In brief: SWsoft, HP to partner on virtualization

SWsoft has signed a partnership with HP to provide support for its virtualization software on the server maker's Itanium 2-based Integrity machines.

End users now can get support for Virtuozzo for Linux on Integrity servers directly from HP. SWsoft announced support for Itanium-based systems in July. Unlike competitors VMware and Microsoft, SWsoft virtualizes at the operating system level, creating multiple virtual servers atop a single operating system on one physical machine. As a result, SWsoft supports 64-bit environments not only in the host operating system, but in the multiple virtual servers that the virtualization software creates, company executives say.

IBM last week enhanced its storage management software by improving installation, configuration and reporting options and adding support for IBM's TotalStorage DS4800, DS6000 and DS8000 storage arrays.

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SWsoft has signed a partnership with HP to provide support for its virtualization software on the server maker's Itanium 2-based Integrity machines.

End users now can get support for Virtuozzo for Linux on Integrity servers directly from HP. SWsoft announced support for Itanium-based systems in July. Unlike competitors VMware and Microsoft, SWsoft virtualizes at the operating system level, creating multiple virtual servers atop a single operating system on one physical machine. As a result, SWsoft supports 64-bit environments not only in the host operating system, but in the multiple virtual servers that the virtualization software creates, company executives say.

IBM last week enhanced its storage management software by improving installation, configuration and reporting options and adding support for IBM's TotalStorage DS4800, DS6000 and DS8000 storage arrays.

The company's IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center also has the ability to automate manual storage tasks such as provisioning disks. The company announced that it is offering 4G-bit/sec Fibre Channel connectivity on its DS4800 midrange storage system, as well as 16G bytes of cache and operations at 550,000 I/Os per second.

IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center is expected to be available this month priced per terabyte under management.

The TotalStorage DS4800 model 88a also is expected to be available this month starting at $108,000.

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