STEC Providing High-Performance SSDs to Storagedata's Next-Generation SAN Systems
October 31 2012 - 1:42PM
STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state
drive (SSD) technologies and products, and Storagedata, a supplier
of enterprise-storage systems, today announced that STEC's ZeusIOPS
SAS SSDs are featured in the new SAN 3800 and SAN 5000 systems from
Storagedata. The ZeusIOPS SAS SSDs, combined with Storagedata's
powerful Storage Management operating system, enable the SAN 3800
and SAN 5000 to deliver outstanding performance -- over 500,000 IOs
per second (IOPS) -- and the reliability required by cost-efficient
storage-attached network (SAN) applications.
The new SAN 3800 and SAN 5000 featuring the STEC SAS SSDs are
being introduced and demonstrated this week at Storage Expo, in
Utrecht, the Netherlands (Stand A019).
"Europe represents significant market potential for
cost-optimized SAN solutions targeting mid-size companies and
enterprises," said Robert Carstensen, CEO, Storagedata. "Because of
this potential, we, along with resellers of Storagedata systems,
see a huge value in our close collaboration with partners such as
STEC and in integrating STEC's leading solid-state-storage
solutions into our next-generation SANs. We selected STEC SSDs
for their capability to offer consistent and predictable
performance, extended endurance and high reliability."
"By combining STEC SSD technology with Storagedata's Storage
Management OS, mid-size companies benefit from an extremely
powerful storage appliance at an affordable price point," said
Davide Villa, vice president of EMEA sales at STEC. "SSDs are
often perceived as an expensive storage technology that can be
justified only in large enterprise systems. These new
Storagedata SANs demonstrate that by combining high-performance
SSDs with low-cost rotating media and proper management software,
SSDs can offer a dramatic cost reduction for a wide range of
companies in need of a powerful storage system."
Scalability, Functionality, Energy Efficiency through
STEC SSDs
The new Storagedata SANs provide high-performance storage with
exceptional scalability and functionality with low energy
consumption at competitive prices. The systems are available
with iSCSI and FibreChannel controllers, ranging from six up to 192
drives. Through Storagedata's Active controllers with hardware
RAID functionality, the SANs offer superior performance to process
tremendous amounts of random access data.
ZeusIOPS SSDs are designed to optimize storage performance in
servers and enterprise storage systems, enabling superior IOPS and
minimizing bottlenecks associated with traditional hard disk
drives. One ZeusIOPS drive can replace hundreds of hard drives and
reduce the need for additional DRAM, increasing system utilization
and reducing total cost of ownership. ZeusIOPS SSDs can fit
seamlessly into existing enterprise servers. Because there
are no drivers required, each SSD appears to any system or RAID
controller as a standard drive that can be managed by existing
storage management tools, delivering true plug-and-play
elegance.
To register for Storage Expo and see the new Storagedata SANs
with STEC ZeusIOPS SSDs, go here or visit Storagedata at Booth
A019.
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.
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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 and utilization of STEC's ZeusIOPS SAS SSD; the
benefits, capabilities, performance and cost savings of STEC's
ZeusIOPS SAS SSD and other developing technologies into the storage
and server design market; the benefits, capabilities, performance,
and cost savings from the incorporation of STEC's ZeusIOPS SAS SSD
running on the Storagedata's SAN 3800 and SAN 5000 platforms; and
the evolving storage and server markets. Such forward-looking
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CONTACT: Jerry Steach
Director, Public Relations
STEC, Inc.
+1.415.222.9996
jsteach@stec-inc.com
Cindy Herfs
Director, Public Relations
Storagedata BV
+31.85.4010203
cherfs@storagedata.nl
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