Sistina Software and Paralogic Partner to Provide Affordable, High-Performance Clustered Storage Solutions for Linux.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Sistina Software Sistina Software was an organization that focused on storage solutions architected around a Linux platform. They were acquired by Red Hat in December, 2003. Their two primary offerings were Global File System (GFS) and logical volume management (LVM). , a developer of software that simplifies complex data storage and dramatically reduces storage costs, today announced a partnership with Paralogic, a leading supplier of optimized turnkey commodity parallel computing Solving a problem with multiple computers or computers made up of multiple processors. It is an umbrella term for a variety of architectures, including symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), clusters of SMP systems, massively parallel processors (MPPs) and grid computing. solutions. Paralogic designs, builds, and supports high performance Linux based Beowulf clusters for industry, academic, and governmental organizations worldwide. The partnership will enable Paralogic to provide its customers with powerful and economical data management and storage systems using Sistina's Global File System. Sistina's Global File System is a widely acclaimed clustered file system A clustered file system is a file system which is simultaneously mounted on multiple servers. There are several approaches to clustering, most of which do not employ a clustered file system. for Linux that allows multiple servers on a storage area network (SAN) to have read/write access to a single file system on the shared SAN devices. Additionally, Sistina's Global File System features many highly available file system components such as journaling and failover capabilities, while providing affordable cluster configurations for companies that are running Linux applications. "Sistina's GFS See Google File System. GFS - Grandfather, Father, Son allows Paralogic to deliver an enterprise-class approach to file systems" said George Palmer, 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 Paralogic Inc. "Coupled with High Performance Linux Clusters from Paralogic, our clients receive a superior price to performance ration." "By pre-configuring tested and proven free-market hardware with Sistina's Global File System, Paralogic is able to capitalize on the growing demand for enterprise-class, Linux-based clustered file systems as an alternative to hardware specific and proprietary systems" said Dave Sass, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Sistina. "This partnership gives Paralogic's customers an innovative and lower-cost choice when choosing enterprise-class data management solutions." About Paralogic Paralogic is a leading supplier of optimized turnkey commodity parallel computing solutions. Paralogic designs, builds, and supports high performance Linux based Beowulf clusters for industry, academic, and governmental organizations worldwide. Companies and institutions such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Phillips Petroleum, and the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. , are among a long list of Paralogic customers. About Sistina Software Sistina Software, a developer of software that simplifies complex data storage and dramatically reduces storage costs, melds NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular and SAN within one operating system using a cluster file system that allows multiple servers on a SAN to map a single file system onto the shared SAN devices, and a cluster volume manager to provide host-based 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. . Sistina is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. For more information, visit www.sistina.com. |
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