Victims of Success: VARs Must Go Beyond Basic Virtualization - Marathon's Virtualization Twist
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Marathon Technologies' everRun software delivers a unique twist on
virtualization by eliminating outages or downtime in Microsoft Windows
applications. EverRun VM works in both physical and virtual environments
by synchronizing two standard Windows servers including the operating system,
applications, network interfaces, storage and data, according to Marathon.
EverRun creates a single environment that operates like a standalone
server and automates fault management so applications on that server don't see
the failures if they occur, according to the company.
Marathon
takes a greener approach to virtualization
Steve Keilen, vice president of marketing for Marathon,
says eliminating downtime for mission-critical Windows applications lets
solution providers offer a greater level of virtualization than was possible
just a few months ago. Boosting server virtualization capability makes
the software a great fit for VARs whose customers want to go green by further
reducing energy use, consolidating into a smaller space and reducing their environmental
footprint, he says.
"Now, VARs can take applications that customers traditionally haven't
virtualized, like Exchange Server and SQL Server, for instance, and actually
virtualize and consolidate these mission-critical functions," says
Keilen. Previously, most VARs' customers weren't willing to virtualize
applications like Exchange for fear of data loss or downtime, preferring to
leave those applications on a dedicated physical server, he adds.
With the introduction of everRun VM, Keilen says VARs can promise their
customers that mission-critical e-mail and other server functions will remain
available, whereas six to nine months ago, applications like Exchange weren't
considered a good candidate for virtualization.
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