The Japanese Linux pioneer Thirdware assumed the DRBD Certified Partner status in May 2008. Thirdware provides full support for DRBD and DRBD+ for the Japanese market and runs a Japanese translation of the DRBD project's community website.
Thirdware has deployed DRBD in more than 30 high availability cluster projects. Among existing customers within Japan are renowned enterprises and organizations such as Fujitsu Corp., Gifu Women's University, LaboNetwork Inc., Nippon Electric Glass Co., Rating and Investment Information Inc., and World Business Center Co. Ltd.
ThirdWare Inc., founded in February 1997, has been working on deploymentand support of Linux-based server systems. The company specializes inemail solutions and high availability. Its main products are "Z-Linux",an original Linux system that can shorten recovery time dramaticallywhen hard drives are corrupt, "Mihalinux", a remote monitoring andmaintenance support service, and "Z-Linux Mail Cluster", a clusterserver for various email services using heartbeat and DRBD built onZ-Linux, and more.
