Number 17 already… A short one, I expect more news next week when we have “Storage Field Day”, hence I figured I would release this one already. Make sure to watch the live feed if you are interested in getting the details on new releases from companies like Diablo, SanDisk, PernixData etc.
Last week Tintri announced support for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform. Kind of surprising to see them selecting a specific linux vendor to be honest, but then again it probably also is the more popular option for people who want full support etc. What is nice in my opinion is that Tintri offers the exact same “VM Aware” experience for both platforms. Although I don’t see too many customers using both VMware and RHEV in production, it is nice to have the option.
CloudVolumes, no not a storage company, announced support for View 6.0. CloudVolumes developed a solution which helps you manage applications. They provude a central management solution, and the option to distribute and elimate the need for streaming / packaging. I have looked at it briefly and it is an interesting approach they take. I like how they solved the “layering” problem by isolating the app in its own disk container. It does make me wonder how this scales when you have dozens of apps per desktop, never the less an interesting approach worth looking in to.