CloudFounders Shows Last Version of Open vStorage

CloudFounders NV
showcased its software
defined storage products at VMworld in San
Francisco, CA.

It will
unveil the latest versions of its Open vStorage software defined SAN
and CloudFrames vRun for Cisco UCS during the annual event.

It is the first VM centric
storage architecture that combines the function of a SAN, high speed
SSD caching, offsite replication, encryption and compression. It
installs on x86 hardware or as a virtual storage appliance bringing
storage intelligence into software that runs closer to compute with
the ability to use multiple storage backends. Since its announcement
in May, several organisations have begun testing the solution as part
of proof of concepts.

The company will demonstrate features for its CloudFrames vRun
including updates to its cloud replicator module which adds multi
tenancy and VLAN support. The technology allows vRun systems to
migrate multiple on-premise customers into a single converged
CloudFrames vRun cloud across one or multiple locations. In addition,
both physical and virtualised applications can be delivered from
either on premise or from the CloudFrames vRun cloud via VDI.

The solution is offered as an all-in-one converged infrastructure
that has been purpose-built for Cisco UCS server
architecture and builds further on the Cisco Unified Computing
principle. It offers storage virtualization, VM centric management,
snapshooting, replication and multi-tenant networking in a single
out-of-the-box platform.

"VMworld is a
great opportunity to showcase our technology to an audience that
includes end users, potential channel partners and service providers
that are all keen to benefit from technology that enhances their
investments in VMware and other virtualisation platforms,"
explains Joost Metten, CEO, CloudFounders. "Our portfolio
shares a number of key technologies but each product is developed to
serve the requirements of different target customer groups while
offering a base line of enterprise class features such as high
availability, SSD cache support , backup and replication across the
board."

The company has been developing many of the technologies within its
portfolio of software defined storage platforms for over eight years. The
technology has been deployed by thousands of managed service
providers in the US and Europe to deliver services.