UTRECHT, The Netherlands, and SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and products, and Storagedata, a supplier of enterprise-storage systems, today announced that STEC's ZeusIOPS SAS SSDs are featured in the new SAN 3800 and SAN 5000 systems from Storagedata. The ZeusIOPS SAS SSDs, combined with Storagedata's powerful Storage Management operating system, enable the SAN 3800 and SAN 5000 to deliver outstanding performance -- over 500,000 IOs per second (IOPS) -- and the reliability required by cost-efficient storage-attached network (SAN) applications.
The new SAN 3800 and SAN 5000 featuring the STEC SAS SSDs are being introduced and demonstrated this week at Storage Expo, in Utrecht, the Netherlands (Stand A019).
"Europe represents significant market potential for cost-optimized SAN solutions targeting mid-size companies and enterprises," said Robert Carstensen, CEO, Storagedata. "Because of this potential, we, along with resellers of Storagedata systems, see a huge value in our close collaboration with partners such as STEC and in integrating STEC's leading solid-state-storage solutions into our next-generation SANs. We selected STEC SSDs for their capability to offer consistent and predictable performance, extended endurance and high reliability."
"By combining STEC SSD technology with Storagedata's Storage Management OS, mid-size companies benefit from an extremely powerful storage appliance at an affordable price point," said Davide Villa, vice president of EMEA sales at STEC. "SSDs are often perceived as an expensive storage technology that can be justified only in large enterprise systems. These new Storagedata SANs demonstrate that by combining high-performance SSDs with low-cost rotating media and proper management software, SSDs can offer a dramatic cost reduction for a wide range of companies in need of a powerful storage system."
Scalability, Functionality, Energy Efficiency through STEC SSDs
The new Storagedata SANs provide high-performance storage with exceptional scalability and functionality with low energy consumption at competitive prices. The systems are available with iSCSI and FibreChannel controllers, ranging from six up to 192 drives. Through Storagedata's Active controllers with hardware RAID functionality, the SANs offer superior performance to process tremendous amounts of random access data.
ZeusIOPS SSDs are designed to optimize storage performance in servers and enterprise storage systems, enabling superior IOPS and minimizing bottlenecks associated with traditional hard disk drives. One ZeusIOPS drive can replace hundreds of hard drives and reduce the need for additional DRAM, increasing system utilization and reducing total cost of ownership. ZeusIOPS SSDs can fit seamlessly into existing enterprise servers. Because there are no drivers required, each SSD appears to any system or RAID controller as a standard drive that can be managed by existing storage management tools, delivering true plug-and-play elegance.
To register for Storage Expo and see the new Storagedata SANs with STEC ZeusIOPS SSDs, go here or visit Storagedata at Booth A019.
About STEC, Inc.
STEC, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability and high-endurance needs of today's data-intensive server and storage platforms. With headquarters in Santa Ana, California, and locations worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state knowledge and experience to design, manufacture and deliver the most comprehensive line of PCIe, SAS, SATA, and embedded SSDs on the market today. In addition, STEC's EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software enables IT managers to cost-effectively scale server application performance. For more information, please visit www.stec-inc.com.
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