VirtualLogix™,
Inc., the Real-Time Virtualization™
company, today introduced VLX vHA, the industry’s
first solution that enables high-availability (HA) assurances for
communications equipment utilizing virtualization. Tightly integrated
with its award-winning, real-time virtualization solution for network
equipment, VLX for Network Infrastructure, VLX vHA increases system
availability without the cost and scalability restrictions of
traditional solutions. VLX vHA also meets the needs of high-end systems
with demanding availability requirements that want to overcome the
design challenges presented by new multicore processor-based systems.
Traditional high-availability solutions require significant time and
high costs to implement, which has limited their adoption in certain
networking applications such as security appliances, traffic switches,
and storage and WiFi equipment. VLX vHA enables organizations to
leverage virtualization to build higher availability products, get them
to market faster while lowering their overall bill of materials cost.
“There are growing requirements to increase
the up-time of all types of communications equipment in today’s
competitive environment. Yet traditionally, high-availability techniques
have been mostly applied in high-end core networks due to complexity and
hardware cost,” said Mark Milligan, Vice
President of Marketing at VirtualLogix. “Now,
VLX vHA enables our customers to take full advantage of high
availability combined with virtualization. Built on an open architecture
supporting standard Service Availability Forum interfaces, VLX vHA also
provides a viable option for organizations looking to utilize their
existing high-availability software in the new, virtualized, multicore
environment.”
Telecommunications companies have decades of experience designing and
delivering high-availability products and software, meeting the demands
of high-end systems that can require upwards of 99+ percent
availability. With VLX vHA, these organizations can continue leveraging
their existing HA software and maintain these availability levels, while
also gaining the benefits of virtualization and multicore platforms,
including greater flexibility for configuring and managing the machines
and their availability levels.
VLX vHA offers advanced fault recovery and system management services
across virtual and physical domains, allowing companies to increase the
availability of communications equipment and other critical embedded
systems. vHA also offers scalability with wide range capabilities from
hardware and guest OS management to the restart of applications from a
known state. This allows the introduction of the appropriate level of
availability based on system requirements. VLX vHA is available as an
option with VLX for Network Infrastructure real-time virtualization
software.
From core networks to access point devices, VLX for Network
Infrastructure virtualizes the processing hardware, making software more
efficient. This enables reduced bill of materials, reduced development
time and less power consumption. VLX enables customers to easily migrate
from single core to multicore processors by allowing commercial or
proprietary real-time operating system (RTOS) and Linux operating
systems to run simultaneously on the same hardware, without disrupting
the behavior of their supported applications.
About VirtualLogix, Inc.
VirtualLogix™, Inc. is the global leader in
Real-Time Virtualization™ technology for
connected devices. VirtualLogix is an affiliate member of the Intel®
Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded
developers and solutions providers committed to the development of
modular, standards-based solutions on Intel technologies. VirtualLogix
VLX enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently
on shared hardware and provides a range of performance, fault tolerance
and security options to address specific market requirements. As a
result, the world's largest semiconductor companies, manufacturers, OEMs
and carriers are able to reduce development and bill of material costs,
improve time to market by leveraging existing software investments, and
create conditions that meet their business goals. With more than 20
years of experience developing system software for network
infrastructure, digital multimedia and mobile handsets, VirtualLogix is
paving the way for the development of next generation connected devices.
VirtualLogix, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with operations
worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.virtuallogix.com
or call 408.636.2800.
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