sTec s3000 SSD Appliance Available

sTec, Inc. announced worldwide availability of its recently introduced sTec s3000 storage appliance.

It combines the performance, reliability and endurance of sTec’s SSD technology with the two enterprise-storage OSs – NexentaStor from Nexenta Systems, Inc. and Windows Storage Server 2012 – to provide storage clustering, virtualization and management features within a unified, cost-effective hardware configuration.

With up to 96TB of solid-state storage per appliance, the s3000 is an addition to sTec’s solid-state storage product portfolio of enterprise SSDs and caching software. Furthermore, it demonstrates sTec’s commitment to providing a range of tailored solid-state storage solutions, directly to the enterprise or through the company’s growing global partner program.

"In providing customized SSD solutions to meet our customers’ storage requirements, we discovered a significant opportunity for an sTec-developed appliance that blends the power and performance of sTec SSDs with the capabilities and widespread deployment of NexentaStor and Windows Storage Server 2012 storage systems," said Ali Zadeh, corporate SVP and CMO, and GM of the systems and software group, sTec. "The s3000 is an ideal solution for IT managers looking to tailor their data centers to meet the demanding performance needs of their data-intensive applications."

"The s3000 reflects a dramatic shift in enterprise systems in that its cost-effectiveness, scalability and expandability to several hundreds of terabytes flash storage are paramount requirements of today’s IT managers," said Evan Powell, chief strategy officer, Nexenta. "Further, its ability to fit seamlessly into NexentaStor environment means the s3000 can be deployed quickly and take full advantage of the storage and data management features of our software."

As with all sTec solid-state storage solutions, the s3000 is architected for enterprise storage, enabling it to address the critical-data requirements of industries such as oil and gas, government, telecommunications, and cloud computing. With an in-house team of storage, application and data center experts, sTec is able to work directly with customers to develop approaches for tailoring their data centers to incorporate the s3000 along with its other SSD solutions.

With performance as high as 1.2 million IOPS and featuring sTec SAS SSDs, the s3000 harnesses the power of sTec SSD technology to reduce application execution time and increase real-time access to high-demand, shared assets. By building the s3000 around NexentaStor and Windows Storage Server 2012, the company is bringing to market a performance storage appliance that can be integrated with existing storage systems, enhance traditional file-serving capabilities, and extend hypervisors such as Hyper-V and file-based storage for application workloads such as, SQL Server and SharePoint. The s3000 is particularly applicable in VDI environments and those requiring performance-intensive I/O deployments to achieve higher virtualization consolidation factors.
 
The s3000 provides continuous availability and redundancy through NexentaStor and Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces environments, and enables hot-swapping of drives and power supplies. It offers flexible, unified storage and data reduction through de-duplication and thin provisioning. Additionally, the s3000 is scalable; it can be configured with one or two 19-inch rack-mountable drive shelves, each accommodating 24 SSDs, and can scale up to 8 interconnected appliances for a total of 768TB of storage.

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