ClusterScale, provider of load balancing, open source, traffic management and database clustering appliances, today announced (PDF) the launch of its new virtual appliance, ClusterLoad ESX Virtual Appliance.
ClusterLoad ESX VA offers all the functionality of its hardware counterparts, while lowering demands on the data center, with the added environmental benefits that come with this. The virtual appliance manages application traffic, inspecting, transforming and routing requests as it load balances them across the application infrastructure. The product has passed VMware’s VA Certification program. The product has additional management tools to make installation and configuration quick and easy.
ClusterLoad ESX VA allows you to package a fully configured and optimised software stack in a virtual server format that can be quickly deployed on top of VMware ESX. The software is simple to install on Windows, Mac and Linux and does not have any adverse effects on the host operating system, providing greater flexibility and maximum system utilisation by consolidating multiple environments into a single server, workstation, or PC.
With fewer systems required for the same tasks, ClusterLoad ESX VA claims it delivers:
- Simplified resource management increasing IT efficiency.
- Decreased disaster recovery time.
- Greater systems reliability and availability reducing corporate risk and real-time losses from downtime.
- Lower hardware acquisition costs with increased utilisation of the machines you already have.
ClusterLoad ESX VA runs on true 64 bit processors with a VT (Virtualisation Technology) extension and is fully optimised for VMware ESX and VMware Server.
Prices for the product start from £3,995 for a single virtual appliance and £5,595 for the pair.
[Source: VMblog]