sTec(R) Enterprise-Class Solid-State Storage Solutions Strike Oil, Dramatically Accelerating GeoEnergy's Application Performanc
April 30 2013 - 9:00AM
sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state
storage solutions, today announced that GeoEnergy, Inc. has
deployed sTec® enterprise-class solid-state drives (SSDs) in its
data center, enhancing GeoEnergy's workload performance by a factor
of 10. GeoEnergy's role in oil and gas exploration consists of
processing and analyzing large data sets from seismic surveys,
which can be as large as tens of terabytes. By replacing its
existing SSDs used in its seismic data server with sTec
enterprise-class SSDs, GeoEnergy was able to meet the performance
and durability demands of its extremely I/O-intensive applications.
Earlier this month, sTec announced that its extensive range of
solid-state solutions are now available to enterprise customers
through the company's new direct sales and global channel programs,
expanding sTec's reach into new vertical markets. The
vertical markets now benefiting from this more-direct channel
include oil and gas, as well as financial services, government,
content and cloud, and telecommunications.
Typical in the oil and gas industry, GeoEnergy faces huge
computational and storage resource demands driven by seismic
processing. After doubling its computing capacity in a matter
of months, GeoEnergy needed to scale its I/O performance to meet
even more demanding workloads. The company attempted to
improve its application performance by using consumer-grade SSDs,
but those failed after only six months, and risked impacting
project deadlines. GeoEnergy then replaced the drives with
sTec enterprise-class SSDs.
"There are many areas where you can cut corners to maximize
value, but going with consumer SSDs can be a costly decision when
they fail," said Shawn Stephens, senior IT administrator for
GeoEnergy. "sTec SSDs are not just faster—they're also more
durable. Greater predictability and performance allows us to
pursue more and larger projects with the confidence that we can
deliver on tight deadlines."
sTec's innovative CellCare™ technology enables SSDs to maintain
consistent performance over time — in contrast to consumer SSDs,
which degrade over time. Due in part to this
performance-maintaining feature, GeoEnergy turned to sTec for its
increased processing capacity to handle ever-growing data sets.
"sTec's solid-state storage solutions are specifically designed
for high-speed, high-volume I/O environments and heavy-load
applications such as GeoEnergy's seismic processing," said Ali
Zadeh, corporate senior vice president and chief marketing officer,
and general manager of the Systems and Software Group, sTec.
"With the reliability of enterprise SSDs in its data center,
we fully expect GeoEnergy to continue to grow its business."
About sTec, Inc.
sTec, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class
solid-state storage solutions designed for the ever-growing
performance, reliability and endurance requirements of today's
advanced data centers. The industry's first company to deploy
solid-state drives (SSDs) into large-scale enterprise environments,
sTec offers the industry's widest range of solid-state storage
solutions, which protect critical information for major business
and government organizations worldwide. Headquartered in
Santa Ana, California, sTec also serves the embedded and
military/aerospace markets with SSDs for industrial and rugged
environments. For more information, visit www.stec-inc.com.
sTec, the sTec logo and CellCare are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of sTec, Inc. in the United States and
certain other countries. All other trademarks or brand names
referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties,
including those statements concerning the benefits, capabilities,
performance, and cost savings of sTec's enterprise-class SSD
solutions; customer adoption and utilization of STEC's technologies
and solutions; growth of sTec's new direct sales and global channel
programs; and sTec's expansion into new vertical markets. Such
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CONTACT: Jerry Steach
Director, Public Relations
sTec, Inc.
(415) 222-9996
jsteach@stec-inc.com
Merrill Freund or Lauren Whitehouse
Schwartz MSL
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stec@schwartzmsl.com
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