Pentius Serves SQL Server Performance With PernixData FVP

PernixData, Inc. announced that Pentius, a global marketer of a variety of web properties and consumer services, has selected PernixData FVP software to optimize the performance of real time transactions and data warehousing functions using SQL server.

By deploying FVP software with Fusion-io PCIe cards, the company avoided an expensive storage upgrade and is delivering microsecond application performance using shared Dell EqualLogic and Nimble Storage Inc.‘s devices.

“The PernixData solution seamlessly works with whatever storage we have in place,” said Martin Toha, CTO, Pentius. “That is the beauty of a decoupled architecture. I get the IO/s I need, when I need them while buying the capacity I need, when I need it.“

PernixData FVP software, the premier platform for scale-out storage acceleration, virtualizes high speed server resources like flash into a clustered acceleration tier that enables IT administrators to scale-out storage performance independent of storage capacity. The result is read and write performance for all virtual applications. By creating a new software-based infrastructure for server-side storage intelligence, PernixData changes how storage is designed and operated in virtual data centers.

PernixData FVP was deployed into Pentius’ environment, with no changes to their existing VMs, servers or storage infrastructure.

Once in place, Pentius saw the following benefits:

• 95% of IO/s offloaded from Pentius’ EqualLogic array in a single day
• Microsecond latencies for most SQL queries
• Saved tens of thousands of dollars by delaying a SAN upgrade

Today, FVP is also front-ending a Nimble storage device, giving the company flash performance for a fraction of the price of an all flash array.