Xyratex F5412E RAID Certified for VMware ESX Server 3.5

Xyratex
Ltd. announced that
the Xyratex F5412E RAID system is certified for VMware ESX Server 3.5.

The Xyratex F5412E 4Gb FC-SAS/SATA-II RAID product joins the Company’s
F5402 system as products certified for use in VMware virtualization
environments. Xyratex also extended its membership in the VMware
Technology Alliance -Partner (TAP) program.

“Certification for VMware ESX Server 3.5 demonstrates our commitment
to helping our customers meet the changing demands of their evolving IT
environments,” said Lisa Hart, vice president of marketing, Xyratex.
“Companies continue to rapidly adopt VMware virtualization, and as a
member of the VMware TAP program since 2006, Xyratex has established
itself as a leader in compatible data storage products. Using Xyratex’s
RAID system with VMware ESX Server makes it possible to achieve
significantly higher resource utilization by pooling common
infrastructure resources.”

The Xyratex F5412E system was added to the Storage/SAN
Compatibility Guide for VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VMware ESX Server 3i
after successfully completing VMware’s pre-defined certification test
program. To build a highly available SAN environment, Xyratex teamed
with Qlogic, leveraging its switch and HBA technology. Now, Xyratex
customers migrating to VMware ESX Server 3.5 can experience the
combined benefits of storage and server virtualization including
reduced IT costs, simplified management, improved operational
efficiencies and enterprise-class RAID functionality. Xyratex F5412E
customers also benefit from the product’s combination of Fibre Channel
connectivity with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA)
drive technology to deliver high reliability and scalability.

“As a Xyratex OEM customer, MPC Computers will be able to quickly
leverage the benefits of VMware Certification extended to all Xyratex
OEMS through our TAP membership. This certification will enable MPC to
take our DataFRAME storage products to market sooner, increase revenue
and offer our customers a solution that is thoroughly tested to work
with the latest version VMware ESX Server,” said Greg Wolff, area vice
president product marketing, MPC Computers.

Xyratex Ltd.