DataCore Updates Storage Virtualization Platform
DataCore Software has added a number of features to the management capabilities of its SANsymphony-V storage virtualization platform. The new features are aimed at helping enterprises take control of virtual machine sprawl and help them better manage the addition of new storage technologies such as SSD to speed up latency-sensitive workloads.
The SANsymphony-V 9.0.3 additions include wizards to provision multiple virtual disks from templates, group commands to manage storage for multiple application hosts and support for higher speed 16-Gb Fibre Channel networking. Also in the new release: storage profiles for greater control and auto-tiering across multiple levels of flash, SSDs and hard disks; a new database repository option for recording and analyzing performance history and trends; and improved remote replication and connectivity optimizations to improve performance.
Detailed technical specs are available online; pricing and availability were not disclosed.
Parasoft Supports Big Iron
Parasoft's latest Service Virtualization tool now includes advanced support for mainframes and complex data structures, allowing development and QA teams to access complete and realistic test environments to run an application through its paces without disrupting high-value mainframe resources.
The Parasoft Service Virtualization supports agile and parallel development and makes it easier to conduct performance testing by simulating interactions with subsystems such as DB2 databases and CISCs regions. Communication can occur over protocols such as MQ, HTTP, TCP/IP and JDBC, and involve payloads such as Copybook, XML, fixed-length or customer message format. In addition to mainframe support, the Service Virtualization can also parameterize virtual asset responses with highly complex data structures, and users can view and manipulate hierarchical data graphically.
Nutanix Launches Two Virtual Computing Platforms
Nutanix has expanded its portfolio of virtual computing platforms to support midsize enterprises and branch offices with the NX-1000, which allows SMEs to create converged infrastructures, and the NX-6000 series, which enables enterprises to scale their Nutanix cluster by adding storage capacity as needed.
The NX-1000 series is a flat data center architecture that eliminates the need for centralized SAN or NAS storage, and, like other Nutanix virtual computing platforms, it includes software-based storage control technology and advanced information lifecycle management capabilities. It comes in a single 2U appliance and runs virtual workloads commonly found in SMEs and branch offices. Pricing begins at $22,500 per node, including server and storage.
The Nutanix NX-6000 Virtual Computing Platform is designed to scale storage resources into a single converged infrastructure. IT administrators can select, provision and expand storage capacity based on demand and avoid underutilization of storage resources. The NX-6000 supports data intensive applications such as SQL databases, Hadoop-driven data analytics and large-scale VDI deployments. It can deliver 35 Tbytes to 70 Tbytes of usable storage in a 2U form factor with pricing beginning at $60,000 per node.
