SAN FRANCISCO—Quest
Software, best known for its popular Oracle- and Microsoft-related software
development tools, became the latest independent software vendor to bolster its
position with new products in the burgeoning world of virtualization.
The Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based company Aug. 31 at VMworld 2010 here launched its
first storage management product, vFoglight Storage, which enables enterprises
to manage virtual and physical storage deployments on a single screen.
Managing mixed environments is becoming a trend as companies continue to move
more data into cloud storage. In these often jumbled onsite and offsite
storage deployments, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep track of where
everything is—and how much capacity is available—on a real-time basis.
"vFoglight Storage enables users to pinpoint performance, capacity and
topology issues; meet SLAs; and achieve performance levels," Carl
Eberling, Quest's vice president and general manager of the virtualization
business unit, said.
"Organizations are struggling with virtualization and cloud computing
because it changes how they manage their infrastructure. Our software helps
manage all this seamlessly within any type of system."
Featuring a familiar, Internet Explorer-like interface, vFoglight Storage
allows users to view end-to-end mapping, from the virtual to physical layer,
showing how virtual environments are configured at specific points in time,
Eberling said.
This extended view provides the information and insight necessary to optimize
storage paths, reorganize physical storage and, where appropriate, augment
total storage capacity.
Other vFoglight Storage features, according to Quest, include performance
monitoring with detailed metrics; capacity monitoring, also with detailed metrics;
topology views and on-the-fly graphical views that show relationships between
virtual and physical storage infrastructures; out-of-the box alerts and
detailed alarms that highlight deviations from industry best practices; and
out-of-the-box reports on performance and capacity.
Quest is demonstrating vFoglight Storage at VMworld through Sept. 2, in booths
1113 and 1213, in Moscone Center South. vFoglight Storage 1.0 is available
for trial and download now.
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