ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BUILD
CONFERENCE - LSI (NYSE: LSI) today announced it is working with
Microsoft on the development of low-cost, Windows-based,
high-availability (HA) server clustering solutions for Cloud
datacenters and small and medium business (SMB) environments. The
solutions will combine Microsoft's experience in managing clustered
server environments through the Windows operating system with LSI's
expertise delivering highly scalable storage and RAID interconnect
technology.
The result of this effort is intended to lower the cost and
complexity of HA systems clustering for server platforms based on
Microsoft's next-generation OS, codenamed Windows Server 8, by
providing fully redundant shared-node storage and application
failover without requiring additional networking hardware. The
solutions are designed to provide both clustered DAS for
application servers and clustered NAS when used for file serving
environments.
"We are excited that LSI is bringing its industry-leading
storage solutions to a new generation of continuously available
systems in the marketplace," said Thomas
Pfenning, General Manager, Windows File Server, Microsoft.
"LSI's solutions combined with Windows Server will give customers
an unprecedented range of choices."
The combination of HA-DAS with Windows Server will allow Cloud
datacenter providers to support a wider array of applications and
enable scale-out to larger server clusters while preserving low
latency. For SMBs running local applications, HA-DAS will offer a
more cost-effective and easier to deploy and manage solution for
avoiding application downtime and the associated lost productivity
and revenue. The solutions will also help to increase storage
utilization and reduce power, cooling and space requirements for a
lower total cost of ownership.
"Current redundant server-storage solutions require complex
storage networks or additional virtualization hardware, increasing
both latency and costs," said Kelly
Bryant, vice president of marketing, RAID Storage Division,
LSI. "Together with Microsoft, we will help businesses of all sizes
ensure application uptime by integrating multiple servers with
common node storage for unprecedented media access, scalability and
application failover at a fraction of the cost of existing
solutions."
LSI will unveil an HA-DAS technology implementation this week at
the Microsoft BUILD Conference, September
13-15, at the Anaheim
Convention Center. LSI will show an HA-DAS "cluster-in-a-box"
solution implementation consisting of a two-server 3U system in a
single enclosure, utilizing LSI® MegaRAID® 6Gb/s SAS controllers to
cluster each motherboard together while providing redundant storage
connectivity for both servers.
For more information about the LSI and Microsoft co-development
work on HA-DAS solutions, please visit
https://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Direct%20Assets/LSI/HighAvailability_TechBrief_091311.pdf.
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