Breaking News - Storage:
SWsoft, Acronis Announce Server Virtualization Partnership
SWsoft announced a joint strategic partnership with Acronis Inc to jointly
develop and market Virtuozzo and Acronis True Image Server 8.0 solutions for
enterprises and hosting providers.
Through the comprehensive joint development, sales and marketing agreement,
Acronis True Image Server and Acronis True Image Enterprise Server disk
imaging, system backup and disaster recovery solutions will be integrated into
SWsoft's Virtuozzo virtual private server (VPS) technology. Enterprises will
be able to provision new physical servers instantaneously using Acronis'
award-winning disk imaging solution on both Linux and Windows platforms. Once
deployed, the new Virtuozzo-powered servers can be partitioned into virtual
servers to help better utilize a customer's server investment.
"From our unique convergence of storage and virtualization technologies, IT
managers will be able to deploy, backup and utilize new servers much more
quickly and efficiently, further driving down the cost of datacenter
operations," said Acronis CEO Max Tsypliaev. "After reviewing other server
virtualization solutions on the market, we determined that SWsoft's Virtuozzo
technology is the most production-proven solution available."
"Combining real-time disk imaging and backup capabilities with server
virtualization is a powerful value proposition for enterprise and hosting
customers," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft. "Server virtualization is
the enabling technology for the dynamic datacenters of tomorrow, but without
comprehensive tools, enterprises will not be able to fully realize its
benefits. SWsoft's partnership with Acronis creates the best integrated,
multi-platform solution with the most complete tools available. Both companies
are committed to delivering solutions that help make the dynamic datacenter a
reality."
"Acronis True Image Server's disk cloning and disaster recovery capabilities
make it possible to do bare-metal restores literally in minutes," noted
Stephen Lawton, marketing director for Acronis. "Using Acronis' Drive Snapshot
technology, IT managers can deploy a server disk image or provision a server
in minutes, not the hours or days it would take to build a server disk from
scratch, even if you had a file-based backup as a starting point."
Virtuozzo -- Providing Utility Computing, Server Consolidation And More
Virtuozzo is a robust automation and virtualization solution that has been
developed and proven over the past 5 years by SWsoft. Virtuozzo brings over 40
years of proven mainframe concepts to x86 commodity hardware including:
- Dynamic Real-time Partitioning -- Ability to partition a physical server
into multiple (up to hundreds) Virtual Private Servers (VPS) with full
dedicated server functionality and change allocations in real-time.
- Resource Management -- The ability to control, monitor, account, report and
manage CPU, Memory, Disk, Network I/O and many other System Resources (over
25+ total) based on predetermined barriers, limits, guarantees or shares for
each VPS.
- Virtualization -- Move a VPS between physical servers transparently with
near-zero downtime.
- Mass Management -- Hundreds of VPSs on a server can be managed as easily as
a single server and many physical servers can be managed centrally through the
VZMC (Virtuozzo Management Console).
Virtuozzo 2.6 for Linux is now available and Virtuozzo 2.6 for Windows Beta
will be available for testing in the fall of 2004.
Acronis True Image -- Award-Winning Disk Imaging and Disaster Recovery
Solution
Acronis True Image Server provides real-time server backup and bare-metal
restore for Linux servers. Recognized by PC Magazine, Cnet and Zdnet as
Editor's Choice for disk backup and recovery, key features include:
- Disaster Recovery -- Real-time Linux and Windows server disk backup.
- Fastest Return on Investment -- Restore any Linux or Windows server in
minutes rather than hours or days.
- Systems and Storage Management -- Incremental and scheduled backup.
Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux and Windows platforms currently is
being shipped. Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux and Windows Enterprises
is expected to be released for beta testing in early October 2004.
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