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Texas and NetApp partnership improves performance of solid-state
hard drives
17 February 2009
Texas Memory Systems has entered into a partnership with with NetApp
to certify interoperability between its RamSan-500 solid-state disk and
the V-Series open storage controller.
The combination of the RamSan-500 and V-Series enables enterprises to
greatly improve the return on investment (ROI) of their storage
infrastructure, with sub-millisecond performance, simplified data
management, and better utilisation of their resources.
“IT departments are under unprecedented pressure to boost performance
while leveraging their existing storage architecture,” said Woody
Hutsell, executive vice president at Texas Memory Systems. “Adding the
RamSan-500 and the V-Series makes perfect sense at this time, because
together they can accelerate applications, reduce operating costs, and
extend the useful life of legacy storage by integrating seamlessly into
existing SAN and NAS deployments.”
The RamSan-500 delivers 100,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) and two
gigabytes per second of sustained random read or write bandwidth while
consuming only 300 watts of power. This roughly equates to the
performance of a comparable hard disk–based RAID system with hundreds of
disks. Additionally, the RamSan uses significantly less power and a
fraction of the rack space.
The V-Series open storage controller and Data ONTAP software enable
enterprises to consolidate and virtualise all of their data in order to
protect their storage investment and reduce costs through simplified,
effective data management. Administrators can easily partition networks
and storage, including the tier-0 RamSan-500 SSD. The RamSan-500 can be
utilised as a large, fast networked cache, or otherwise partitioned to
maximise storage efficiency. V-Series thin provisioning and end-to-end
deduplication capabilities can further reduce costs.
"Together, NetApp and Texas Memory Systems are offering customers the
best combination of performance, data management, and storage efficiency
features available in the storage industry today,” said Patrick Rogers,
vice president of Solutions Marketing at NetApp. “Customers with the
most demanding performance requirements can rely on Texas Memory
Systems and NetApp to meet their needs and stand squarely behind them
with certified interoperability and comprehensive postsales support."
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