Product development Center (PdC) for Veritas Software Corporation
Technology
C, SUN/Solaris, OS, UNIX Kernel
Scope Summary
Develop Software, in-memory n-mode clusters
Task Summary
Develop software for VERITAS, ServPoint Appliance of the SAN (Storage Area Network). VERITAS ServPoint Appliance Software for SAN is one of the key products of the company and is an open and scalable storage solution that transforms industry-standard servers into enterprise class storage appliances. New software developed had to realize write-back mode capabilities in the high available systems, thus implementing in-memory n-node clusters. The search was for a company that could produce leading-edge capability with the latest in OS, UNIX Kernel and Storage Management technologies.
Business Objective
To develop software that would allow VERITAS to significantly improve the performance of their ServPoint Appliance product in the competitive market.
Solution
Mirantis located and employed a group of Russian professionals experienced in similar type projects and were responsible for designing various subsystems for leading Russian computer platforms. This group was able to bring a lot of new concepts and ideas related to the software VERITAS was interested in. Technical and project management was conducted by the VERITAS staff members who were responsible for all phases of the project including an integration of the developed solution into the company's product suite. A group of Mirantis engineers created high-level designed documents when the proposed solution was outlined. After extensive technical discussion with VERITAS a development team revised the version of the design document, which was accepted and approved for implementation.
Result
Mirantis and VERITAS created a development plan that included milestones and deliverables. Simultaneously detailed technical specifications were created by the Mirantis group and approved by VERITAS. A solution was produced in C under SUN/Solaris and allowed save-RAM disk in a clustered environment for both kernel and user modes. Delivered software was integrated with the ServPoint Appliance suite of VERITAS. The software developed by the Mirantis group allowed VERITAS to significantly improve the performance of their ServPoint Appliance product in the competitive market.
