Cloud-scale IO-offload solution provider GreenBytes announced its new IO Offload Engine, which is a network infrastructure device engineered to absorb the temporary IO (input/output) required for VM booting, rapid provisioning and swap. When the IO Offload Engine offloads the IO from the storage system, the existing SAN gets freed up to handle only the lower IO loads needed to store and protect application and user data. This in turn results in an improved overall functionality and also cuts the cost of VDI/VM deployments.

The IO Offload Engine is a small footprint plug-and-play network device designed to meet demands of cloud-scale VDI/VM deployments. It may be small in size, but big on functionality, as it delivers enterprise-scale VDI performance to meet challenging virtualization use cases, while permitting enterprises to minimize costs, provide custom per-session settings, all while preserving their existing architectures and VMware View stack.

The GreenBytes (News - Alert) IO Offload Engine was built for especially for Managed Service Providers (MSP), Telcos and Enterprises and the all-OPEX pricing model ensures that companies get only what they need. Beginning with a single IO Offload Engine capable of 1000 VDI, one can scale to 4500 in incremental licensing upgrades and after 500, additional appliances will be shipped for field installation. The IO Offload Engine is available now, and GreenBytes will be providing product demonstrations in Booth 315 at VMworld, August 26-30, 2012 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

"The GreenBytes IO Offload Engine leverages existing infrastructure investments without forcing IT organizations to rip and replace costly IT equipment or re-design the architecture," said Mark Bowker, senior analyst, ESG.

Adding, "The GreenBytes IO Offload Engine captures the I/O intense data stream and processes it in a more effective and efficient manner without interrupting performance or the integrity of the data stream. The offloading can dramatically help streamline desktop provisioning, eliminate boot storms, and erase the pain point associated with desktop images constantly swapping to disk."

"More like a next-generation switch and less like a storage device, the IO Offload Engine runs beside the storage already in place and complements, rather than competes, with traditional SANs," said Bob Petrocelli, CEO and CTO, GreenBytes.

Adding, "Being a plug-and-play VDI solution, IO Offload Engine installs and scales out in minutes to drive down costs and avoid user interruption. The end result is affordable VDI available on a pay-per-use model. This recurring price model supports the OPEX (News - Alert) preference of enterprises and service providers, and cost-effectively solves current VDI IO problems without changing existing architecture."

"Telcos, MSPs, Outsourcers and Large Enterprises have been crying out for a simple and non-disruptive way to scale-up their VDI environments in an affordable way," said Jur Faber, CEO, Consolidate-IT. "The GreenBytes IO Offload Engine is a perfectly engineered solution to this intractable problem. Early customer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive with intense demand for POC units in the 100,000-plus VDI session space."

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