Sanbolic frees up Hyper-V storage with its Kayo File System Sanbolic has introduced a new cost-effective shared storage solution that works with Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor technology.The company says its new Kayo File System will eliminate the need for dedicated SAN volumes for individual Hyper-V virtual machines.The solution offers a single shared SAN volume for all machines so that they can be moved independently between physical host servers using Quick Migration technology from Microsoft. It works because the solution gives all host servers shared access to the virtual machine files, offering an inexpensive way to share LUNs between VMs. “Kayo FS is a new product that provides file-level shared access to a SAN volume from multiple physical host servers and is designed specifically to provide a cost-effective shared LUN solution for Hyper-V virtual machines,” said Momchil Michailov, Sanbolic’s founder. “Sanbolic is already shipping Melio FS, which is an advanced clustered file system with byte-range locking that can also provide concurrent read/write access to application data on SAN storage from multiple Windows physical or virtual servers. Kayo FS is aimed at a much broader group of customers who we expect will adopt server virtualization now that it is component of the Windows Server 2008 platform.” Sanbolic’s product portfolio also includes Melio clustered file system and LaScala volume manager, which are designed to support Windows applications that benefit from central administration of a large virtual storage pool simultaneously accessed by multiple physical or virtual servers. These products install easily on physical or virtual servers and can utilize any fibre channel or iSCSI storage hardware.The Kayo FS is expected to hit the market in August. Software Development