Sun Microsystems released OpenSolaris build 132.
The OpenSolaris development package repository http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ has been updated to reflect the changes up to and including snv_132 for
both the x86/x64 and SPARC platforms.
Users who wish to update their system to the development build can do so by setting their preferred publisher to the above URL and using the “image-update” facility provided by the pkg(1) command or by the “Update All” facility of the Package Manager GUI.
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Systems, Inc. released NexentaStor 2.2.0 including the developer edition.
Changelog
Additions to the developer edition:
- This is a major stable release.
- Storage limit increased to 4TB.
- Built-in antivirus capability.
- Consistent snapshots Oracle and MySQL databases.
- A Citrix StorageLink adapter
- Asynchronous reverse replication support
- Per-snapshot probabilistic search engine
- Remote-access support were added.
- Japanese language support for interface
The (free) developer edition can be found at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/DeveloperEdition
Nexenta Systems, Inc. released NexentaStor 2.1.
NexentaStor is a unified storage solution delivering enterprise class NAS and SAN functionality based on the ZFS file system.
NexentaStor 2.1 adds a number of capabilities to NexentaStor 2.0, including StorageLink integration for the management of storage for Citrix / Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Other additional capabilities include the addition of Fiber Channel support to the Target block level management target as well as additional improvements to both block level and file level replication NexentaStor features.
Release notes
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Sun released the High-Performance Clustering software, developer edition 1.0 for OpenSolaris.
The image require VMware Server 2.0 or VirtualBox 2.0 to work.
The compressed virtual machine image consists of the following software components:
- OpenSolaris 2009.06, with pre-configured zones. The zones include two local zones and a global zone to constitute a three-node configured HPC cluster.
- Sun Grid Engine 6.2u3, which is installed and configured. The global zone is configured as the Grid Engine master host, which is also a submit host. The local zones are configured as execution hosts.
- Sun HPC ClusterTools 8.1, which is installed and configured.
- Sun Studio Express 06/09, which is installed and configured.
- Sun Studio IDE Plugins, which provide a close functional integration of the development environment (Sun Studio Express) and the execution environment (Sun Grid Engine).
- Examples of DTrace and performance analysis, which you can access through shortcuts available on the desktop.
- Accounting and Reporting Console (ARCo), which is installed and configured, and you can access through the shortcut available on the desktop.
It can be downloaded from here.
Citrix has released XenServer 5.5.0
XenServer is an open and powerful server virtualization solution based on Xen.
New features include:
- Consolidated Backup allows third-party backup vendors to interface directly with XenServer to provide full and incremental, in-guest, file and image backups of virtual machines. The new consolidated backup capabilities in XenServer also provide customers with the ability to execute full GUI-based snapshots directly from the XenCenter central management console.
- Enhanced Conversion Tools make it easy to convert virtual machines created in the VMDK format (commonly used by VMware) into the VHD format (commonly used by Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V). The new XenConvert tools also make it easy to seamlessly convert between any of the common open virtualization format packages, including OVF (open virtualization format), OVA (open virtual appliance) and XVA (XenServer virtual appliance).
- Enhanced Search enables customers to view and manage XenServer environments by a range of criteria including VM name, resource pool, location, server, storage repository, snapshot time, and network name – all from a single location. It also provides the ability to create custom views or folders.
- Active Directory Integration makes it easy for customers to use their AD credentials to mange XenServer hosts as well as log and audit user activity.
- Expanded Guest Support adds SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Debian 5.0 and RedHat/CentOS/Oracle 5.3 to a growing list of supported guests that includes virtually every version of the Windows and Linux operating systems.
The 5.5 version of Citrix Essentials enhances both of these high-growth virtualization platforms by adding the following new features:
- Expanded Storage Integration leverages the groundbreaking StorageLink™ technology in Citrix Essentials to ensure that XenServer and Hyper-V are certified to work seamlessly with virtually every third-party storage infrastructure, array and backup system on the market today. While other virtualization products attempt to replicate storage-related functions in their own proprietary management systems, StorageLink takes a far more open approach that lets XenServer and Hyper-V customers directly leverage all the native power of their existing storage investments at a fraction of the cost. The new 5.5 release also adds the ability to fast clone and provision virtual machines, giving customers a single backup solution that spans physical and virtual resources, and making it easy for third-party providers to deliver unified backup and snapshot capability for both Hyper-V and XenServer environments. More than 20 leading storage vendors have certified or will be certifying their products to work with XenServer and Hyper-V as a result of the new Citrix Essentials 5.5 release (see today’s separate announcement of the new Citrix Ready Open Storage Program).
- Automated Stage Management further simplifies and streamlines the process of building, testing, sharing and delivering applications on-demand throughout the full application lifecycle, from development labs to production servers. This new capability extends the existing lab management features of Citrix Essentials seamlessly into the realm of staging and production for both XenServer and Hyper-V customers. As a result, administrators can now create customizable workflows that define the staging process for IT pre-production and production deployments, creating multi-machine configurations and migrating between stages with a single mouse click. Because this functionality supports multiple hypervisors, customers can even run development and testing environments on one virtualization platform, and move those applications into staging and production on another platform.
- Dynamic Workload Balancing of virtual machines across the resource pool takes live motion to the next level for XenServer customers. This powerful new capability extends the XenMotion features available in the free XenServer product by enabling automated, policy-based movement of live virtual machines across physical servers based on preset rules and thresholds. By dynamically migrating virtual machines to the optimal location in the resource pool based on changing demand, performance bottlenecks can be prevented with no manual intervention.
XenServer can be downloaded for free from http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688615.asp
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