by Angela Guess
A recent article out of the company reports, “PernixData, the leader in analytics-driven flash storage, announced today the general availability (GA) of Architect version 1.1 and FVP version 3.5, the premier platforms for infrastructure analytics and server-side storage acceleration. Based on extensive analysis of data collected from PernixData’s comprehensive installed base of over 800 companies who are optimizing over 500,000 VMs, several new features were added to the products that facilitate the deployment, usability, and reporting features of FVP and Architect software. These include a new management server, support for Raw Device Mapping (RDM), and performance charts and views that easily demonstrate the benefits of PernixData software for storage design, management, and optimization.”
The article continues, “Key features of the latest Architect and FVP software releases include: Virtual Appliance based Management Server. PernixData now offers a Virtual Appliance with integrated database for management of PernixData FVP and/or Architect installations. The new virtual appliance eliminates the need to purchase, deploy and manage separate Windows and Microsoft SQL Server instances, which simplifies deployment and eliminates configuration issues for better operations and maintenance… RDM Support. With the latest software release, FVP supports both physical and virtual RDMs. (A RDM is a mapping file in a separate VMFS volume that acts as a proxy for a raw physical storage device.) As RDMs are often used by tier 1 workloads like databases to merge VMFS manageability with raw device access for enhanced performance, this new functionality expands FVP’s ability to be deployed in even more enterprise application environments.”
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