Revised management software from Aurema

Aurema last week announced a revision of its server resource and workload management software. ARMTech Active Resource Management 2.0 lets IT managers balance the server resources applications used to avoid the contention that exists for systems running Windows 2000 and 2003 Server. The product monitors, optimizes and re-allocates system CPU and memory. The new version enhances the management of CPU and memory, reducing the contention of servers and allowing better availability, performance and utilization. The product is expected to be available in April. ARMTech costs $600 per processor. www.aurema.com

IBM has made an early move to embrace a fledgling industry standard for storage management, announcing last week that it will add a new software interface for its high-end Enterprise Storage Server. The company says it plans to deliver a Bluefin-compliant API in February for the ESS system, better known by its former code name, Shark.

Bluefin is backed by a long list of storage vendors that have agreed on a common interface for storage management software. The goal of the technology is to make it easier for administrators to access their storage hardware from one console.

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Aurema last week announced a revision of its server resource and workload management software. ARMTech Active Resource Management 2.0 lets IT managers balance the server resources applications used to avoid the contention that exists for systems running Windows 2000 and 2003 Server. The product monitors, optimizes and re-allocates system CPU and memory. The new version enhances the management of CPU and memory, reducing the contention of servers and allowing better availability, performance and utilization. The product is expected to be available in April. ARMTech costs $600 per processor. www.aurema.com

IBM has made an early move to embrace a fledgling industry standard for storage management, announcing last week that it will add a new software interface for its high-end Enterprise Storage Server. The company says it plans to deliver a Bluefin-compliant API in February for the ESS system, better known by its former code name, Shark.

Bluefin is backed by a long list of storage vendors that have agreed on a common interface for storage management software. The goal of the technology is to make it easier for administrators to access their storage hardware from one console.

The new ESS API will work with IBM's ESS Model 800, Model 800 Turbo and Model F storage systems. Users will be able to perform basic tasks through the Bluefin interface, including the creation and masking of the logical unit numbers used to carve up storage space, IBM says.

The API will work with IBM's AIX operating system, Linux and Windows 2000. The use of interfaces agreed on by the industry should help to ensure that various software-management packages can plug into a range of hardware. The storage industry is hoping to use the standards to erode barriers caused in the past by proprietary APIs.

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