F5 teams with NetApp and VMware
F5 Networks has announced improved live virtual machine migration capabilities for customers leveraging NetApp unified storage and VMware virtualization solutions. Based on recent performance testing results, this new solution combines the companies' technologies to help customers seamlessly migrate live virtual machines between data centers without any perceivable disruption to users or applications.
Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India said, "Strong partnerships with industry leaders such as NetApp and VMware help us maximize the efficiency of customers' virtualization and cloud deployments. By implementing F5, NetApp, and VMware products in concert, our customers can dynamically and cost effectively scale application resources across data centers, providing higher availability and optimized performance for multiple scenarios-including geographically dispersed users, disaster avoidance, and consolidation efforts-to avoid unplanned downtime within data centers."
Patrick Rogers, VP, Corporate Alliances, NetApp said, "With the combined solution, customers can extend the benefits of virtualization beyond traditional, siloed data centers. Customers can enjoy more control over dynamic resources, including where applications reside and the physical resources they can access. With enhanced application mobility, organizations are in a better position to proactively address changing conditions, including potential disaster scenarios in which application resources need to be diverted quickly from a site or location under duress."
Parag Patel, VP, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware said, "As many organizations build out their application deployment models using virtualization and cloud technologies, interoperable solutions are increasingly attractive. VMware partners with leading network and storage vendors to help customers get the most out of their IT investments. F5 solutions, combined with VMware and NetApp technologies, enable organizations to overcome network latency across broader distances, providing fast and powerful live migration capabilities with vMotion and now Metro vMotion. We look forward to jointly developing further technology enhancements through our strong technology partnership with F5."
All F5, NetApp, and VMware products and technologies referenced in this announcement are currently available.
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