NEC and Virtensys Co-Develop I/O Virtualization Blade Switch Modules

NEC Corporation and Virtensys, Ltd. have formed a partnership to develop an I/O Virtualization (IOV) blade switch module for the NEC blade systems.

NEC Express5800/SigmaBlade

“We are pleased to be partnering with Virtensys to develop unique I/O Virtualization technology solutions for our customers,” said Tomoyasu Nishimura, assistant general manager, NEC Server Division. “The Virtensys solution will give our customers the flexibility to dynamically manage and allocate the I/O resources to optimize their infrastructures while reducing their costs, energy requirements and management expenses.”

“We are delighted to be working with NEC to allow their customers to take full advantage of our I/O virtualization solutions,” said Ahmet Houssein, president and CEO of VirtenSys. “We look forward to delivering these solutions to the market in collaboration with NEC.”

What Partners Are Saying
“LSI SAS storage adapters are ideal for use in systems across multiple data center configurations,” said Tony Afshary, director of DAS product marketing at LSI. “The LSI SAS HBAs and MegaRAID controllers are able to connect to both SATA and SAS hard disk drives, allowing for tiered storage that optimizes costs and performance. The Virtensys I/O Virtualization switches will provide users the much needed I/O flexibility in their server deployments.”

“QLogic Fibre Channel adapters are ideal for deployments in blade and rack-mounted servers across a variety of data centers,” said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing at QLogic. “The QLogic HBAs enable solutions such as the Virtensys IOV switches to offer customers reliable options for greater I/O agility in their data center environments.”