Supported Server Virtualization Platforms
Consolidating hardware resources into virtual storage, servers, operating systems, applications or networks allows any organizations to improve efficiency and simplify the management of its datacenter or IT infrastructure. Since its founding in 2006, StoneFly Inc. has been applying the principles of virtualization in the development of easy-to-use, redundant, high-performance iSCSI and Fibre Channel SAN technology. By centralizing storage into an intelligent storage area network with advanced storage services increases storage utilization and removes islands of underutilized disk resources, making your storage fit your environment today and tomorrow.
VMware Platform
StoneFly offers VMware-certified SAN storage and hyper-converged appliances. StoneFly appliances are currently certified for use with VMware’s built-in software iSCSI initiator for ESX/ESXi Server and the vSphere platform. For more information on certified options from StoneFly , visit VMware’s hardware certification list. To learn more about using your StoneFly SAN appliance with virtual servers, please review our technical brief on virtual servers, watch the following video, or review our related information section on the right. Registered StoneFly customers also have access to our users guide for virtual server environments in our knowledgebase and support portal.
Xen Platform (Open-Source)
StoneFly SAN appliances are compatible with the leading open-source hypervisor, XenSource versions 3.5 and above. The hardware compatibility list is available here. To learn more about using your StoneFly SAN with virtual servers, please review our technical brief on virtual servers, or review our related information section on the right. Registered StoneFly customers also have access to our user’s guide for virtual server environments in our knowledgebase and support portal.
Citrix XenServer Platform
StoneFly SAN appliances are CitrixReady and certified with Citrix’s XenServer. To learn more about using your StoneFly SAN with virtual servers, please review our technical brief on virtual servers, or review our related information section on the right. Registered StoneFly customers also have access to our user’s guide for virtual server environments in our knowledgebase and support portal.
Additional Platforms
Virtual Iron
Microsoft’s Virtual Server