RSSStartup to Virtualize Memory and Share it Across Servers
RNA Networks, a virtualization start-up in stealth mode, says it will offer technology that aggregates memory and shares it across servers, improving performance of online transaction processing and clustered or grid computing.
RNA lists two products on its Web site: RNAmessenger, designed for trade executions with low latency and high throughput; and RNAcache, which creates a shared, network-attached cache of virtualized memory.
Two investment banks which are using the latter product sped up read times by a factor of 18 and write times by a factor of 35, RNA states on its product site.
"RNAcache caches both data and metadata across nodes linked by common or high-speed fabric, GbE and 10GbE/InfiniBand," the company states. The product includes both software and a 1U-sized appliance.
RNA Networks is funded by Menlo Ventures, Oregon Angel Fund, Divergent Ventures and Reference Capital Management.
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