Sanbolic’s Melio file system enables users to deploy Virtual Server 2005 R2 in a distributed data center architecture, in order to improve application availability and server utilization. When used with Melio FS, each host machine has simultaneous access to files containing each Virtual Server on SAN storage. Any virtual machine can be moved to any host without copying files across the network. Melio enables virtual machines to be clustered across multiple physical hosts accessing a common shared storage volume using Microsoft Clustering Services (MSCS). The central MSCS interface can then be used to migrate active virtual machines running business critical applications across physical host servers. Each virtual machine instance can be migrated separately to any host.

Documentation

Overview Presentation
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Sanbolic Simplifies Live Migration of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 /April 02, 2007/
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Step-by-step guide for configuring Virtual Server 2005 R2 to enable active virtual machines to be migrated across physical host
[Virtual Server 2005 R2 Configuration Guide]

Sanbolic Distributed Virtual Data Center (pdf) 864 KB
Using Windows Server System and Melio FS for Dynamic Resource Allocation and 7-24 Application Uptime
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