Sphere 3D’s Glassware 2.0 Now Available as an Open Virtual Appliance for Deployment on VMware ESXi Hosts and on HVE All Fla...
August 28 2017 - 8:30AM
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY), a containerization,
virtualization, and data management solutions provider, is pleased
to announce the availability of its Glassware 2.0® (Glassware)
containers as an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) for deployment on
VMware ESXi Hosts.
VMware ESXi is an industry-leading,
purpose-built bare-metal hypervisor. ESXi installs directly onto
the physical server, enabling it to be partitioned into multiple
logical servers referred to as virtual machines (“VMs”).
With the introduction of an Open Virtual
Appliance (“OVA”) format for the deployment of Glassware
containers, customers can now deploy a full virtual appliance in
minutes within a VM and even create an OVA with specific
applications already containerized within the OVA. Glassware
containers can take complex multi-dependent legacy applications and
move them to modernized infrastructure, and can now do so without
the requirement for the deployment of new bare metal; instead, they
can utilize existing VMware infrastructure in their data center.
The Glassware OVAs can be deployed on ESXi VMs with as little as 2
virtual CPUs and 50GB of Ram and can support from a handful to 100s
of concurrent application sessions per VM.
With the release of the Glassware OVA also comes
the availability of Glassware for deployment on HVE all flash array
and NVMe appliances. The HVE appliances can be deployed in a number
of configurations including both converged and hyperconverged as
well as Datrium Ready nodes. All HVE appliances, including the
Datrium Ready nodes, support the deployment of Glassware for end
user computing application workloads with HVE 3DGFX appliances
supporting GPU workloads and available in several
configurations.
Through patented Glassware 2.0 technology,
organizations can tackle their enterprise applications that need
modernizing; a market that Microsoft officials have said includes
16 million "classic" Win32, .NET and Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF) apps in existence.
“We have come a long way over the last couple of
years as far as the capabilities of Glassware and the flexibility
to deploy this game changing technology”, said Peter Bookman,
Global Strategist, Sphere 3D. “The OVA, coupled with the support
that the HVE team can provide, customers are ready to tackle just
about any application in their ecosystem and deploy it on existing
infrastructure”.
About Sphere 3D
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY) delivers containerization,
virtualization, and data management solutions via hybrid cloud,
cloud and on-premise implementations through its global reseller
network and professional services organization. Sphere 3D, along
with its wholly owned subsidiaries Overland Storage
and Tandberg Data, has a strong portfolio of brands,
including Overland-Tandberg, HVE ConneXions and UCX
ConneXions, dedicated to helping customers achieve their IT goals.
For more information, visit www.sphere3d.com. Follow us on
Twitter @Sphere3D, @HVEconneXions and @ovltb.
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