Siafu Software is trying to make storage in virtualized environments easy and cost effective. The company just announced that its Siafu Swarm Series of IP SAN Appliances for affordable, easy-to-manage encrypted iSCSI storage are now available for VMware Infrastructure 3 environments. By using Siafu Swarm as the virtual storage solution for VMware infrastructures, companies can efficiently and affordably consolid Siafu Software is trying to make storage in virtualized environments easy and cost effective. The company just announced that its Siafu Swarm Series of IP SAN Appliances for affordable, easy-to-manage encrypted iSCSI storage are now available for VMware Infrastructure 3 environments. By using Siafu Swarm as the virtual storage solution for VMware infrastructures, companies can efficiently and affordably consolidate their storage while taking advantage of high performance and powerful data security features. “Customers deploying VMware require the security of true business continuity without any risk of interruption,” said John Matze, president and CEO, Siafu Software. He added, “We’ve designed our Swarm Series of iSCSI appliances to deliver true data security, without compromise — all for an affordable price.” The Siafu Swarm is designed to help companies increase storage utilization, enhance corporate data protection methods and simplify disaster recovery processes. To help assure disaster tolerance for VMware environments, it features powerful RAID 5/6 protection and RAID 51/RAID 61 active/active protection for redundant appliances. Key features of the Siafu Swarm for VMware include: Active/Active failover for continuous data access 1 – 7.5TB of storage in single or high availability configurations Snapshots with Microsoft VSS consistency AES 256-bit encryption Intuitive user interface to manage multiple Swarms from a single consoleSiafu Swarm IP SAN solutions for VMware are available now and start at $8,995. Software Development