Veritas software helps Sun Solaris run 15 times faster

Veritas Software Corporation announced that companies who use Veritas storage

software with Sun Solaris 9 experience 15 times faster computing performance and

improved system reliability compared to those who simply run the native software

provided with the operating system. Testing performed by the GiantLoop Testing

and Certification (GTAC) Lab - an independent testing facility for enterprise

storage and networking technologies - demonstrates that Veritas Foundation

Suite, which combines a high performance file system and the industry's leading

storage virtualization solution, makes data-intensive environments run faster on

the Solaris 9 platform.

The GiantLoop benchmark also demonstrates that Veritas Foundation Suite pays

for itself in real-time by keeping critical systems online, so

revenue-generating transactions are processed without interruption. This

enhanced productivity is complemented by improved system reliability, showing

that a Solaris system running Veritas storage management software can restart

seven times faster after a system failure.

"This benchmark makes it clear that the right storage management

software yields significant cost savings and is a strategic investment in IT

infrastructure," said Brenda Zawatski, vice president of product and

solutions marketing, Veritas Software. "These performance results

demonstrate that organizations can save money using Veritas Foundation Suite to

optimize their Solaris environments, without additional investment in costly

hardware."

GiantLoop performed the benchmark testing in its testing facilities in

Waltham, Mass, using the PostMark file system benchmark. Veritas Foundation

Suite also performed faster than Solaris 9's native storage management tools in

tests designed to increase stress on the processors, showing how well VERITAS

software integrates with the operating environment and hardware.

Veritas Foundation Suite includes the Veritas File System, Veritas Volume

Manager and other value-add features, and is available on Sun Solaris, HP-UX,

IBM AIX, and Linux platforms. Veritas Volume Manager is also available on

Windows NT and Windows 2000.