Voltaire today announced the Voltaire Grid Control Plug-in, a software-based plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager that enables management, monitoring and analysis of Voltaire’s InfiniBand I/O fabrics in Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Database environments.  The combination of Voltaire’s new Plug-in, Grid Director InfiniBand switches and Oracle RAC Database provides an end-to-end database consolidation platform that lowers the cost of computing for enterprises.

Voltaire developed the Grid Control Plug-in in response to the growing demand for Voltaire InfiniBand as the I/O interconnect in Oracle RAC implementations.

Voltaire’s Plug-in works with Oracle Enterprise Manager environments.  Oracle Enterprise Manager is a comprehensive product family of management software for applications and IT infrastructure resources. Delivering management that spans applications, middleware, database and virtual infrastructure, Oracle Enterprise Manager provides top-down application management for the enterprise application stack comprising Oracle and non-Oracle software.  By deploying the Voltaire Plug-in, database administrators can monitor and analyze InfiniBand fabric performance through a single console using Oracle Enterprise Manager.  The solution reduces downtime and shortens time to resolution of I/O issues and their impact on database instances from one central location, lowering operational costs and eliminating new technology training needs.

“The Voltaire Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager brings Voltaire’s rich and comprehensive set of I/O fabric management features to Oracle RAC environments resulting in better manageability and lower cost,” said Asaf Somekh, vice president of marketing, Voltaire.  “The solution gives database administrators the tools to track and improve the functioning of the InfiniBand fabric with the ultimate goal of ensuring the performance and availability of the databases they are managing.”

Availability and Technical Requirements

The Voltaire Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control is available from Voltaire today. Developed with support and validation by Oracle, the product is for use with Oracle RAC 10gR2 or higher, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10.2.0.1 or higher and the Voltaire Grid Director 4036 40 Gb/s InfiniBand switch version 2.0.

More information is available at http://www.voltaire.com/grid_control.