Company Broadens VMware Certified Portfolio
with SanDisk-Branded CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II SATA and HGST-Branded
Ultrastar SN100 PCIe SSDs; Collaborates with HPE on New All-Flash
Virtual SAN Ready Nodes
VMWORLD EUROPE 2016 — Western Digital Corporation
(NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that two of its most compelling data
center devices are now certified for use with VMware®
environments1, including the high-capacity yet cost-effective
SanDisk-branded CloudSpeed™ Eco Gen. II SATA solid state drive
(SSD) and the HGST-branded Ultrastar® SN100 PCI Express (PCIe) NVMe
SSD, which was rated in VMware’s highest performance class2. Either
used independently or together for enhanced data center benefits,
these SSDs bring consistent performance and rapid responsiveness to
virtual desktops, databases, e-mail, cloud services, and other
business-critical applications. The company will showcase the newly
certified SSDs and multiple new all-flash Virtual SAN Ready Nodes
that were created in collaboration with HPE® at its VMware Europe
booth (#G313).
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HGST-branded Ultrastar SN100 PCIe NVMe
SSD is now certified for use with VMware environments (Photo:
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The two SSDs join Western Digital’s portfolio of more than 200
WD®-, HGST- and SanDisk-branded NVMe, SATA and SAS SSDs, software
and hard disk drives (HDDs) certified for VMware vSphere®, Virtual
SAN™ or VMware Cloud Foundation™.
“With the certifications of our CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II SATA SSD
and NVMe-compliant Ultrastar SN100, Western Digital’s portfolio
offers the broadest range of solutions to optimize CPU and storage
resources against virtualized workloads, and addresses the full
spectrum of customer use cases,” said Anand Jayapalan, vice
president of enterprise and client compute solutions marketing at
Western Digital. “Through our OEM and channel partners, we are
enabling new VMware Virtual SAN Ready Nodes that provide complete
hyper converged infrastructure systems specially designed with many
of our customers’ most important data challenges in mind. We
provide IT managers with unparalleled options – whether they are
building their own software-defined storage or deploying Ready
Nodes in existing and new cloud environments.”
Ultrastar SN100 SSDs and CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II SSDs are
designed to address the growing demand for all-flash and hybrid
data centers. Using a combination of the NVMe-compliant Ultrastar
SN100 SSD for caching and SATA-based CloudSpeed SATA SSDs for high
capacity allows users to create a high-performance all-flash
Virtual SAN optimized to manage heavy and/or unpredictable web
traffic in cloud environments. The CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II can also
be used as a reliable and economical cache tier with the
HGST-branded Ultrastar Helium platform HDDs for high capacity in a
Virtual SAN node to address different price points for data
warehousing, corporate file systems, data backup, and
archiving.
The Ultrastar SN100 SSD is ideally suited for large data centers
and cloud service environments with massive and/or mixed-workloads.
Offering up to 3.2TB3 of capacity and the speed of NVMe, it
delivers low-latency, predictable performance for even the most
intensive applications, enabling data centers in VMware
environments to process more transactions per second, while
decreasing the IT resources needed to support them. The Ultrastar
SN100 SSD features VMware’s in-box NVMe driver and is available in
a 2.5-inch form factor, which help make data center deployment
easy.
The CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II SSD enables hybrid and private cloud
service providers to deploy cost-effective flash storage capacity
to address increased data volume. This can allow data centers in
VMware environments to deliver services for a wider range of
customers and improve the diversity of applications they support,
while keeping total cost of ownership (TCO) low. The CloudSpeed Eco
Gen. II SATA SSD is available in capacities ranging from
approximately 480GB4 to nearly 2TB5. It offers highly reliable
throughput, with sequential read speeds of up to 530 megabytes per
second6, all with low power consumption and outstanding data loss
protection.
“We are working closely with Western Digital to accelerate flash
adoption across the software-defined data center,” said Lee
Caswell, vice president of products, Storage and Availability
Business Unit, VMware. “The new Virtual SAN Ready Nodes and
certifications of the CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II SATA SSD and Ultrastar
SN100 PCIe NVMe SSD make incorporating the benefits of enterprise
flash easy for businesses looking to regain competitive advantage
with IT.”
New Western Digital Virtual SAN Ready Nodes for VMware
Environments Available through HPE®
Western Digital collaborated with HPE to introduce five new ways
for VMware data center customers to cost-effectively extend to
their storage possibilities utilizing SAS extenders and the
SanDisk®-branded Lightning series SAS SSDs. The new, all-flash
Virtual SAN Ready Nodes – which offer tested and validated
configurations and bundles of solutions – provide multiple
potential benefits, including the ability to incorporate 33.6TB of
flash storage capacity and better management of a variety of
applications and workloads. Specific ready node models include:
AF-6: HPE DL360 Gen9; AF-6: HPE DL380 Gen9; AF-8: HPE DL360 Gen9;
AF-8: HPE DL380 Gen9; and AF8: DL380Gen9AF8 - 3.
Product Information and Availability
The two newly certified SSDs are available now. Additional
product detail and specifications on the CloudSpeed Eco Gen. II SSD
can be found here. Additional information on the Ultrastar SN100
PCIe SSD and the full Ultrastar data center solutions family is
available here. For details on the new ready nodes, visit here.
About HGST
HGST (@HGSTStorage), a Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC)
brand, helps the world harness the power of data. Our smarter
storage solutions power the markets and companies that shape our
lives – enabling possibilities for the cloud, enterprise and
sophisticated infrastructures everywhere. For more information,
please visit www.hgst.com #LongLiveData.
About SanDisk
SanDisk, a Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) brand,
provides trusted and innovative flash storage products that have
transformed the electronics industry. SanDisk’s quality,
state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's
largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smartphones, tablets
and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available at hundreds of
thousands of retail stores worldwide.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD® brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial
and investor information is available on the company's Investor
Relations website at investor.wdc.com.
© 2016 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, WD, Ultrastar, and SanDisk are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation
or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. VMware,
vSphere and Virtual SAN are registered trademarks or trademarks of
VMware, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other
jurisdictions. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, and/or
service marks, indicated or otherwise, are the property of their
respective owners.
1 – VMware VCG Virtual SAN2 – Certified to exceed Class F
specifications3 – 1 terabyte (TB) = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Actual
user storage is less.4 – 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Actual user storage is less.5 – Actual capacity 1.92TB6 – Based on
internal testing
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including new product offerings and product availability for the
CloudSpeed II Eco Gen. II SATA, the Ultrastar SN100 PCIe SSDs, and
collaborations that are based on current expectations There are a
number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among
others: volatility in global economic conditions; business
conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of
competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of
commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our
development and introduction of products based on new technologies
and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with
acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including our most recently filed periodic report to which
your attention is directed. We do not intend to update the
information contained in this release.
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+1-408-801-7653laura.bakken@sandisk.comorWestern Digital
Corporation Investor RelationsBob Blair,
+1-949-672-7834robert.blair@wdc.com
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