products & innovations
Tintri announces new scale-out storage platform
Tintri has announced a new scale-out storage platform to enable enterprises and cloud service providers ( CSPs ) to build their own Amazon-like cloud infrastructure for diverse virtualised workloads .
The announcement includes nine new Tintri VMstore T5000 all flash models with capacity expansion capabilities , VM scale-out software , Tintri Analytics for predictive capacity and performance planning , and two new Tintri Cloud offerings . The simplicity of VAS enables organisations to scale from 17TB to 10PB with one common platform and simplifies storage management .
Customers can start with a single Tintri VMstore T5040 with 17TB of effective capacity and scale-out to the Tintri Foundation Cloud with 1.2PB in as few as eight rack units . Or they can grow all the way to the Tintri Meta Cloud which delivers a 10PB cloud ready storage infrastructure for up to 160,000VMs , delivering over 6.4 million IOPS in 64RU for less than $ 1 / GB effective . And Tintri ’ s VM-aware storage is so easy to manage that organisations can quickly scale from 17TB to 10PB . For further information visit : www . tintri . com
FUTURE FACILITIES SOLVES DATA CENTRE PROBLEMS FASTER WITH 6SIGMADCX 10
Future Facilities has announced the release of an enhanced version of its engineering simulation toolkit for data centres .
6SigmaDCX 10 introduces supercharged cloud solving , external environment modelling and a sophisticated , intuitive interface .
DCX10 ’ s cloud compatibility , in conjunction with a supercharged version of Future Facilities ’ solver engine , will allow for up to 6x speed on previous solving times . This will allow engineers to accurately predict the impact of change to the data centre environment at a pace in keeping with the demands of the modern business and without sacrificing important modelling details .
The functionality is complemented by a partnership with cloud provider Rescale , freeing engineers from the burden of expensive hardware solutions in favour of scalable , unlimited compute power .
The increased solving time provided by 6SigmaDCX 10 is designed to respond to the growing needs of data centre builders and facilities managers , who have experienced growing pressure to respond faster to the demands placed on IT by the wider business . Accurately predicting the impact of changes upon a complex IT environment is a necessity in order to balance risk against possible performance and efficiency . For further information visit : www . futurefacilities . com
SNOW SOFTWARE ENHANCES ENTERPRISE AND DATA CENTRE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Snow Software has launched Snow License Manager 8 .
A major leap forward in software license optimisation technologies , the release reflects the role of the data centre at the heart of the organisation . Holding up to 70 per cent of an organisation ’ s software assets , data centres present complexities with licensing , requiring significant automation , preventing effective software optimisation .
Snow License Manager 8 delivers license management and software optimisation across the organisation by enabling greater transparency , forecasting and reporting . This latest generation of SAM brings more value to stakeholders , including C-level executives and SAM managers . In addition to its management functionality , reporting and forecasting capabilities make SAM a strategic business function capable of supporting current and future software planning needs . For more information visit : https :// www . snowsoftware . com / int
Eaton ’ s Intelligent Power Manager software now integrates with VMware vRealize Operations
Eaton has announced the global launch of Intelligent Power Manager software version 1.52 , which can be integrated with the VMware vRealize Operations platform .
Now , data centre and operations managers can use Eaton ’ s Intelligent Power Manager software and Infrastructure Management Pack to manage the health , risk and efficiency of their power devices and equipment similarly to how they use VMware vRealize Operations to manage their information technology devices in a software defined data centre .
With Eaton ’ s Intelligent Power Manager software version 1.52 , customers now have more control over the PDUs that support their IT infrastructure . Users can turn PDU outlets on or off and reboot outlets using Intelligent Power Manager software for enhanced reliability . The latest platform also provides more granularity for managing actions and alarms in the case of a power or environmental event , providing more insights on the cause for an alarm so customers can take a more precise and quick action . For further information visit : www . eaton . eu / powerquality
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