AccelStor NeoSapphire 3400 Series Achieved VMware Ready Certification

AccelStor, Inc., a software-defined all-flash array provider, announced that its NeoSapphire 3400 series has been awarded the Storage Hardware Certification for vSphere as an Elite member of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program.

This certification allows AccelStor’s customers to use 10GbE models of the NeoSapphire 3400 series with their VMware virtualized environment. AccelStor will be demonstrating the NeoSapphire 3706-ES1 all-flash array and its new management plug-in software for vSphere Web Client at VMworld 2016 in Las Vegas, NV.

“We are pleased that AccelStor’s NeoSapphire 3400 series qualifies for the VMware Ready logo, signifying to customers that it has met specific VMware interoperability standards and works effectively with VMware cloud infrastructure. This signifies to customers that AccelStor’s NeoSapphire 3400 series all-flash storage appliances can be deployed in production environments with confidence and can speed time to value within customer environments,” said Kristen Edwards, director, technology alliance partner program, VMware.

“The industry is already reacting very favorably to our entire product range, and VMware Ready certification can only add to that,” said Charles Tsai, president, AccelStor. “AccelStor offers enterprise users the assurance when they need to confidently deploy reliable and powerful virtualization environment. The NeoSapphire series and its interoperability with VMware help to enhance our customer experience and increase the deployment velocity.“

AccelStor Attains VMware Ready Certification
AccelStor is an Elite-level VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP), providing VMware-certified all-flash arrays that inter-operate with VMware software solutions. AccelStor’s complete NeoSapphire 3400 series of all-flash arrays (the NS3401, NS3405, NS3411, and NS3413) have all been awarded VMware’s Storage Hardware Certifications for vSphere status, and are VMware Ready Storage and listed on the VMware Solution Exchange website.

Enterprise users are finding these arrays a flawless fit for their virtualization scenarios, and also boosting virtualized environment storage performance, bringing the experience of running I/O-intensive applications inside VMs to the next level.

Experience NeoSapphire 3706-ES1’s Superior Reliability for Yourself
The HA NeoSapphire 3706-ES1 provides sustained 360,000 IO/s for 4KB random writes, with a standard dual-port iSCSI over 10GbE connections and modular redundancy to protect data and avoid downtime.

Reliability is also imperative for enterprise applications, and is emphasized by NeoSapphire all-flash arrays. On the VMworld 2016 show floor, AccelStor will be demonstrating the NeoSapphire 3706-ES1 all-flash array, with an advanced shared-nothing architecture that totally eliminates any single point of failure. NeoSapphire 3706-ES1 contains two complete nodes in one appliance, with real-time data synchronization between nodes through the AccelStor-developed patent-pending FlexiRemap HA software technology and a low-latency interlink. The active-active design of NeoSapphire 3706-ES1 ensures instant failover with almost zero downtime upon component failure.

This video explains these reliability features.

Virtualized I/O Performance Demonstrated
This video demonstrates the I/O performance of NeoSapphire all-flash arrays paired with VMware hypervisors.

New Software Plug-in for Easier Management
At VMworld 2016, AccelStor will also be showcasing the upcoming NeoSapphire management plug-in for vSphere Web Client. With this new extension software, users of VMware hypervisors can perform management tasks, including volume manipulation on NeoSapphire all-flash arrays, via the familiar user interface, and within the existing virtualization environment. This management plug-in underlines AccelStor’s commitment to the broad community of virtualization users, and evidences the closer integration between AccelStor products and VMware solutions.