Toshiba SATA SSDs Expanding NetApp SolidFire All-Flash Array Offerings

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) announces that its non-encrypted HK4 SATA Series Data Center SATA SSDs are being utilized in select NetApp SolidFire all-flash array models without encryption, enabling NetApp customers to reach new markets.

As an SSD supplier for NetApp SolidFire, the company demonstrates its commitment to growth in the industry following the IDC market reports¹, which identified Toshiba as the fastest growing vendor for 2016 in the $17 billion SSD segment².

HK4 SATA SSDs will enhance the SolidFire SF4805, SF9605 and SF19210 products, offering data center optimized latency, power, and performance with encryption options for applications, such as analytics, web servers, files servers, database and virtualized environments. The HK4 Series represents Toshiba’s first line of non-encrypted SATA SSDs for SolidFire products, complementing the existing family of encrypted HK4 SSDs.

“Our customers require predictable and highly efficient performance; and they get that with Toshiba Data Center SSDs,” said Daniel Berg, VP, SolidFire production operations, NetApp. “With the addition of Toshiba’s non-encrypted SSDs, NetApp SolidFire products can now address markets where non-encrypted drives are required.“

This integration marks the most recent collaboration between TAEC and NetApp, building on last year’s collaborative efforts during which the two companies announced the availability of FIPS certified SSDs with Toshiba’s PX04S 12Gb³ SAS SSDs for encrypted data environments.

“Toshiba established its US-based storage research and design center to bring innovation closer to its customers like NetApp,” said Jeremy Werner, VP SSD marketing and product planning, TAEC “We are committed to continually offering NetApp a comprehensive portfolio that helps meet the evolving needs of their environment and customers.“

¹Worldwide Solid State Storage Quarterly Update, CY 4Q16 (Feb 2017 – Doc # US41259317)
²Fastest growing vendor as measured by revenue, based on IDC Worldwide Solid State Storage Quarterly Update: 4Q16 Summary (Feb 2017 IDC Doc #US41259317) and IDC Worldwide 4Q16 HDD Shipment Results and Four-Quarter Forecast Update (Feb 2017 – Doc #US4230667). 2015 revenue and unit baseline includes separate results from companies merged with non-affiliate third-party companies in 2016.
³Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.