OCZ Launches VXL 1.3 Solid State Virtualisation Software

OCZ has announced that the latest version of its popular VXL Cache and Virtualisation Software is now available and, according to Dr. Allon Cohen (VP of Software and Solutions), it has evolved the "next frontier of flash virtualisation by providing enhanced capabilities to enterprise caching and advanced support for virtualised services."

The software also allows OCZ's Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs to be virtualised and synchronously mirrored to ensure no data loss or virtual machine downtime even during server failures. To enable 'SAN-less' virtualized services, VXL 1.3 Software synchronously replicates flash data through mirroring between Z-Drive R4 PCIe card residing on redundant servers, keeping two live identical copies of the VM data and consequently making this virtual environment significantly simpler to manage

"We have been deploying OCZ’s VXL Software (with OCZ Z-Drives) to enterprise data centers since their very first version, and have seen IT administrators resolve an expanding range of data access requirements with this solution," said Alexander Ruebensaal, Managing Director, ABC Systems AG Switzerland. "We are very pleased with this latest release of VXL and its expanded functionality addresses the real-world needs of our enterprise customers who are transforming their data centers through the use of on-host flash."

OCZ’s VXL 1.3 Software is currently being demonstrated at CeBIT and is expected to be deployed at select customers sites throughout this year.

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  • ssd_pro
    Pretty fancy.... but when do they launch that awesome looking PCIe version of Vector?
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  • TheMadFapper
    Holy crap! I didn't know this was even possible.
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  • bgrt
    Kind of like branch prediction which has been done for decades except it pre-loads data instead of pre-executes instructions. Definitely possible.
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