On the heels of launching the industry's first card-free
virtual I/O for instant connectivity to the cloud, Xsigo Systems, Inc.,
the leader in I/O virtualization, today announced the availability of
two additional virtual I/O products, furthering the rapid deployment of
converged infrastructures required for cloud computing.
The first product, a new Xsigo I/O Director that offers 40 Gbps server
connectivity, is the industry's highest performing server I/O technology
to date. It delivers 2X the performance of Xsigo's current fastest
product and 4X the performance of FCoE offerings. The company also
announced its third-generation management interface, the Xsigo XMS 3.0.
(View the XMS 3.0 iPad demo here.)
Optimized for cloud deployments, the new management tool allows for the
automated roll-out and configuration of server connectivity on 1000's
of servers from any location using a single console.
"As IT managers transition from dedicated resource silos to flexible
clouds, they need new tools that eliminate operational constraints and
let them easily manage large numbers of servers with a single keystroke,
rather than performing every operation one server at a time," said
Lloyd Carney, Xsigo's CEO. "With these new products, Xsigo both
eliminates I/O bottlenecks to ensure a great end-user experience, and
re-invents I/O management to provide control over entire groups of
servers, rather than just individual devices – two element critical to
success in large cloud deployments."
With the addition of the new Xsigo I/O Director, Xsigo now
offers a range of server I/O speeds – from 10Gbps to 40Gbps – to meet a
full range of operational requirements. Compared to Xsigo's current I/O
Directors, the new product delivers 2X the bandwidth capacity to ensure a
predictable user experience, even during periods of high demand. The
increased throughput helps customers to run more virtual machines per
server, run I/O intensive applications such as database and Microsoft
Exchange, and gain predictable performance by eliminating I/O
bottlenecks.
The second product, the Xsigo XMS 3.0, offers a number of unique
features specifically designed for the demands of large-scale server
management:
- User-defined I/O templates: the unique ability to rollout or modify connectivity on thousands of servers in seconds;
- Unified connectivity management: the ability to deploy, view
and manage connectivity on thousands of servers from a single pane of
glass;
- Performance monitoring: lets users monitor and manage I/O
performance across all servers to quickly identify and remedy I/O
bottlenecks, as well as identify underutilized I/O resources to help
increase efficiency;
- Simplified disaster recovery: wide-area I/O management lets
users manage and migrate I/O across sites to simplify disaster recovery,
move entire I/O identities from one site to another, and recreate an
entire configuration at a remote site so applications can be back up and
running in minutes.
- iPad accessable: the new management interface can be accessed
through an iPad. With the touch of a finger, users can create and
manage data center server I/O using drag-and-drop features.
View the XMS 3.0 iPad demo, here.
Pricing and Availability
The Xsigo VP780 and VP560 I/O Directors with 40Gb connectivity are
available this December and are priced starting at $35,000. The Xsigo
XMS 3.0 management interface is available in October and is priced
starting at $10,000.