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Release of Fuscan Linux Cloud 2.0
August 16th, 2011
Posted in cloud hosting
HostingCon 2011 was the world’s premier hosting conference during which a new version 2.0 of Fuscan Linux Cloud has been launched. It took place in San Diego, California between August 8 and August 10, 2011. A few significant changes have been announced in Fuscan version 2.0 in comparison to previous versions. GFS was used in the version 1.0 Fuscan but it has been replaced in version 2.0. Instead GlusterFS is being used currently as a mainstream file system. GlusterFS is the software which has been licensed under GNU AGPL v3 license. The performance of Fuscan Linux Cloud can be improved with this software and add more flexibility to it. The development team of Fuscan Linux Cloud has replaced the RG Manager i.e. Red Hat resource manager with pacemaker as it has been considered to be more flexible and feature rich. With the help of pacemaker, users are allowed to configure specific scenarios so that services can run properly in a certain time frame.
Benefits of Fuscan Linux Cloud 2.0:-
- It provides improved level of management interface.
- On the license of fuscan Linux cloud, a discount of 50% is allowed by SingleOS.
- It includes a new resource manager.
- It provides software level redundancy, and hardware level redundancy.
Therefore we can conclude that Fuscan Linux Cloud can be easily scalable and it enables the hosting providers to create their own infrastructure of cloud. In a load-balanced cluster environment, cPanel/WHM Cloud hosting services is provided in order to cut operational costs and to optimize server management. A special feature of automation layer is also provided i.e. Fuscan EHA which is nothing but a high availability system for cPanel/WHM. In case providers of web hosting solution wants to enjoy the advantage of the discounted licenses then they are allowed to sign up from Order page at SingleOS Accounts. This is basically done to cut the list price of the Fuscan licenses. Today we can proudly say that the company which is behind the Cloud software automation solution is SingleOS and because of its creativity and innovations has always come up with new versions with dynamic improvements.
Private cloud now simple and power packed with a cloud in a box
August 8th, 2011
Posted in cloud hosting
With the help of cloud computing, companies usually try to resolve certain common problems related with traditional IT. When we think of traditional IT, we come across the fact that it is complex with respect to management and procurement. It might take a long period of time to market a product because traditional IT is slow. With regards to project turn-around time, power, cooling and the plethora of hardware devices, it is very expensive as it needs to remain operational throughout. A cloud in a box is a solution with respect to cloud computing market which helps to simplify the rapid deployment of a private cloud and reduced management. This is how it saves cost in all aspects and also improves its efficiency.
A true cloud in a Box solution is offered by ScaleMatrix in order to bring all the benefits of Private Cloud in a package which is easy to manage and very quick to deploy. For the purpose of delivering the performance and stability which is expected by almost every industry, ScaleMatrix include certain components such as CA AppLogic, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Brocade Switches, FireTrace Fire Suppression and even a ScaleMatrix Self Contained Rack. Now we will discuss each of the components individually:-
- You can easily deploy, and manage cloud applications and supporting infrastructure with the help of CA Applogic which is nothing but a turnkey cloud computing platform. There are applications for which they have pre configured AppLogic templates such as Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010, Server 2003 and 2008, SQL Server and many more.
- The ScaleMatrix self-contained rack holds up to 40 servers which is a self-cooled unit. This unit can be utilized as your entire business infrastructure.
- For computing intense applications, Dell PowerEdge R410 rack servers provide you with a powerful two-socket 1U platform.
- Enterprise class stackable L2/L3 edge switching is offered by Brocade FCX-624/648 gigabit switches.
- For high value or critical machinery, cabinet and machine level fire protection is provided by FireTrace Fire Suppression.
It has three different configurations which might range from a dual-socket quad core server with 1TB of hard drive and 16 GB of RAM up to a dual-socket hex-core server with 2x2TB hard drive and 64GB of RAM. This amazing product i.e. ScaleMatrix Cloud in a Box™ solution permits you to Streamline Time to Market, reduce complexity and Maximize Margins across your enterprise.
Introduction to new version of ElasticStack based cloud
August 8th, 2011
Posted in cloud hosting
Since the year 2009, ElasticStack which is the cloud platform provider in UK has been enjoying a grand success across the world for deploying public and private cloud platforms that too for a number of key customers. It has announced a wide range of dynamic features to its cloud platform so that business can be easily build and quickly deploy a scalable, resilient, pay-as-you-go cloud infrastructure from low cost commodity hardware.
There are some other benefits which have been updated such as reduction of hardware cost by eliminating SAN and in order to deploy and manage cloud servers easily and faster, a new ‘Ajax’ user interface has been included. You will be able to run both the storage infrastructure and compute infrastructure on a single set of commodity hardware. It can only be possible with VMs which allows moving freely between the nodes. You can continue running your cloud even if any node goes down as the entire content gets replicated elsewhere. Cost computing is the new release which has some outstanding features like easy to use, cost efficient, resilient, flexible, on demand and at the same time lowers the cost for both the service providers and enterprises with highly resilient clouds. This new release makes use of distributed block storage technology i.e. network RAID which helps to improve the performance and redundancy.
This organization traditionally uses SANs so that it can provide resilient shared storage for their clouds so that VMs can move in between the compute nodes. It also helps to know that their storage was resilient to the failure of hardware. In addition to aforesaid features, it has also developed a new control panel which helps to manage and create the cloud servers faster and easily. This control panel is easier for any user to understand and it’s also very responsive. The organization has brought all the resilient features of a SAN to its cloud that too without making any extra investment in expensive storage hardware. Therefore, we can say that all these new additional features have been designed to make your businesses more efficient both economically and operationally.
CommonSpot Cloud Launched
July 30th, 2011
Posted in web hosting
A secure web platform which provides a strong content management solution is called CommonSpot. Some of the advantageous aspects are Web 2.0 and social media apps, suite of marketing solutions, and an open-source application development framework. This development framework permits different organization to create high-level web experience. Being a marketing suite, it allows various organizations to increase their site traffic, brand loyalty, and conversion rates. For achieving amazing results, CommonSpot can also act as a web foundation which place power of authority into the hands of marketer. It helps its users to publish Web content via any delivery channel such as video, media, streaming media etc.
The IT sector has been given an ability to create and deploy tailored functionality which is almost 50% faster in comparison to usual mode. CommonSpot CloudTM has been released by the leading provider of web content management system i.e. PaperThin Inc. Todd Peter is the founder and the president of the leading organization called PaperThin. Its product connects people and brands through the Web. This product is a SaaS version of its award-winning management system. It also helps the marketers to combine their creativity with its powerful web content so that they can achieve their target without encountering a bottleneck.
At four basic price levels, PaperThin is a powerful platform which is available on Amazon elastic compute cloud. Express, professional, standard and enterprise are the four price levels. In order to customize the customer’s specific needs, it can easily be used. Web operating costs, administrative burdens gets lowered with the usage of CommonSpot cloud and in addition frees up IT resources.
The need of your organization can be easily met irrespective of its budget, size, platform or resources. The cold fusion- based solution will help you to round out all the available choices provided by the company. It provides some of the primary benefits such as high impact results, multi-channel optimization and fast time to market. With these benefits, new business can be strengthened with respect to brand presence by making it SEO enabled and interactive.