EqualLogic iSCSI Storage Certified on Virtual Iron to Enable Cost-Effective Virtual Infrastructure Management.Complementary Approach Delivers Affordable, Enterprise-Class 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. Solutions to Drive Mainstream Adoption and Maximize ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). LOWELL, Mass. -- Virtual Iron Software, a provider of enterprise-class software solutions for 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 and virtual infrastructure management, today announced that EqualLogic's PS Series storage arrays are now certified for use with Virtual Iron virtualization and management software. The combined solution delivers enterprise-class server and storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. capabilities to the mainstream market and enables more users to take advantage of the significant benefits of advanced virtual infrastructure management capabilities such as LiveMigration, LiveRecovery, LiveCapacity and LiveMaintenance of virtual servers. "The combination of Virtual Iron and EqualLogic has allowed to us to develop a hosting infrastructure that is not only cost effective, but can scale easily on a just-in-time basis," said Paul Lappas, vice president engineering at ServePath. "We can offer valuable services such as hardware fault-tolerance and on-demand infrastructure scaling for our customers at a cost that is significantly less than alternative solutions." "Our mid-market clients have been asking us for a virtual infrastructure and management solution that is simultaneously production capable and affordable while supporting advanced applications such as high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , business continuity and utility computing (1) Pay-per-usage processing provided by a service organization that uses its own computers and facilities. Customers access the computers via a private network or over the Internet and are charged according to how much computing time they use, such as CPU seconds, minutes or hours. ," said Mitch Northcutt, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of national virtualization consultancy RapidApp. "This partnership between Virtual Iron and EqualLogic brings together two emerging innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. with a complementary and compelling value proposition for our client base." Virtual Iron provides an enterprise-class virtualization and virtual infrastructure management platform that supports Windows and Linux virtual servers Linux Virtual Server (LVS) is an advanced load balancing solution for Linux systems. It is an open source project started by Wensong Zhang in May 1998. The mission of the project is to build a high-performance and highly available server for Linux using clustering . The software combines advanced virtualization and policy-based management See policy management. capabilities to deliver the benefits of all primary virtualization use cases including server consolidation, development/test/staging environments, virtual appliances An operating system and application designed for a virtual machine (VM) environment. The virtual appliance is packaged as a pre-installed system image for the particular hardware environment it is intended for, such as VMware, Xen or Microsoft's Virtual Server. , business continuity and dynamic capacity management. By deploying EqualLogic virtualized iSCSI SANs with Virtual Iron, users achieve a simple, flexible and cost-effective virtualized infrastructure that easily adapts to changing business requirements. An EqualLogic SAN provides simple storage consolidation, which enables a virtual infrastructure environment to increase storage utilization, enrich corporate data protection methods, facilitate disaster recovery and enhance virtualized server availability and workload migration. In addition, EqualLogic's fully redundant infrastructure provides an easy-to-use and disaster-tolerant consolidated storage solution. The combined capabilities enable companies to apply virtualization more readily for cost-effective high availability, disaster recovery and capacity management. "Customers have embraced the use of iSCSI SANs with server virtualization to reduce data center complexity and to increase IT flexibility," said John Joseph, vice president of marketing for EqualLogic, Inc. "EqualLogic's PS Series SAN solution provides enterprise-class network storage that complements Virtual Iron's server virtualization for enterprise environments. With Virtual Iron's native iSCSI support, the benefits of server consolidation and automated capacity management are now in reach for a broader segment of the market." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner, the cost advantage of the iSCSI network infrastructure is most pronounced in Windows and Linux environments where initiators are typically NICs with software implementation of the iSCSI protocol. Gartner estimates that revenue for iSCSI disk storage systems, including that attributable to unified storage The capability of combining different data formats such as files, folders, contacts and e-mail messages into collections that can be viewed and manipulated as one group. See WinFS. , exceeded $200 million in 2005 and will nearly double each year during the next few years. "Cost-effective and easy-to-deploy iSCSI-based networked storage unlocks the full power and true promise of virtual infrastructure. Combined with our advanced, transparent workload migration capabilities, such as LiveMigrate and LiveRecovery, it enables virtual servers to freely migrate to any physical server in the data center," said Mike Grandinetti, chief marketing officer at Virtual Iron Software. "Virtual Iron is pleased to partner with EqualLogic to deliver affordable enterprise-class virtualization and management solutions to the mainstream market." About EqualLogic EqualLogic makes data storage systems that radically simplify the way mid-size and large businesses store and protect information. EqualLogic's award-winning PS Series storage area network (SAN) solution provides sophisticated management capabilities that reduce the time and money IT staff spend on storage. EqualLogic serves thousands of customers in 35 countries from its headquarters in Nashua, New Hampshire Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. As of the 2000 census, Nashua had a total population of 86,605[1], making it the second largest city in the state after Manchester. As of 2005, the population is estimated to be 87,986. , and offices throughout Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.equallogic.com. About Virtual Iron Software, Inc. Virtual Iron provides enterprise-class software for server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management at one-fifth the cost of comparable alternatives. Its solutions enable companies to dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of managing and operating their data center. Virtual Iron delivers advanced virtualization capabilities that exploit industry standards, open source economics and built-in hardware-assisted acceleration. It is available for free download at http://www.virtualiron.com/free. Organizations use Virtual Iron for server consolidation, rapid provisioning, business continuity, capacity management and policy-based automation to deliver significant improvements in utilization, manageability and agility. The company is privately held and based in Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 105,167. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County. . For more information, visit http://www.virtualiron.com or email info@virtualiron.com. |
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