FlashDisk HX Series Hybrid Disk Array by Winchester Systems

Winchester Systems Inc. announced its FlashDisk HX Series that delivers ‘all flash performance’ in a hybrid disk array.

This 14th generation FlashDisk features dual RAID controllers that represent a level of performance combined with the use SSDs to increase speed. This hybrid array is designed to break the price barrier of using ‘all flash arrays.’

FlashDisk HX Series rear

FlashDisk HX uses a class of performance processors and up to 256GB on-board cache, an eight-fold increase over prior generations. As a hybrid array, a number of SSDs can be assigned to serve as read cache to accelerate performance for the entire array. Dedicated SSD volumes can be assigned for write intensive applications such as transaction processing, database, financial, manufacturing and other random access applications. Thus, this unit delivers all flash performance at close to standard disk array prices.

The FlashDisk HX delivers up to 500,000 IO/s of continuous performance for random access applications or 50 to 100 times faster than standard HDD arrays. It also delivers 12 GB/s data throughput for backup, video, broadcasting and data acquisition, twice the speed of the prior generation.

The 2U base unit holds up to 24×2.5″ HDDs, SSDs and SEDs with capacities ranging from 200GB to 4TB each to provide 4.8TB to 96TB. It offers single or dual controllers and up to 20 ports including FC 8Gb, FC16 Gb, 1GbE and 1 GbE.

“Our SMB accounts made it perfectly clear that they wanted the all flash performance but not the all flash prices,” explained Joel Leider, CEO, Winchester Systems. “The FlashDisk HX Series is the best of both worlds – it delivers all flash performance at near HDD prices,” he added.

Prices for rugged FlashDisk HX start at under $20,000. Products are available and delivery is 2-3 weeks.