Toshiba Solution Qualified by Supermicro

Toshiba’s Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc, announced that a complete tiered solution of its enterprise HDDs and SSDs have been qualified by Super Micro Computer, Inc., in delivering computing solutions to the enterprise.

As part of Supermicro’s storage offerings, this ensures enterprise customers will be able to deploy Toshiba drives in each tier of the solution-from SSDs and HDDs for tier 0 and tier 1 storage requirements, to HDDs for nearline storage applications.

The qualified drives include:

• MKx001GRZB enterprise SSD: 2.5-inch SSD series, representing the highest level of a tiered storage architecture, is offered in capacities of 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB and utilize the 32nm enterprise grade SLC NAND flash memory and 6Gb/s SAS interface. They are designed for enterprise customers requiring the performance, endurance, and lower power consumption in mission- critical applications. Combined with a power requirement of only 6.5 watts at operation, the Toshiba SSD also delivers a power efficiency rating of 13,800 IOPS/watt.
• MBE2147RC: 2.5-inch SAS HDD series with storage capacity of up to 147GB targeted at a range of enterprise applications, from high-end servers to disk storage arrays. With low power consumption (4.1 watts/idle), 15,000 RPM speed and 6BG/sec SAS interface, they an environmentally-focused solution for enterprise applications requiring performance and power efficiency in mission-critical applications.
• MBF2600RC/RE series: 2.5-inch SAS HDD series which offers storage capacity of up to 600GB for demanding server applications. they feature a 10,025 RPM spin speed, 6 Gb/sec SAS interface, and an enhanced power condition state technology enabling lower RPM spin speeds when not in use, allowing for up to 28% reduction in power consumption.
• MKx001TRKB/MKx002TSKB series: 3.5" HDDs are designed to support enterprise applications where reliability, capacity, and performance are required. With storage capacity of 2TB, 7,200 RPM spin speed, 6Gb/sec SAS and 3Gb/sec SATA interfaces these drives provide 24/7 operation, ECC,  Rotational Vibration technology for multiple drive systems and 1.2 million hours MTBF.

"Enterprises are increasingly deploying tiered storage networks as a cost-effective way to maximize both storage performance and efficiency in a world driven by ever-increasing amounts of corporate data," said Joel Hagberg, vice president of marketing at Toshiba’s Storage Products Business Unit. "Toshiba and Supermicro are both focused on delivering advanced tiered storage solutions that enable enterprises to meet that challenge. Today’s announcement builds on that on-going relationship and we look forward to even greater collaboration with Supermicro to meet future customer needs."

"Supermicro’s server and storage Building Block Solutions provide the most configurable platforms for deploying scalable high-performance, high-efficiency, tiered storage solutions," said Wally Liaw, Vice President, Sales International at Supermicro. "Our expanding qualification of Toshiba’s enterprise-class HDDs and SSDs provides Supermicro customers with a greater range of performance oriented, power conserving storage options optimized for sophisticated data management applications."