sTec Announces Worldwide Availability of s3000 Solid-State Storage Appliance
June 18 2013 - 3:05AM
sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state
storage solutions, today announced worldwide availability of its
recently introduced sTec® s3000 storage appliance. The s3000
combines the performance, reliability and endurance of sTec's
industry-leading solid-state drive (SSD) technology with the two
foremost enterprise-storage operating systems – NexentaStor from
Nexenta Systems, and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 – to
provide storage clustering, virtualization and management features
within a unified, cost-effective hardware configuration.
With up to 96 terabytes (TB) of solid-state storage per
appliance, the s3000 is a significant addition to sTec's
solid-state storage product portfolio of enterprise SSD drives and
caching software that are among the top performing in the
industry. Furthermore, the s3000 demonstrates sTec's
commitment to providing an expansive range of tailored solid-state
storage solutions, directly to the enterprise or through the
company's growing global partner program.
"In providing customized SSD solutions to meet our customers'
storage requirements, we discovered a significant opportunity for
an sTec-developed appliance that blends the power and performance
of sTec SSDs with the capabilities and widespread deployment of
NexentaStor and Windows Storage Server 2012 storage systems," said
Ali Zadeh, corporate senior vice president and chief marketing
officer, and general manager of the Systems and Software Group,
sTec. "The s3000 is an ideal solution for IT managers looking
to tailor their data centers to meet the demanding performance
needs of their data-intensive applications."
"The s3000 reflects a dramatic shift in enterprise systems in
that its cost-effectiveness, scalability and expandability to
several hundreds of terabytes flash storage are paramount
requirements of today's IT managers," said Evan Powell, chief
strategy officer, Nexenta Systems. "Further, its ability to
fit seamlessly into NexentaStor environment means the s3000 can be
deployed quickly and take full advantage of the storage and data
management features of our software."
As with all sTec solid-state storage solutions, the s3000 is
architected for enterprise-class storage, enabling it to address
the critical-data requirements of industries such as oil and gas,
government, telecommunications, and cloud computing. With a
large in-house team of storage, application and data center
experts, sTec is able to work directly with customers to develop
ideal approaches for tailoring their data centers to optimally
incorporate the s3000 along with its other SSD solutions.
With performance as high as 1.2 million IOs per second (IOPS)
and featuring sTec Serial Attached Storage (SAS) SSDs with up to
twice the endurance of competing drives, the s3000 harnesses the
power of sTec SSD technology to reduce application execution time
and increase real-time access to high-demand, shared assets.
By building the s3000 around NexentaStor and Windows Storage
Server 2012, sTec is bringing to market a high-performance storage
appliance that can be integrated with existing storage systems,
enhance traditional file-serving capabilities, and extend
hypervisors such as Hyper-V and file-based storage for application
workloads such as, SQL Server and SharePoint. The s3000 is
particularly applicable in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
environments and those requiring performance-intensive I/O
deployments to achieve higher virtualization consolidation
factors.
The s3000 provides continuous availability and full redundancy
through NexentaStor and Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces
environments, and enables hot-swapping of drives and power
supplies. It offers flexible, unified storage and data
reduction through de-duplication and thin
provisioning. Additionally, the s3000 is highly scalable; it
can be configured with one or two 19-inch rack-mountable drive
shelves, each accommodating as many as 24 SSDs, and can scale up to
eight full interconnected appliances for a total of 768 TB of
solid-state
storage.
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
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 and the sTec logo 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 the sTec s3000 solid-state storage
appliance and solid-state storage solutions; the benefits,
capabilities, and performance from the incorporation of sTec's SSD
technology into the sTec s3000 storage appliance; the benefits of
the sTec s3000 solid-state storage appliance running on Nexenta's
NexentaStor and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 environments;
expanding solid state solutions; sTec's growing global partner
program; the growth of the global storage market; and critical-data
requirements of oil and gas, government, telecommunications, and
cloud computing markets. Such forward-looking statements are based
on current expectations and involve inherent risks and
uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change
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materially from current expectations. Important factors that could
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by sTec, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its
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CONTACT: Jerry Steach
Director, Public Relations
sTec, Inc.
(415) 222-9996
jsteach@stec-inc.com
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