SolidFire Introduces All-Flash SF9605 Node and Flashforward Program

SolidFire, Inc. added its SF Series product line, the SF9605, and announces its FlashForward Program, a storage guarantee.

The SF9605 delivers 34.5TB effective capacity and 50,000 predictable IO/s, continuing SolidFire’s track of driving down the cost of all-flash arrays by providing high density and low cost. It is the latest addition to the product line and delivers the SolidFire feature set, including guaranteed QoS, in-line data reduction, and complete system automation, all in a format that meets the needs of customers where scale out capacity is a primary requirement.

SolidFire announced the FlashForward program, which incorporates two guarantees: a platform compatibility guarantee and an unlimited wear guarantee, both designed to deliver investment protection and peace of mind for customers.

The platform compatibility guarantee protects customers’ investment in SolidFire systems by guaranteeing both software and hardware compatibility for all systems under a support contract. This allows customers to obtain new software functionality free of charge for the life of the system, rather than requiring controller upgrades for major software updates

Furthermore, hardware compatibility ensures that customers can mix SolidFire nodes with their existing system, allowing them to expand with the latest flash technology as their system grows, rather than being locked into a single generation of flash. The platform compatibility guarantee eliminates the hardware replacement, storage migration, and forklift upgrades that are common with traditional enterprise storage systems.

Additionally, SolidFire’s unlimited drive wear guarantee further protects customers by eliminating concerns around flash endurance. Drives within every platform are guaranteed against wear without use-case or workload restriction for any system under an active support contract. With the FlashForward Program, customers can be confident that the storage platform will continuously support their business as IT infrastructure needs evolve.

“For SolidFire customers, the idea of repurchasing, re-configuring and/or upgrading your storage infrastructure and controllers every 3 years is an antiquated concept. Our customers see their next generation data centers in a very different light,” commented Dave Wright, founder and CEO,SolidFire. “SolidFire customers expect their storage infrastructure to have the ability to keep pace not only with their changing business, but with changing flash technology as well as providing long-term investment protection. The idea of installing a rigid storage system only to watch it age and become obsolete faster than you expect is not something we, or our customers, believe in.“

The SF9605 is available for order through SolidFire and its partner network.