Boston, September 22nd, 2009 – Seanodes, creator of Exanodes® and inventor of the Shared Internal Storage (SIS) concept, announced today it has been awarded VMware Ready certification for interoperability on the VMware server virtualization software platform. Since joining the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program earlier this year, Seanodes has been able to successfully integrate Exanodes with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers. The certification further assures IT managers that Exanodes is easy to deploy and integrate into a virtualized environment.
Exanodes VM Edition leverages the storage resources of ESX Servers (internal disks, DAS) and turns them into a powerful virtual SAN in minutes. This virtual iSCSI SAN provides high performance, high availability and data protection features within a VMware infrastructure. With its symmetric design where each ESX server participates in storage tasks, Exanodes gives VMs a large number of access points to the storage, I/O controllers and disks to ensure that every VM will get the performance it needs. Its patented RAIN X technology provides necessary reliability and availability so users can leverage advanced features such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduler, VMware High Availability, and VMware Consolidated Backup.
“In addition to interoperability, VMware Ready-certification is critical to customers looking for scalable solutions that grow along with their business over the long-term,” said Frank Gana, Business Development Director at Seanodes. “An Exanodes-enabled iSCSI SAN in a VM environment vastly improves performance, contains storage complexity and buildout, and extends the life of the data center by reducing capital and operating expenses.”
The VMware Ready program enables customers to quickly identify VMware partner products and solutions that are optimized for VMware. VMware Ready products have passed specific VMware integration and interoperability criteria and are ready to run mission-critical business applications and operations. By selecting partner products that are designated VMware Ready, customers will benefit from the safest, broadest choice of solutions, reduced risk, and lower integration costs.
About VMware
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About Seanodes
The inventors of Shared Internal Storage (SIS), Seanodes is changing the face of network storage technology. Seanodes’ SIS platform Exanodes runs as a Virtual iSCSI SAN and radically alters the economics and possibilities in data storage and server virtualization. Seanodes, a Gartner ‘Cool Vendor,’ has earned multiple awards from industry analysts and media for its outstanding technology that virtualizes storage assets to convert unused internal disks and Direct Attached Storage (DAS) into a shared storage array. Founded in 2002, Seanodes is headed by storage industry veterans and backed by a number of private equity firms. More information can be found at www.seanodes.com or by calling 866-580-5515.
