E8 Storage Opts for HGST Ultrastar SN200 Series PCIe SSD From Western Digital

E8 Storage Systems Ltd has selected NVMe SSDs from HGST, a Western Digital brand, as the next-generation storage vendor pushes the boundaries of performance for the enterprise and software-defined cloud.

By embedding HGST Ultrastar SN200 family PCIe SSDs from Western Digital into E8 Storage’s NVMe enclosure and patented software architecture, customers will benefit from 10x increase in performance, 50% lower TCO, and up to 153TB in a 2U enclosure.*

“E8 Storage’s choice of leading storage brand HGST is in line with our focus on the highest quality storage solutions available, and the inclusion of Ultrastar SN200 PCIe SSDs into E8 Storage’s NVMe enclosure enables us to meet an important need in the enterprise and cloud storage market,” said Zivan Ori, CEO and co-founder, E8. “We are pleased to incorporate these solutions into our offering and further strengthen the value we offer to our end-users.“

“The superior performance, capacity and reliability of HGST SSDs have made them critical for meeting the extreme data demands of in-memory compute applications and critical-response workloads,” said Ulrich Hansen, VP of SSD product marketing, Western Digital. “Compliant with NVMe and leveraging Western Digital flash storage advancements, our Ultrastar SN200 PCIe SSDs expand the possibilities of the storage layer in the compute stack. The combination of these innovative SSDs and E8 Storage’s NVMe enclosure and software architecture offers a compelling balance of performance and value for data centers looking to take advantage of the benefits of NVMe.“

The HGST Ultrastar SN200 Series PCIe SSD, an NVMe compliant family of PCIe SSDs, deliver performance with storage-class capacity and persistence. It is offered as a highly serviceable and hot swappable dual-ported SFF 2.5-inch drive, with capacities up to 7.68TB. It allows E8 to reach up to 153TB in a 2U solution, enabling increases in capacity without compromising on IO/s performance.

As a software-defined NVMe solution, E8 maximizes the performance of off-the-shelf NVMe SSDs and delivers the benefits of local flash and centralized storage. Ultrastar SN200 Series 7.68TB NVMe drives help provide E8 with high capacity, performance and low latency for NoSQL/SQL databases and real-time applications.

With the addition of dual-port access to the drives, the Ultrastar SN200 Series works with the E8-D24 dual controller appliance to deliver HA and reliability. E8’s solution is a choice for enterprise applications such as real-time market data analytics, hyper-scale data centers and HPC.

* Performance based on internal lab testing at E8 in comparison with published all flash array performance