STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state
drive (SSD) technologies and products, today announced the Linux
driver for its PCI Express (PCIe)-based SSDs is now open-source and
that the company will showcase its latest SSD solutions at SNW
Europe at the Congress Center in Frankfurt, Germany, October 30-31.
In the STEC booth (#112), the company will display the
high-performance s1120 PCIe Accelerator SSD card, coupled with the
new open-source Linux driver that dramatically broadens the range
of applications for the s1120. (Oracle application performance, for
example, can be boosted to more than 160,000 transactions per
minute through the s1120 and Linux-driver combination.) STEC will
also feature its EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software, version 1.1, which
provides a very cost-effective way to boost application
performance.
s1120 PCIe Accelerator Driving Powerful New SSD Storage
Applications in Europe
European storage-systems providers have realized tremendous
performance gains through adding SSDs, such as STEC's s1120 PCIe
Accelerators, to their solutions and see the tremendous value in
having open-source Linux drivers.
"We have witnessed very promising performance results never seen
before, where we achieved 40 frames per second using 2K resolution
when testing an STEC s1120 PCIe Accelerator with DJV Imaging -- a
high-end professional movie playback software for film production,
visual effects and computer animation," said Boris Zen, CEO of
Progiss, the leading system integrator in the media and
entertainment market segment in France. "The solution was tested on
an HP Z600 workstation and we are now working with STEC to explore
bringing to market various solution offerings where one or more
s1120 PCIe accelerators will be used per system, thus delivering
even higher performance levels for our customers."
"STEC s1120 PCIe Accelerators are solid performers," said
Florian Hettenbach, product manager for storage and virtualization
at Thomas Krenn AG, a leading systems integrator in
Germany. "With its cut-through architecture using a single,
integrated ASIC-based native PCIe controller, STEC delivers a
solution that eliminates host tax on CPUs and memory, as well as
SAS/SATA protocol from the data path that other PCIe solutions in
the market are burdened with. The simple open-source driver
model is exactly the solution we have been looking for in a
PCIe-based SSD. The s1120 now enables us to deploy PCIe-based flash
across a large array of applications."
STEC Presentation
Kim Gardner, senior director of EMEA sales for STEC's Systems
and Software Group, will deliver a presentation on Wednesday,
October 31, at 11:20 a.m. CET on the key requirements needed
to support SSD storage in critical application environments. During
this presentation, titled "Enterprise Ready SSD Technology and
Solutions – the difference that makes the difference," Gardner will
explore what makes an enterprise-ready solution and discuss the
potential future direction of SSD technologies.
"Organizations are demanding fast access to data, but
application response time is holding them back," said Gardner.
"Deploying STEC's EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software in combination with
STEC PCIe Accelerators – and, in Linux environments, our new
open-source driver -- enables high-transaction volumes at the
lowest possible latencies and enables the high-performing
applications end-users are demanding."
Session: |
"Enterprise Ready SSD Technology and
Solutions - The difference that makes the difference." |
Speaker: |
Kim Gardner, Senior Director, EMEA Sales,
Systems and Software Group |
Date: |
Wednesday, 31 October |
Time: |
11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. CET |
Location: |
Harmonie A |
STEC Demos
STEC PCIe Accelerators with open-source Linux driver
- Process more transactions per second
- Improve application response times by maximizing I/Os per
second (IOPS) on a single server
- Lower total cost of ownership by reducing data center
operational and capital expenditure
STEC EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software version 1.1
- Provides simple, flexible caching
solution
- Boosts application
performance
- Cost-effectively scales while optimizing SSD usage
- Enables seamless IT environment integration
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About STEC, Inc.
STEC, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class
solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and solutions tailored to meet
the high-performance, high-reliability and high-endurance needs of
today's data-intensive server and storage platforms. With
headquarters in Santa Ana, California, and locations worldwide,
STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state knowledge and
experience to design, manufacture and deliver the most
comprehensive line of PCIe, SAS, SATA, and embedded SSDs on the
market today. In addition, STEC's EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software
enables IT managers to cost-effectively scale server application
performance. For more information, please visit
www.stec-inc.com.
STEC, the STEC logo and EnhanceIO are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of STEC, Inc. in the United States and
certain other countries. All other trademarks or brand names
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Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, including those statements concerning
customer adoption and utilization of STEC's s1120 PCIe Accelerator,
EnhanceIO, open-source Linux driver for PCIe SSDs and other SSD
solutions into new applications and markets; the benefits,
capabilities, performance and cost savings from the adoption and
utilization of STEC's s1120 PCIe Accelerator, EnhanceIO,
open-source Linux driver and other SSD solutions; and the overall
evolving enterprise storage and server markets. Such
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CONTACT: Jerry Steach
Director, Public Relations
STEC, Inc.
(415) 222-9996
jsteach@stec-inc.com
Kim Gardner
EMEA Director of Sales, Systems & Software Group
STEC, Inc.
+49.160.94878794
kgardner@stec-inc.com
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