ColdWatt 650W Power Conversion Platform Adopted by Isilon

ColdWatt’s 650W
power conversion platform has been adopted by Isilon Systems for use in
its new X-Series IQ clustered storage systems, aimed at the next
generation virtualized data center. ColdWatt’s digitally controlled
power supplies deliver an industry-leading combination of power density
and high efficiency, providing an ideal solution for Isilon to help its
customers achieve their green IT goals without sacrificing performance.

ColdWatt’s off-the-shelf solution includes sophisticated engineering
usually reserved for custom products and a superior digital
architecture that delivers value-added features such as hot swap and
communications features for power management. Because of these
features, OEMs such as Isilon are able to focus their resources on
their own core competencies, thus leading to reduced time to market. By
implementing ColdWatt’s 650W platform, Isilon was able to rapidly come
to market with an innovative storage solution that delivers
significantly more performance and value for its customers.

"Because ColdWatt’s power supply is double the power density and
significantly higher efficiency than our previous solution, we were
able to deliver our new X-Series storage nodes that provide up to 60
percent improvement in throughput for data write and random access
while saving approximately 18 percent of overall power consumption,"
said Brett Goodwin, vice president of Marketing and Business
Development, Isilon Systems. "This reduction in power translates to
real savings for our customers where they can either lower their
electric bill or add more storage with a smaller power footprint in
energy constrained environments."

ColdWatt’s redundant power solutions are ideal for enterprise
systems that are going to be deployed with virtualization solutions. In
the next generation virtualized data center the software investment per
node is significant, driving an increased need for redundant power
supplies. As a result, the loading on individual power supplies will be
lighter and high efficiency at light loaded levels becomes even more
important. ColdWatt’s power conversion products answer this market need
by delivering high efficiency across a wide load range.

"Since ColdWatt began shipping power supplies in 2006 to server and
storage vendors, we have said our solutions deliver industry leading
efficiency and density," said ColdWatt CEO Joe Lamoreux. "Our work with
Isilon demonstrates the positive impact ColdWatt’s energy-efficient
power supplies can have on the development of higher performance yet
greener solutions and total cost of ownership. Specifically, our 650W
power supply delivers 90 percent power conversion efficiency, which is
30 percent more efficient than the previous platform’s power supply
used by Isilon."

ColdWatt’s power conversion solutions are significant to the
industry because they effectively address the increasing power
requirements felt by IT equipment vendors and rising energy prices that
are impacting data centers around the world. ColdWatt is currently
shipping a broad range of high efficiency power conversion products to
customers in the server, storage and networking markets and continues
to expand its product portfolio to address additional applications and
a variety of power levels. The company’s digitally controlled family of
AC-DC supplies ranges from 650W to 1625W, and allows system designers
to realize power conversion efficiencies of 88 to 91 percent. The
result is better IT equipment performance density, leading to lower
operational expenditures and total cost of ownership for managers of
next generation data centers.
 

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