Sastri says Terrascale's software works with Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, and Myrinet networks. At a recent trade show, Terrascale demonstrated its software working with gear from Voltaire Inc., for example. The solution should also work with Quadrics configurations, Sastri says, but it hasn't yet been tested for that.
At least one analyst says it's an impressive technique. Arun Taneja of the Taneja Group says Terrascale's solution appears to require substantially less effort to install and maintain than distributed file systems, while delivering comparable performance. But Taneja is trying to curb his enthusiasm, he says, until he sees more evidence from customer trials.
It's not clear how long Taneja will have to wait. Sastri says his company's plan is to grow a small but revenue-generating customer base. At least 75 percent of revenue, however, will come from indirect sales through partnerships, mainly with blade server vendors, which Sastri sees as the ideal adopters of Terrascale's solution. He says a major blade server maker, which can't yet be named, is on the verge of striking a deal with the startup.
All this on a fraction of what many startups feel they need to get going. And there aren't many employees, either: 12 today, which Sastri says could grow to a whopping 20 by year's end. There aren't any anticipated changes to management. Mainly, Sastri says, the new funding announced this week will go to helping the company grow its customer base. Also in the works is more involvement in industry standards bodies and forums such as Global Grid Forum (GGF).
Terrascale also has its future plans underway. It's gotten a CN$25,000 grant from the National Research Council of Canada to explore how its solution works with databases.
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