Grid Computing News : IBM Annexes XIV

IBM started the new year on the acquisition trail, picking up Israel-based storage startup XIV Ltd. XIV makes Nextra, a storage system based on a grid of commodity hardware that includes features such as thin provisioning , snapshots and remote mirroring. The company, founded by former EMC chief engineer Moshe Yanai, has shipped about 4 petabytes of high-performance storage in the last couple of years. But rather than adding another general storage line, IBM plans to target the company's technology at next-generation digital content. "IBM’s goal is to provide the leading technologies and solutions at every layer of the data center — storage, servers, software and services — to address these new realities IT customers face." IBM said it was impressed by Nextra's ability to scale dynamically, heal itself and self-tune while eliminating the management burdens associated with rapid growth environments.... read more