What flexibility does AppZero bring to 3-tiered applications?

Put the data elements onto data servers, put the web app on a web tier… Things are kept separate as they are scaled up – or can be brought back to one, at will.  A lot of our customers take this approach for 3-tiered applications.  Any combination is possible and fluid. 

One set of VAAs gives you lots of flexibility in deploying on multiple topologies as opposed to say VMotion which would have to move all 4 at once to each machine.  We don’t compete with VMotion, but it helps to illustrate the difference.  Whereas VMotion moves the entire machine image, AppZero allows you to move the VAA lego blocks as needed.

AppZero offers a far more granular approach – with fewer things to manage.  With a single OS running, you can repurpose that machine simply by running a different VAA on it.  Same OS – different apps.  You may want 2 machines to be web tier during the day and do reporting at night … easy and a lot less maintenance required.