 New Products
Coraid Releases ATA-over-Ethernet Driver for SolarisTM
Coraid, Inc. released an ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE)
driver for the Solaris operating system. According to the announcement, the
new Solaris driver is provided as both source code and a loadable binary
and can be downloaded from Coraid's Web site (http://www.coraid.com)
at no cost. The new driver works with 32-bit and 64-bit SPARC-based systems
running Solaris 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Coraid sells its AoE storage products under the brand
name EtherDrive. AoE is a non-routed protocol. According to the company, by
eliminating the overhead of TCP/IP, there is no need for ToE (TCP/IP
off-loan Engine) cards or HBAs (Host Bus Adapters). The announcement says
that AoE delivers a scalable, low-cost alternative to iSCSI and
FibreChannel. For more information, visit: http://www.coraid.com.
Levanta Unveils Intrepid M Linux 4.2
Levanta announced that the 4.2 version of its Intrepid
M Linux management appliance now supports shared storage environments such
as NetApp and OnStor. According to the company, virtual machine migration,
GUI enhancements, and additional Linux distro support (including Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4) have been added in this release. The company says that
Intrepid M allows systems administrators to manage both Linux hardware and
virtual servers (VMware and Xen) from a single management interface. The
Intrepid M starts at $8,995.
For more information, visit: http://www.levanta.com/.
SteelEye Introduces LifeKeeper and Data Replication v6
SteelEye Technology announced two new products:
LifeKeeper for Linux v6, and SteelEye Data Replication v6. According to the
company, LifeKeeper for Linux v6 protects VMware ESX Server 2.5 and also
adds management for applications and data residing in SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 from Novell and VMware Infrastructure 3 systems. Using this new
product, applications can be migrated among servers in a variety of cluster
configurations including physical-to-physical, virtual-to-virtual, and
physical-to-virtual failovers. This flexibility allows users to build the
cluster that best matches their availability needs and best leverages their
existing infrastructure.
For more information or valuation versions, visit: http://www.steeleye.com.
Oracle Expands Validated Configurations Effort
Oracle announced the expansion of its Oracle Validated
Configurations effort with the addition of new configurations and partners
-- Brocade, Cisco Systems, and Pillar Data Systems. According to the
announcement, customers now will have access to a broader range of
pre-tested and validated architectures, software, hardware, storage, and
networking components, to help accelerate and simplify their Oracle on
Linux deployments.
Oracle Validated Configurations are available on the
Oracle Technology Network at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/validated-configurations. For more information,
visit: http://www.oracle.com.
Penguin Computing Ships Scyld ClusterWare HPC
Penguin Computing announced availability of its new
Scyld ClusterWare platform, which provides a virtualized cluster
environment that is so easy to manage, even non-system administrators can
run a cluster, according to the company. Scyld ClusterWare HPC
significantly improves system scalability while retaining overall
simplicity of management with enhanced "just-in-time"
provisioning. This new cluster technology also supports multiple operating
systems, including CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES, so that standard
applications run "out-of-box," giving
customers broad application compatibility in a predictable environment.
For more information: http://www.penguincomputing.com/.
Collax Unveils Business Server
According to the company, the Collax Business Server
delivers a suite of open source applications for security, networking, and
communication to run a small or growing business with no Linux knowledge
required. In addition to its line of Linux-based servers -- combining
best-of-breed open-source components and an easy-to-use, intuitive
graphical interface -- comes the opportunity for U.S. solution
providers to join the Collax Charter Partner Program. As of today, the
entire Collax product line is available to channel partners, with free
trials for download at http://www.collax.com.
Prices for a 10-user, 1-year subscription start at $495 for the Collax
Business Server, $380 for the Collax Security Gateway, and $735 for the
Collax Open-Xchange Server.
For more information, visit: http://www.collax.com/.
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