Enterprise Server Virtualization Made Easy Virtual Iron Software

Enterprise Server Virtualization Made Easy Virtual Iron Software, Inc.

Virtual Iron Software Enterprise Server Virtualization § Policy-driven automated VM migration, load balancing, failover § Scalable, multi-user transactional architecture § Enables Server Consolidation, Dev/Test, Rapid Server Provisioning § Automated Server Capacity Management § Automated High Availability and Disaster Recovery Easy to Afford § Most Cost effective Server Virtualization solution available § Immediate Return on Investment Easy to Deploy, Use and Manage § No Linux skills required – Web based management § Zero touch install and administration § Virtual machine wizards § Storage friendly architecture Easy to Partner With § Strong price/value proposition § Ecosystem friendly – Open API § Channel focused Enterprise Server Virtualization Made Easy © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential

Enterprise-Class Virtualization Policy-Driven Infrastructure Management § Virtual server migration: Live. Migrate™ § Dynamic resource load balancing: Live. Capacity™ § High availability/disaster recovery: Live. Recovery™ § Virtual machine migration for off-line server maintenance: Live. Maintenance™ § Integrated hot backup support: Live. Snapshot™ § Automated physical-to-virtual and virtual-tovirtual conversions: Live. Convert™ Next Generation Architecture § Zero-touch installation: Live. Provisioning™ § Xen 3. 1 open source hypervisor § Leverages Intel® VT and AMD-V® virtualization technology for near native © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential

Easy to Deploy, Use and Manage Easy to Deploy § *Zero-touch installation and administration § Up and running in minutes Easy to Use § Guided virtual machine wizards § Web-based console for anywhere, anytime management Easy to Manage § *Designed for Windows - no Linux skills required § *No clustered file system to manage § Intuitive, Web-based mapping of virtual switches, i. SCSI and Fibre Channel storage * Virtual Iron Competitive Advantages © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential

Server Virtualization Use Cases Policy-based Automation Dynamic Capacity Management Advanced Power Management Advanced Use Cases High Availability and DR Rapid Server Provisioning Development and Test Server Consolidation © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Basic Use Cases

The VMware Alternative “Virtual Iron… does showcase that VMware’s competition is not terribly far behind. In some ways, in fact, the competition is actually ahead…” Paul Venezia, “Virtual Iron has become a Info. World viable alternative to VMware’s products… Several new features in V 4. 2 are unique in the market and the other vendors will have to play some catch-up to trump Virtual Iron’s latest iteration” Frank Ohlhorst, e. WEEK © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential

More Funds Available for IT Projects VMware based Solution Virtual Iron based Solution Licenses Savings Services Licenses Hardware Services Hardware • Majority of the project cost is for virtualization licenses • Less dollars left over for hardware and value added services © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential • Virtualization licenses make up much smaller portion of project cost • More dollars available to fund new IT projects and assets • Reduce overall project costs

Cost of Virtualization Software Licenses Virtual Iron Savings $160, 000 Save Over 65% $140, 000 $120, 000 $100, 000 Virtual Iron VMware $80, 000 $60, 000 $40, 000 $20, 000 $0 5 10 Number of 2 -Socket Virtualization Hosts 8 © 2007 Virtual Iron Software, 25

The Leading Xen-based Solution “Virtual Iron is clearly out in front of Xen. Source, thanks to support for physical server farming, VM migrations, load balancing, and easily managed i. SCSI and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity” “Several new features in Paul Venezia, V 4. 2 are unique in the Info. World the other market and vendors will have to play some catch-up to trump Virtual Iron’s latest iteration” Frank Ohlhorst, e. WEEK © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential

Packaged and Priced for Easy Adoption V 4 Single Server Edition Free § Up to 12 virtual servers § Up to 1 virtual CPU § Local disk storage § No VLAN § Novell SLES 10 kernel & drivers § Live. Snapshot © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential V 4 Extended Enterprise Edition $999/socket § Unlimited virtual servers § Virtual SMP § Local, i. SCSI, FC storage § VLAN § Live. Migration § Live. Maintenance § Live. Provisioning § Live. Recovery § Live. Capacity § Live. Snapshot § Novell SLES 10 kernel & drivers § Live. Convert powered by Plate. Spin - 6 P 2 V, V 2 V conversions per socket § Gold, Platinum support available

Easy to Buy from Your Trusted Advisor IBM, HP and Virtual Iron Bundles • Preconfigured server, storage and software bundles • Enable VARs to deliver ready-to-use enterpriseclass virtualization and management capabilities • Available today from Tech Data US value added resellers Intel ESSA, Arrow OEM Partnerships • Arrow offers integrated, Intel-based “appliance” with Virtual Iron’s software pre-installed on white box servers • Based on Virtual Iron’s ESAA solution recipes • Available today from Arrow North American Components © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential HP Reseller Agreement • HP Software Licensing and Management Solutions (SLMS) program • Available today from HP and its value added resellers Dell Reseller Agreement • Via Dell Software and Peripheral Group • Available today from Dell and its value added resellers EMEA and APAC Distributors

Advanced Use Cases Require Shared Storage Virtual Iron’s Storage Friendly Approach Patent-pending Shared Storage Architecture § Enables mobility of VMs across physical servers § Native access to storage layer - same as physical server § Best I/O performance § Works with all storage infrastructure natively § No loss of advanced functionality § Simple, Web-based storage mapping No Clustered File System Required § Eliminates file system maintenance and upgrades § No need for complex, proprietary file system © 2008 Virtual Iron Software, Proprietary and Confidential Virtual Machines VMDK VMFS Shared Storage “You can use VMware with raw device mapping (RDM), but then you turn off many of the features VMware users have come to like about VMware, such as VMotion. ” Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst - Burton Group