Overland SnapServer DX NAS and iSCSI SAN With SSDs

Overland Storage Inc. announced that SSDs are supported in the SnapServer DX2, a unified NAS and iSCSI SAN storage server.

With the option of utilizing SSD drives, IT managers can now customize the SnapServer DX2 to increase levels of performance when required in high IOP environments, such as virtualization, databases, file serving, and virtual desktop infrastructures. It supports mixing and matching SSD, SAS and SATA hard drives within a single chassis to optimize performance requirements of multiple applications simultaneously, while offering storage consolidation and data protection.

SSDs offer the following benefits:

• Speed: SSDs provide increased IOPs and a much lower latency than tradition spinning disk media.
• Reliability: SSDs provide a MTBF of over two million hours and are more resistant to shock and vibration, making them less likely to fail.
• Durability: SSDs are reliable and for business critical applications since there are no moving parts.
• Efficiency: SSDs require less power and run at a lower temperature than traditional drives, both of which provide cost savings.

Built upon the Guardian Operating System, the SnapServer DX2 supports traditional or DynamicRAID for seamless storage expansion as capacity requirements change over time. Expandable to 288TB and featuring an array of integrated enterprise-class features including snapshots, replication and remote management, it enables storage environments to scale without downtime allowing any size business to run its storage like an enterprise at one-tenth the cost.

"The SnapServer DX Series combined with SSDs is a winning combination that enables our customers to customize their solutions to meet the high performance requirements for business critical applications and virtual environments," said Jeremy Zuber, product marketing manager, Overland Storage. "With the SnapServer DX2, companies with increasing data demands now have an ideal solution that easily grows with their business while providing enterprise features and functionality at a price they can afford."