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Symantec Corp. has announced that it will offer Symantec ApplicationHA and Symantec VirtualStore, two solutions that will provide customers the ability to virtualise their business critical applications and minimise storage costs on the VMware platform. ApplicationHA and VirtualStore are the result of extensive collaboration between Symantec and VMware.
Symantec ApplicationHA, based on Veritas Cluster Server technology, will provide high availability for business critical applications through application level visibility and control in VMware environments. Symantec VirtualStore, based on Veritas Storage Foundation technology, is a software-based storage management solution for VMware virtual machines that will provide rapid provisioning of servers and virtual desktops, efficient cloning and accelerated boot up of virtual machines. Both ApplicationHA and VirtualStore are seamlessly integrated with VMware management tools such as VMware vCenter Server, enabling customers to deploy these tools without impact to their operational model.
Symantec ApplicationHA:
- Monitors applications’ health status and detects failures in the virtual machine
- Restarts failed applications
- Coordinates with VMware HA to restart the virtual machine, if needed
ApplicationHA supports a wide range of applications including MS SQL Server, Exchange, IIS, Oracle and SAP. It provides consistent functionality and usability across both Windows and Linux operating systems and is fully compatible with VMware vMotion and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).
VirtualStore fully integrates with VMware vCenter. VirtualStore can:
- Help customers reduce storage costs associated with virtual machine sprawl and improve the performance of virtual infrastructures
- Enable administrators reduce the cost per virtual machine by repurposing existing storage investments or using inexpensive or commodity storage
- Help IT organisations reduce their storage footprint by storing only the differences between the parent virtual machine image and each clone
- Significantly drive down total cost of ownership by taking advantage of the benefits of thin provisioning
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