[October 01, 2008] LeftHand Networks Gets Best of VMworld 2008 Award Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LeftHand Networks, a provider of iSCSI SANs that provide for virtual environments, announced that its Virtualization SAN was named as a Best of VMworld 2008 Finalist in the Hardware for Virtualization category. Announced at VMworld Las Vegas, LeftHand Networks' Virtualization SAN is part of the company's expanded product portfolio, that provides customers with SAN solutions tailored to their specific needs. "We're pleased that our Virtualization SAN was recognized as a Best of VMworld 2008 Finalist," said Larry Cormier, VP of Marketing, LeftHand Networks. "Virtualization adoption is growing quickly, and the flexible and fast-changing nature of virtualized server environments demands equally dynamic storage solutions. LeftHand's Virtualization SAN enables customers to achieve significant cost savings and simplifies storage management. LeftHand Networks works closely with the major virtualization server vendors to provide customers and channel partners SAN solutions that optimize virtual environments while delivering the latest features that are essential in today's virtualized, multi-site world." LeftHand Networks' Virtualization SAN is a platform for those seeking to implement a SAN solution within a virtualized environment. The Virtualization SAN is scalable, supporting more than 480 disk drives and 2,000 volumes and snapshots. It is a 10.8 TB 15K SAS SAN based on twenty-four 450 GB 15K SAS drives, which starts with four ports and scales to 80 ports, includes dual controllers, and provides advantages in performance, capacity and scalability. It also includes LeftHand Networks' new Remote Office Solution Pack that includes software only array-based replication for 10 remote sites, a Windows Solution Pack, training, support and a fully integrated, enterprise-class feature set. LeftHand Networks is a Premier VMware Technology Alliance Partner and all of its SAN solutions are certified and listed in the SAN/Storage Compatibility Guide for VMware ESX Server. The LeftHand Networks Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) is the only SAN virtual appliance certified by VMware. LeftHand Networks also participates in VMware's vStorage initiative with a certified Storage Replication Adapter available today for VMware Site Recovery Manager. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]