Stec ZeusIOPS SSDs Integrated by Fujitsu

STEC, Inc. announced that its enterprise ZeusIOPS SSDs are qualified across Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX storage system portfolio including the new ETERNUS DX8700 S2 Enterprise Storage System.

The integration of STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs into Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX8700 S2 storage system supports multiple open system environments and virtualized infrastructures, while delivering the storage reliability, performance, flexibility and cost-efficiency required for mission-critical data center applications.

Fujitsu and STEC previously collaborated on the qualification of STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs into Fujitsu’s earlier generation of ETERNUS DX storage systems. Now, the full range of Fujitsu’s storage customers covering economy, scalable entry-level, midrange and large scale data center system segments, will experience the benefits that ZeusIOPS SSDs provide, and with the modular architecture of Fujitsu’s new ETERNUS DX8700 S2 storage system, will scale to customer’s growth.

"Fujitsu has been a valuable partner to STEC over the years and we are pleased that our flagship ZeusIOPS SSDs are now qualified across the entire Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Series platform," said Manouch Moshayedi, STEC’s Chairman and CEO. "We are excited to be contributing to the enhancement of Fujitsu’s next-generation storage systems, and with their innovative architecture, will help us reach many new end-users. These latest qualifications with Fujitsu are emblematic of how we continue to be the SSD vendor of choice for many of the world’s leading storage OEMs."

The ZeusIOPS SSD available on Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX Series platform supports a SAS interface, 2.5-inch form factors, and offers options, including a range of capacities and sustainable IOPS that helps relieve system bottlenecks commonly associated with HDD. Fundamental to the ZeusIOPS SSD family is the proprietary STEC SSD controller architecture that enables STEC to provide enterprise-optimized storage devices with a combination of performance and energy efficiency.

"Our new ETERNUS DX8700 S2 rewrites the rules by making the leap from a monolithic to modular architecture, and in combination with STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs, provides mission-critical levels of reliability and performance demanded by the enterprise, without unnecessary expenses or additional upfront investments," said Yasuhito Arikawa, General Manager of Storage Systems Division, Storage Systems Unit at Fujitsu. "By offering STEC’s industry-leading ZeusIOPS SSDs across the entire ETERNUS DX Series, IT professionals working with SAN, DAS or NAS configurations are afforded the benefits of superior performance, reliability and endurance, while reducing power consumption in their implementation of SSDs."

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