SANTA CLARA, Calif. (June 18, 2007) — Solid Data Systems, Inc., the leading global provider of solid-state storage systems, announced today that it has significantly reduced pricing on its family of solid-state disk (SSD) systems in response to the decreasing cost of memory. In doing so, Solid Data has broken through the once thought impenetrable price barrier of $100/Mb.
"Today, our customers can purchase 100 Gigabytes of Fibre SSD for what 10 Gigabytes of SCSI SSD would have cost in 2002, a 10X price reduction and a 10X density improvement in just five years," said Wade Tuma, CEO of Solid Data Systems, Inc. "Additionally, our customers benefit from the improved performance of Fibre connectivity and modular design of the newer SSD systems."
Solid Data's SSDs store and retrieve data with a latency of less than 10 microseconds, making these appliances the lowest latency, non-volatile, external storage systems in the industry. While more expensive than rotating disks in cost per byte, the total cost of ownership (TCO) of Solid Data's SSD solutions can be significantly lower when considering additional expenses such as servers, licensing, power consumption and maintenance costs. When databases are small, the entire database is placed on SSD. For larger databases, subsets of the database that have critical impact on performance (such as roll-back segments, logs, temporary sort areas, indices, and heavily accessed tables) are stored on SSD, while data less critical to application performance are stored conventionally. In either configuration, the result is significantly improved performance and reliability, at a lower cost per transaction.
Solid Data's SSDs also provide an option for large on-line and distributed databases, such as those used in the telecommunications industry, where server memory in multiple servers is used for fast access. As on-line and telecommunications distributed databases expand to terabyte levels it becomes difficult and costly to manage the large number of servers required. SSDs allow a significant reduction of the number of servers while still providing main memory speeds.
All SD2000 and SD3000 systems are designed with high-bandwidth data paths and dual Fibre Channel connections, including active/active multipathing via Veritas DMP. Other high-availability features include patented error detection and correction (EDAC), and Solid Data's Remote Monitoring and Reporting (RMR™) feature. Unique to the SD3000 and SD3000X2 systems is the Permarack™ feature, which allows for modular replacement of 100% of all active components and subassemblies without de-racking.
Solid Data's new pricing is effective across the company's fibre product line June 15, 2007. Contact Solid Data at (408) 845-5797 or visit www.soliddata.com for more details.
About Solid Data
Solid Data Systems, Inc., founded in 1993, is the leading global provider of solid-state storage systems that speed application performance and lower total cost of ownership. Solid Data has systems installed in over 30 countries. Solid Data is a Microsoft Certified Partner, and products are sold and serviced globally through a partnership with Hewlett Packard. Solid Data products are also available from Sun and IBM. Customers include the world's largest technology resellers, systems integrators, financial services, telecommunications providers and government agencies. For more information about the company and its products, visit www.soliddata.com.
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