STEC Unveils New EnhanceIO(TM) SSD Cache Software That Cost-Effectively Scales IT Infrastructures and Improves Application Pe...
August 04 2011 - 7:50AM
STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), The SSD Company™, a leading global
provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and products,
today announced a new SSD caching software solution that
accelerates data access and enables cost-effective server
scalability to support the growing number of users and larger data
volumes now prevalent in the data center. This host-based software
implements SSDs as a performance cache for hard disk drive (HDD)
storage and provides a reliable, easy and flexible way to integrate
into existing server infrastructures while minimizing total cost of
ownership (TCO) or requiring the need for new hardware. STEC's new
EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software integrates into any existing server
infrastructure and works with all commercially-available SSD
devices (SAS, SATA, Fibre Channel, PCIe, etc.) to accelerate
enterprise applications running under Windows®, Linux® or VMware
operating systems.
One of the challenges in the data center is to find ways to
fully realize the benefits of SSD technology because many servers
have not been capable of full SSD performance through a simple
replacement of traditional HDDs. Therefore, if a server needs to
scale performance, or the number of users or transactions it
supports, the typical solution has been to purchase more servers,
which is costly and requires additional maintenance and support. To
achieve a new level of cost-effective scalability in the
enterprise, STEC's EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software accelerates data
access response times and delivers exceptional SSD performance on
Read input/output (I/O) operations.
EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software is designed to integrate the SSD
device below the server's application layer so that the host CPU
and memory resources are not significantly impacted and the full
I/O capabilities of the SSD device itself can be realized in a
manner that is easy to implement and is transparent to the server
OS, applications and underlying storage. With this system
infrastructure, EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software enables the best of
both worlds – the full performance benefits of SSD technology
coupled with the storage capacity benefits of HDDs.
In a benchmark test of Oracle servers, STEC's EnhanceIO SSD
Cache Software enabled 2.5 times faster throughput while serving
3.5 times more concurrent users. Through additional testing in a 10
Terabyte direct attached storage environment, EnhanceIO software
provided between twice and ten times the performance (depending on
the application) when compared to an 'all-HDD' solution, at about
one-third the system cost.
"By adding our EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software with SSDs, data
center managers can cost-effectively scale an existing enterprise
IT infrastructure and speed up application performance without
incurring the cost for additional hardware," said Manouch
Moshayedi, STEC's Chairman and CEO. "EnhanceIO SSD Cache software
is easy to install and configure in a target host server, and
operates with minimal monitoring and maintenance."
EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software provides Read cache, Write Back
cache and Write-through cache capabilities. It is a cross-platform
solution that works with any SSD to accelerate enterprise
applications, however, it is optimized for STEC SSD devices. The
software includes the following modules and capabilities:
- Performance Profiler – identifies opportunities for server
performance optimization and enables customized solutions for
specific server workloads.
- SSD Cache Engine – drives the effective use of SSDs in server
environments and manages all I/O activity according to policies
established by the end-user enterprise.
- GUI Manager – a browser-based tool used to set-up, manage and
monitor the SSD cache.
"By utilizing a combination of caching software and SSDs, IT
managers can strategically and cost-effectively scale existing IT
infrastructures and speed user performance so that the full I/O
capabilities of the SSD can be realized without the need to buy
additional servers," said Jim Bagley, Senior Analyst, Storage
Strategies Now. "This ideally suited marriage between SSDs and a
cache software application can have a direct and immediate return
on investment for the data center."
EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software is now sampling to early access
customers. For more information regarding this solution, or other
STEC enterprise SSD solutions covering ZeusRAM™, Kronos™ PCIe,
ZeusIOPS® and MACH16™ families of products, please visit the
company's web site at http://www.stec-inc.com.
About STEC
STEC, Inc., The SSD Company™, is a leading global provider of
solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and solutions tailored to meet
the high-performance, high-reliability needs of original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs). With headquarters in Santa Ana, California
and locations worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of
solid-state knowledge and experience to deliver the most
comprehensive line of SSDs to the storage industry. For more
information, visit the company's web site at
http://www.stec-inc.com.
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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
customer adoption, sampling and utilization of EnhanceIO SSD Cache
Software; the performance of SSD solutions enabled with EnhanceIO
SSD Cache Software; the adoption of EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software
and SSDs in general into new applications and markets; the benefits
from other developing technologies; overall product and solution
cost savings; the capabilities and performance of STEC's products
and solutions; and the evolving enterprise storage and server
markets. Such forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties,
including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them,
and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially
from current expectations. Important factors that could cause
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including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on
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unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Scott Harlin
Public Relations Manager
STEC, Inc.
(949) 260-8231
sharlin@stec-inc.com
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