SANTA CLARA, Calif. (April 15, 2003) - Solid Data Systems, the leader in solid-state storage systems, today introduced the world's fastest data access solution for fibre channel connected server, cluster, and storage area network (SAN) environments. The new SD3000 solid-state disk (SSD) system boosts server performance up to 10 times in transaction-intensive applications, enabling more efficient utilization of the customer's server and storage investments. By optimizing and extending the performance of existing servers and storage, customers can lower their total cost of ownership up to five-fold, while significantly increasing overall performance of the SAN environment.
"In order to achieve the high levels of performance needed for high-volume transactions and messaging, customers typically utilize about 15% of their storage and server capacity," said Gary Taggart, president and chief executive officer for Solid Data Systems. "At the same time, their personnel, database, maintenance, and software licensing costs are based on 100% utilization. The bottom line is that they are paying for 50 to 65% more capacity than they need. When a customer moves the response-critical data (which is typically 5%) from a disk subsystem to the SD3000, utilization can approach 80%. In a SAN infrastructure, this can reduce customers' costs five fold."
"We conducted benchmark performance tests on the new Solid Data SD3000 system, initially testing it with a Sun Ultra10 one-way server to establish baseline performance," said Paul Bertucci, senior director at Collaborative Consulting, a leading provider of performance engineering and application development services. "Then we combined the SD3000 with the more powerful Sun E450 four-way server and saw up to 67% performance improvements. An interesting thing to note is that the combination of the SD3000 plus the one-way server outperformed the more powerful four-way server without SSD. This is asking a lot from the one-way Ultra10 since it was not intended to support unlimited growth."
SAN technology can successfully reduce IT costs through storage consolidation when the consolidated data is comprised of infrequently accessed information. However, SAN installations incur performance problems and often fail when response critical data is consolidated. The SD3000 overcomes these performance problems and enables the promise of SANs to be realized.
The SD3000 also multiplies the value of storage management and virtualization software by supporting policy-based placement of hot data files in a SAN cache that is orders of magnitude faster than ordinary disk storage. This architectural approach enables customers to meet their performance needs by combining SSD with modular disk arrays in a storage network, and minimizes the need for high-priced monolithic disk arrays that are often underutilized in transaction-intensive application environments.
According to Jerry Martuscelli, Solid Data's Global Account Manager for Hewlett-Packard, "Our solid-state disk products have proven themselves in transaction-intensive applications and high-availability environments, particularly among HP's customers in telecommunications and financial services. The new SD3000 further enhances the infrastructure for storage virtualization, block services and file services on storage networks. This new product has received very positive reception from HP."
SD3000 Fibre Channel SSD
The SD3000 stores and retrieves data with a latency of less than 10 microseconds, making it the fastest non-volatile, external storage system in the industry - 500 times faster than mechanical disk storage. It provides extremely fast, random-access storage for frequently accessed application data such as message queues, transaction logs, and database indexes, enabling customers to multiply the throughput of mission-critical application servers. When deployed on a SAN, the SD3000 serves as non-volatile shared storage for the most transaction-intensive applications, and as a repository for critical infrastructure data such as file-system metadata and virtual-storage address tables.
The SD3000 supports fibre channel arbitrated loop, point-to-point and switched fabric connections through its dual fibre channel ports. Data storage capacities range from 4 to 24GB in a 3U rack-mount enclosure, and the new product line incorporates robust data protection features and advanced remote management functionality.
All SD3000 systems are designed with high-bandwidth data paths and dual Fibre Channel connections with path fail over. Other high-availability features include patented error detection and correction (EDAC), dual AC line cords, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans, built-in UPS, hot-swappable data retention hard drive and Solid Data's Remote Monitoring and Reporting (RMR™) feature. RMR supports SNMP for traps and monitoring with packages such as CA Unicenter, HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli. RMR also supports a password-protected Web browser interface for anytime, anywhere remote monitoring and diagnostics.
Price and Availability
Pricing for the SD3000 ranges from less than $50,000 at lower capacities to $116,000 fully configured. The SD3000 is available immediately from Solid Data and select resellers, and on-site service for the SD3000 is available worldwide.
About Solid Data Systems
Solid Data Systems is the leading global provider of solid-state storage systems that multiply the throughput of business-critical, transaction-intensive applications. Solid Data's products are based on solid-state memory technology and provide near-instant access to data storage. These compact, rack-mount systems combine the speed of main memory with the persistence (non-volatility) of external disk storage - enabling enterprises to multiply the transaction performance of general-purpose systems, reduce complexity, and scale their infrastructures cost effectively. Customers include global telecommunications equipment integrators and financial service providers. Visit Solid Data on the web at www.soliddata.com.
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Media Contact:
| Jerry Martuscelli |
| Solid Data Systems +1 408-845-5794 |
| jmartuscelli@soliddata.com |