DataCore Software today announced that customers who don’t have a SAN can now experience new features in Microsoft Hyper-V including live migration, dynamic load balancing and high-availability, simply by downloading DataCore’s pre-configured Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA).
VSA makes it possible for two physical servers to share disks and that is something of great significance to Hyper-V users – since many Hyper-V capabilities require just that. The DataCore VSA comes in a standard VHD format for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V. The VSA can be downloaded at http://www.datacore.com/msvsappliance/.
Fully operational in just a few minutes
With DataCore’s Virtual SAN Appliance Microsoft Hyper-V users can quickly:
· Utilize Microsoft virtualization environments with an iSCSI SAN created from their server’s internal disks. No need for new hardware!
· Pool up to 1 Terabyte of disk space
· “Thin Provision” storage to the virtual machines. See how much capacity it saves!
· Leverage DataCore’s “mega cache” capability – this speeds up performance for Exchange, SQL and others applications using surplus server memory to cache I/Os from the virtual SAN
· Use Snapshots for Instant Volume Cloning and Fast Disk-to-Disk Backups
· Create a SAN from their server's internal disks
DataCore™ Virtualizes Storage for Microsoft Hyper-V Users
“Why wait until you can roll in a SAN?” said Augie Gonzalez, Director of Product Marketing at DataCore Software. “When DataCore can virtualize the physical storage from internal or direct-attached disks to make it behave like a shared storage pool.”
New DataCore SANmelody™ Virtual SAN Appliance for Microsoft Virtualization Environments – Try It Now!
The Virtual SAN Appliance can be downloaded by going to –
http://www.datacore.com/msvsappliance/. It is free for a 30-day trial.
A Winning Combination: Microsoft and DataCore Software
To learn more about DataCore and Microsoft solutions, please visit: http://www.datacore.com/microsoft/.