Dot Hill Expands Partnership with Newtech

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has expanded its strategic partnership with Newtech Co., Ltd., to better address the needs of midrange storage customers in Japan. Newtech, a leading provider of small to midrange enterprise storage products and solutions in Japan, has added the Dot Hill 5730 midrange storage array to its portfolio of storage solutions.
 
“Midrange customers in Japan expect robust performance, but green features are increasingly important requirements in the purchasing process,” said Yasuhito Kasahara, chief executive officer, Newtech. “The Dot Hill 5730 delivers on all fronts, with numerous green benefits including a DC power option for improved energy efficiencies and cost savings in the data center, as well as enhanced performance features and the ability to scale up to 108 terabytes of capacity.”
 
Like all Dot Hill products offered by Newtech, the 5730 is based on the R/Evolution architecture and is compliant with RoHS and WEEE standards. Additionally, the 5730 features Dot Hill’s EcoStor battery-free alternative for cache memory, which leverages a combination of super capacitors and flash memory that outlasts traditional batteries nearly fivefold. Business benefits include lower maintenance and disposal costs and reduced server and application down time due to scheduled battery replacement and maintenance.
 
“The 5730 rounds out Newtech’s portfolio of Dot Hill storage products, providing a competitive edge for their customers in the Japan midrange storage market,” said Dana Kammersgard, president and chief executive officer, Dot Hill. “With the positive reception we’ve had thus far to the 5730, we’re optimistic that Newtech’s strong customer support network and the compelling value of the 5730 will be a winning combination for midrange storage customers.”
 
Dot Hill 5730 Midrange Arrays
Based on Dot Hill’s proved R/Evolution Architecture, the Dot Hill 5730 scales to support up to 108 mixed SAS/SATA disk drives, and up to 108 TBs with 1 TB SATA disk drives, yet offers a small footprint (2U) for increased floor-tile density. The 5730 offers enhanced processing power, providing more than 1.6 GB/second read and 1.3 GB/second write throughput and 375,000 IOPS, driving application performance to new levels in a variety of environments, including telecommunications and military. The 5730 is certified to NEBS Level 3 requirements and tested to meet MIL-STD 810F certification requirements for land, sea and air deployment.
 
The 5730 is a key member of the Dot Hill Unified Architecture methodology promoting a consistent user experience in both the entry level and midrange markets. This results in a common set of component Field Replaceable Units (disk drives, power supplies), a common Data Management Services infrastructure, a common graphical user interface/operation, and a common data structure. This revolutionary approach drives incremental efficiencies throughout the partner and customer base.
 
The 5730 offers advanced data protection services, including RAID 6 support for protection against double disk failures during longer rebuild times of high capacity disk drives. In addition, 5730 customers can use Dot Hill’s AssuredCopy volume copy technology to create independent data volume copies for additional data protection. Customers can license Dot Hill’s AssuredSnap snapshot capability for improved data availability and business continuity, for up to 256 snapshots per subsystem.