Sealant joins VMware Community Source Program.Scalent Systems have announced that it has joined the VMware Community Source Program, a collaborative effort to develop industry-leading virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. and products. As part of its participation, Scalent would contribute server repurposing technology to VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server is an enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc., a division of EMC Corporation. ESX Server is a component of VMware's larger offering, Virtual Infrastructure, which adds management and reliability services to the core server product. , which is part of VMware Infrastructure 3, the third generation of the industry-leading 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. software suite. This approach is expected to provide mutual customers with increased data center flexibility and asset utilization. Scalent V/OE provides network-aware just-in-time server repurposing--a way for enterprise data center owners to rapidly change what software stack (1) A stack that is implemented in memory rather than in hardware registers. See stack. (2) A generic reference to a set of system programs or a set of application programs that form a complete system. See stack. their physical servers are running and how they are connected to network and storage, without needing to make physical changes to their infrastructure. Using Scalent software, companies have been able to implement cost-effective 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. solutions and rapid, automated disaster recovery solutions. Using Scalent V/OE, customers can seamlessly repurpose servers to add, swap, and failover among any combination of machines, while transparently maintaining the consistency and integrity of their business systems. Scalent V/OE allows customers to increase their flexibility and asset utilization, rapidly deploy VMware ESX Server to consolidate their IT infrastructures, and reduce the cost of ensuring high performance and availability. www.scalent.com |
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