Ixia Launches IxLoad-VM Testing Solution for Virtualized Data Centers
Ixia will unveil IxLoad-VM, a unique solution for testing virtualized data centers and their infrastructures, at VMWorld 2011. IxLoad-VM measures the quality and capacity of cloud data center components, applications, and networks to deliver effective cloud-based services.Vsitors to the show will be able to see IxLoad-VM demonstrations.
The IxLoad-VM solution assesses application performance across the virtualized data center in conjunction with IxNetwork-VM, which assesses layer 2/3 network performance in virtual environments. IxLoad-VM uses "virtual test ports," which are virtualized software implementations of its award-winning Ethernet test equipment.
Ixia's virtual test ports measure true quality of experience (QoE) and capacity using real-world application and storage area network (SAN) traffic from virtualized hosts. Traffic generation and measurement from virtual machines (VMs) correctly characterizes each application and virtual data center component. An additional test solution, IxLoad-VDI, determines the true capacity of virtual desktop servers by emulating large numbers of virtual desktop clients.
IxLoad-I/O is a virtual test port option that generates large-scale I/O traffic from within a VM in order to test the performance of CNAs,converged Ethernet/fibre channel networks and storage area networks(SANs).
The combination of Ixia's virtualized test solutions provide the essential tools to ensure that cloud service will perform with high availability and security, allowing enterprises and cloud providers to independently validate service level agreements (SLAs). Ixia's virtual tools isolate portions of the virtual data center to pinpoint security flaws, performance bottlenecks, and operational issues.
Visit Ixia at booth #1347 where they will use IxLoad-VM and other Ixia products to demonstrate the testing of a fully virtualized data center with virtual security elements, virtual router/switch nodes, and actual web infrastructure.
