Lanamark Inc., a global provider of data center analysis and design solutions for optimizing physical and virtual infrastructure, today announced availability of the Server Virtualization Design Module for Lanamark Suite. This new module is designed to help solution providers plan optimal virtualization solutions for enterprises across leading server virtualization platforms from Citrix, Microsoft, Parallels, Virtual Iron and VMware.
The Server Virtualization Design Module offers advanced optimization capabilities for server configuration and workload placement, determines the number of virtualization software licenses required and facilitates planning of physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversions. It allows what-if scenarios to be compared side-by-side with comprehensive TCO calculations and enables channel partners to build end-to-end solutions with server, storage, software and service components. The module supports servers, blade enclosures, storage arrays and HBAs from Brocade, Dell, EMC, Emulex, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NetApp, QLogic, Sun Microsystems and Xiotech.
“With so many different server virtualization options available, enterprises are turning more and more to our channel partners to help them select a virtualization platform that will lower costs and maximize return on investment in hardware, software and services,” said Mark Angelo, CEO of Lanamark. “The Server Virtualization Design Module allows solution providers to offer customers real choices by designing and presenting end-to-end solutions across leading virtualization and hardware platforms.”
What vendors are saying about Lanamark Suite and the Server Virtualization Design Module:
Citrix Systems
Jason Lieblich
CTO Virtualization and Management Division
“Citrix has been working closely with Lanamark to shape capacity planning and modeling capabilities for Citrix XenServer in the Server Virtualization Design Module. Our partners are actively using Lanamark Suite to deliver virtualization assessments and design reliable, powerful and easy-to-use server virtualization solutions with Citrix XenServer.”
Parallels
Ezequiel Steiner
Senior Vice President of Business Development
“Parallels partners world-wide have embraced Lanamark Suite as a key technology for delivering virtualization assessments and designing OS virtualization solutions for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. Our deepening partnership with Lanamark underscores our commitment to enabling channel partners with best-of-breed virtualization assessment tools for designing high-performance virtualization solutions with Parallels technologies.”
Virtual Iron
Bill Simpson
Vice President of Channel Sales
“Support for Virtual Iron in the Server Virtualization Design Module enables our partners to identify candidate workloads for virtualization and provide customers complete and cost-effective server virtualization solutions. We look forward to working with Lanamark to make virtualization capacity planning more accessible to our customers and partners.”