VKernel Ships Virtual Data Center Modeling Tool for VMware ESX Environments

VKernel Modeler simulates and validates hundreds of 'what if' scenarios to optimize capacity utilization and minimize performance risks

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 31 /-- VKernel Corporation, a provider of easy-to-use and quick-to-deploy virtual server management solutions, today announced it is shipping its new VMware ESX data center modeling tool. VKernel Modeler 1.0 enables users to quickly simulate hundreds of 'what if' scenarios to understand the performance impact on the data center before rolling out additions and changes to the production environment.

"At the core of virtualization are efficiency and cost saving benefits that can only be realized if IT staffs have the confidence to virtualize a greater percentage of their servers and increase virtual machine densities," said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "Our Modeler tool shows current and future performance impact to instantly validate whether or not changes and additions can be safely made to production environments."

The patent-pending VKernel Modeler 1.0 virtual appliance provides IT staff with an interactive, analytical sandbox to quickly test and validate additions and changes in a VMware ESX infrastructure to see what the performance impact will be before the changes are made in the production environment. Modeling scenarios are as simple as executing drag-and-drop and import commands to immediately see whether resource constraints will be exceeded and if performance issues will occur.

With Modeler's "what if" scenarios, IT staffs can conduct more effective and efficient capacity planning to ensure optimal performance, utilize the right amount of resources, and see a greater return on their investment. Some of the common use cases for Modeler are:

-- What will happen when a host is suspended for maintenance or a virtual machine is powered down?

-- Pre-testing VMotion scenarios to make sure sufficient resources exist.

-- See the effect on resource capacity of adding a new host/virtual machine or removing existing ones.

-- How will performance be affected if resource changes are made to hosts, clusters, and/or resource pools?

-- Can a configuration change be made without causing performance degradations or downtime?
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VKernel Ships Virtual Data Center Modeling Tool for VMware ESX Environments

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 31, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----VKernel Corporation, a provider of easy-to-use and quick-to-deploy virtual server management solutions, today announced it is shipping its new VMware ESX data center modeling tool. VKernel Modeler 1.0 enables users to quickly simulate hundreds of 'what if' scenarios to understand the performance impact on the data center before rolling out additions and changes to the production environment.

"At the core of virtualization are efficiency and cost saving benefits that can only be realized if IT staffs have the confidence to virtualize a greater percentage of their servers and increase virtual machine densities," said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "Our Modeler tool shows current and future performance impact to instantly validate whether or not changes and additions can be safely made to production environments."

The patent-pending VKernel Modeler 1.0 virtual appliance provides IT staff with an interactive, analytical sandbox to quickly test and validate additions and changes in a VMware ESX infrastructure to see what the performance impact will be before the changes are made in the production environment. Modeling scenarios are as simple as executing drag-and-drop and import commands to immediately see whether resource constraints will be exceeded and if performance issues will occur.

With Modeler's "what if" scenarios, IT staffs can conduct more effective and efficient capacity planning to ensure optimal performance, utilize the right amount of resources, and see a greater return on their investment. Some of the common use cases for Modeler are:

   --  What will happen when a host is suspended for maintenance or a virtual
  machine is powered down?
  --  Pre-testing VMotion scenarios to make sure sufficient resources exist.
  --  See the effect on resource capacity of adding a new host/virtual machine
  or removing existing ones.
  --  How will performance be affected if resource changes are made to hosts,
  clusters, and/or resource pools?
  --  Can a configuration change be made without causing performance
  degradations or downtime?
 
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