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February 21, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SWsoft, Inc. (swsoft.com), a server and networking software
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company, today announced testing results for Virtuozzo 2.1 (virtuozzo.com), that supports over 2000 instances of the Linux O/S on a low-end Dell 8450 PowerEdge server.
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SWsoft is offering highly scalable virtualization technology for the open
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source Linux OS that will enable enterprises to consolidate servers in the
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data center and manage the proliferation of unconnected, underused servers.
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Virtuozzo 2.1, available now for beta download, will officially be launched
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in Q2 2002. New features include VZMC – a full GUI management tool, support
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for up to 64GB physical memory, name-based hosting, security enhancements,
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improved Service Level Management features such as advanced bandwidth
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management, improved bandwidth accounting and smart migration of VEs.
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Virtuozzo 2.1 features a new Web accelerator which uses the latest Linux
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kernel features like zero-copy sendfile and TCP_CORK options.
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“These test results show Virtuozzo improves the high-end performance of
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Internet applications on Intel-based servers,” added Craig Oda, VP business
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development, SWsoft. “In a down economy where cost savings are paramount,
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issues such as server consolidation and increased performance of the data
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center have never been so important. Virtuozzo is intelligent technology
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that provides an affordable way to manage resources and information in the
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data center and maximize hardware performance.”
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Performance testing was conducted by the SWsoft development team, which
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includes Alexey Kusnetsov, who maintains the networking code of the Linux
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kernel. Virtuozzo achieved their results using the Dell 8450 PowerEdge
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servers running RedHat Linux 7.2.
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Virtuozzo is available now for purchase beginning at $250 (without
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installation.) A complete solution of Dell 8450 hardware, software, OS, and
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implementation that allows scaling to 2,000 Linux instances starts at
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$25,000.
