Clustrix was founded in 2006 and has been offering a paid database product paired up with custom Infiniband gear for several years, but recently the company decided to devote resources into a software-only option. This contrasts with the approach of database giant Oracle, which has over the past years been developing more and more custom gear for its databases after the acquisition of Sun Microsystems – a strategy that, so far, has cost the company dearly and generated little apparent enthusiasm.