Product highlights from VMworld 2007

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By the InfoStor staff
                               
                       
                               
September 12, 2007—Over
the past several days we've been reporting on some of the
storage-related product announcements at, and immediately prior to, the
VMworld show in San Francisco this week. For example, VMware unveiled
several additions to its server virtualization platform, including an
automated disaster recovery tool, a virtual desktop infrastructure
manager, and a revamped hypervisor for VMware ESX Server 3i that will
be embedded in server hardware (see
"VMware beefs up DR management"
").
Prior
to the show, EMC announced a pair of products designed to simplify the
management of backups in virtual server environments, including Avamar
Virtual Edition for VMware (a version of its data de-duplication
backup-and-recovery software) and the Avamar Data Store, a
pre-configured system consisting of Avamar software running on EMC
hardware (see
"EMC extends de-dupe to VMware"
).
                               
                       
                               
Also
prior to VMworld, FalconStor Software introduced its Continuous Data
Protection Virtual Appliance for VMware, a pre-configured software
application packaged with the operating system inside a virtual machine
(see
"FalconStor unveils virtual CDP for VMware"
).
                               
                       
                               
LeftHand
Networks demonstrated its Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) for VMware ESX
Server, which is based on the company's SAN/iQ software platform (see
"LeftHand demos virtual iSCSI SAN"
).
                               
                       
                               
We wrap up our VMworld coverage with announcements regarding other storage-related VMware products and partnerships.
                               
                       
                               
Acronis
announced that its new True Image Echo application enables IT managers
to back up and restore both physical and virtual servers. True Image
Echo is the latest addition to Acronis' portfolio of backup and
recovery, migration, and virtualization products. The software is
compatible with Windows and Linux-based servers, and supports virtual
server platforms from vendors such as VMware, Microsoft, XenSource and
Parallels.
                       
                               
DataCore Software announced support
for implementing its storage virtualization and SAN management
solutions as 'virtual servers' that can run on server virtualization
platforms from vendors such as VMware, XenSource, Microsoft and Virtual
Iron, enabling users to create a virtual SAN storage server on VMs. The
software includes DataCore's SANmelody, Traveller and SANsymphony.
                       
                               
InMage Systems and iStor Networks
announced a strategic partnership at VMworld. The combination of
iStor's iS325 Storage System and InMage's DR-Scout continuous data
protection (CDP) software is designed for resellers and OEMs. Under the
terms of the agreement, iStor will bundle a "lite" version of InMage's
DR-Scout disaster recovery and CDP solutions with all of its iS325
systems.
                       
                               
EqualLogic will collaborate with
VMware by integrating its PS Series IP SAN systems with VMware's Site
Recovery Manager. Joint customers will be able to automate recovery
processes and test full recovery of VMware Infrastructure environments
that have been replicated between two EqualLogic SANs. The company's
auto-replication capability is a standard feature in its PS Series
arrays.
                       
                               
Emulex announced that its HBAnyware
now supports VMware Infrastructure environments. HBAnyware controls
Emulex LightPulse HBAs within a centralized, cross-platform framework,
which combines remote-management options with secure access control.
HBAnyware enables control of local and remote HBAs within a centralized
management framework. Emulex also announced that it will partner with
Cisco for a storage solution that runs on VMware environments.
                       
                               
QLogic focused on data migration at
VMworld, claiming that its virtual HBAs eliminate the need to
reconfigure SAN functions after live VM migrations. Live migrations
allow IT managers to take down a working server, upgrade the operating
system or apply patches, and then bring the server back up again while
users continue to access applications on the server.
                       
                               
Pillar Data Systems announced that it
has joined VMware's Technology Alliance Partner Program. Pillar's Axiom
platform is designed to help users consolidate their storage resources,
while simplifying management.
                       
                               
STORServer announced an agent for
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) at VMworld. The agent includes a GUI
for centralized management, scheduling, and reporting of virtual
machine backups.
                       
                               
Onaro plans to extend its storage
resource management (SRM) and capacity planning software with the
upcoming launch of VM Insight 1.0, the latest addition to the company's
SANscreen software suite. VM Insight takes the existing path awareness
and change management capabilities of SANscreen and applies them where
networked storage meets VMs.
                       
                               
The software displays real-time information
on CPU, memory, I/O, network bandwidth, SAN bandwidth and array
performance. According to Onaro, VM administrators can use the
information to more efficiently deploy the correct ratio of VMs per
physical server. The software also provides administrators with a
common view of network storage service paths and changes.
                       
                               
"The roll out of virtual machines has
presented the challenge of mapping virtual storage and virtual servers.
It presents a whole new class of management challenges," says Onaro
vice president of marketing Bryan Semple.
                       
                               
VM Insight 1.0 will address management issues
in virtual environments by providing users with a cross-functional view
of the resources being used by virtual machines to enable optimization
of the underlying infrastructure.
                       
                               
Semple says that most VM management
applications are focused on managing the VMs themselves and their
associated images, while storage management and SRM application vendors
have been building agents to read file-level data for the VMs. He
claims VM Insight is the first cross-domain application that serves up
a consolidated view of an organization's virtual infrastructure for
both VM system administrators and storage administrators.
                       
                               
Pricing for SANscreen VM Insight will be announced when the product becomes generally available in December.
                               
               
               
               
               
               

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