StorONE and Western Digital Deliver Scalable, Smart Storage for America’s Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen relies on the combined solution to manage video and backup data, benefiting from AI-smart tiering, high stability, and operational simplicity
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on October 6, 2025 at 2:01 pmStorONE, developer of an efficient storage platforms, is helping America’s Test Kitchen – a popular brand that tests cookware and supermarket ingredients to help home cooks find the best quality products – to achieve greater data reliability and operational simplicity. This long-standing enterprise customer is benefiting from the combined power of StorONE’s software platform and Western Digital’s enterprise Ultrastar HDD drives (HDDs) and praises the unmatched stability and simplicity the solution delivers.

“The synergy between StorONE’s software and Western Digital’s HDDs gives us peace of mind,” said Dustin Brandt, director, America’s Test Kitchen. “The system runs flawlessly-we simply don’t need to worry about storage. StorONE’s platform is incredibly stable and simple to operate, and Western Digital’s Ultrastar HDDs have been rock-solid. This frees up our time to focus on what really matters to our business.”
Combined with Western Digital enterprise HDDs, StorONE’s solution provides optimal security and cost-efficiency through intelligent auto-tiering, while maintaining full data availability and long-term retention. The software was purpose-built to maximize performance and longevity by moving data seamlessly between flash and HDD tiers.
“StorONE’s software is engineered from the ground up for precisely this type of workload-balancing flash and HDD for the best of both worlds,” said Gal Naor, CEO, StorONE. “We provide instant access to data at a fraction of the cost, securely, with no compromise on reliability.”
This storage solution continues to deliver unparalleled ROI for organizations looking to reduce costs without sacrificing performance, reliability or security. “We’re proud to see our HDDs powering storage solutions that scale with today’s data realities-efficiently and reliably,” said Ahmed Shihab, Chief Product Officer, Western Digital. “StorONE’s platform taps into the full capability of our drives to deliver a dependable, low-friction experience. It’s the kind of solution that lets customers focus less on managing storage and more on driving their business forward.”
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