Taneja says "Symantec Veritas Cluster Server Takes Vrtual Server HA to the Next Level"

This is an awesome testimonial from Jeff Byrnes, an analyst from Taneja Group, who provides expert analysis and consulting services for the computer storage and server industries.

“All in all, we think the latest Veritas Cluster Server for VMware release adds significant value to customers running business-critical applications in virtualized environments.”

We are working on "SmartIO" feature for the next release of Storage Foundation, which can save customers a ton of money.

How do customers save a ton of money with SF "SmartIO" feature?

SF “SmartIO” feature results in the following,

1. Increases Server utilization by IO bottleneck elimination
2. Support for low latency and high throughout IO, by using flash storage present in the server
3. Reduction in the IO load on storage controllers, as most of the application IO needs is served by “SmartIO” layer.

As a result, the number of servers required for same application throughput is reduced, storage commoditization happens because there is no need for high end storage controllers and the number of storage controllers required is also reduced as IO needs from storage array is much lower. All of the above saves cost for SF customers - Savings on both Capital expenses and Operational expenses....

Data center leaders are constantly being bombarded with marketing blitz on how they can reach the clouds by buying new infrastructure, but the reality is closer to ground. At Symantec we believe that the private cloud is more of a transformation of your existing data center rather than a rip and replace.

Read confident insights article on how to get to private cloud:

http://www.symantec.com/business/resources/articles/article.jsp?aid=20110111_resilient_private_cloud

The Storage and Availability Management 6.0 release was recently covered in the Wall Street Journal. The article focuses on 6.0 highlights, including preparing for the private cloud, Virtual Business Service, file system deduplication and compression, and tighter integration. Read the article.