SIOS Rolling Out SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition

SIOS
Technology Corp, announced the launch of SteelEye
DataKeeper Cloud Edition, the high-performance data replication
solution delivering real-time SQL Server data protection in Amazon
EC2 environments.

A joint effort with Amazon, SteelEye
Datakeeper Cloud Edition enable native SQL Server failover clustering
in the Amazon cloud without requiring SANs.

It enables deployment of HA systems in
the cloud. Companies can take advantage of the flexibility and
scalability of AWS cloud deployments, enabling Amazon customers to
achieve optimal performance while lowering TCO.

"SIOS understands the
inhibitors that prevent users from taking advantage of disruptive
technologies like the cloud," said Celia Catani, SIOS VP of
America sales. "Through our partnership with Amazon and the
introduction of SteelEye DataKeeper cloud Edition, not only are we
the only company to make opportunities like failover clustering in
the Amazon cloud possible, but we make it easy for customers to reap
the benefits of a cluster, without an expensive SAN."

Because the product eliminates a
cluster’s requirement for shared storage, it reduces cost, complexity
and the potential single point of failure in clustering
architectures. In the Amazon cloud, failover of SQL instances is
enabled within and across EC2 availability zones, and real-time
copies of data are kept in sync across multiple nodes. As a result,
users benefit from maximum uptime and data protection with zero data
loss, at a fraction of the cost of a SAN-based solution.

It utilizes block-level replication for
optimized performance. This enables the software to achieve over 90%
bandwidth utilization and offers nine levels of integrated
compression and bandwidth throttling.

The solution can be integrated into
Microsoft ecosystems without proprietary file systems or technologies
and is integrated with Microsoft Cluster Services and Windows Server
Failover Clustering.

SteelEye DataKeeper cloud Edition
provides support for Standard or Enterprise Editions of SQL Server
2005, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012.