our approach to helping organizations realize the full benefits of a virtual enterprise, and we work together to certify and provide solutions that are seamlessly interoperable," said Bruce Kornfeld, vice president of marketing, Compellent. "Oracle's expertise on the server side, and our storage credentials, are enabling companies to improve performance and availability of business critical applications while reducing costs and simplifying IT management." Oracle VM server virtualization software supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications, and offers scalable, low-cost server virtualization. Oracle VM's next generation architecture supports the use of virtualization-aware paravirtualized guest operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. to allow more efficient, lower overhead operations in areas critical to performance such as memory and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output management. Oracle VM consists of open source server software and provides an easy-to-use graphical interface See GUI. for creating and managing virtual server pools across an enterprise. Key Oracle products including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware  This article may contain improper references to .Please help [ improve this article] by removing . and Oracle Applications are certified with Oracle VM. "Compellent storage technology and Oracle VM provide an ideal platform for customers seeking to create a virtualized data center," said Monica Kumar, senior director of Linux and Open Source Product Marketing at Oracle. "Like Oracle, Compellent understands that these organizations require integrated solutions that help simplify virtualization, speed deployment and create IT infrastructures ready to handle the growing data demands of today's enterprise." A member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Compellent is part of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux program, and will extend that support to include Oracle VM. Compellent's innovative software applications, including Thin Provisioning Thin provisioning[1] is a mechanism that applies to large-scale centralized computer disk storage systems, SANs, and storage virtualization systems. Thin provisioning allows space to be easily allocated to servers, on a just-enough and just-in-time basis. , Remote Replication and Automated Tiered Storage Automated Tiered Storage is a product from Compellent. It stores information in a database in such way, that information searched for more often is moved to a different tier, producing faster search results. , allow data to be easily accessible, easily replicated and dynamically expanded in less time than traditional storage solutions. For more information about Compellent's partnership with Oracle, visit: http://www.compellent.com/Oracle. More information about how the Compellent SAN is designed to be the smartest storage for virtualization is available at www.compellent.com/virtual. About Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of 20,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer to their customers, leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner level. These partners receive a higher level of service, support, training and certification from Oracle. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com About Compellent Compellent is a leading provider of enterprise-class network storage solutions that are highly scalable, feature rich, and designed to be easy to use and cost effective. The Storage Center solution from Compellent is a storage area network (SAN) that helps significantly lower storage and infrastructure capital expenditures, reduces the skill level and number of personnel required to manage information, and enables continuous data availability and storage virtualization. Compellent Technologies' principal offices are located in Eden Prairie, Minn. For more information, please visit: http://www.compellent.com. |
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