SanDisk
Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK),
a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced that its SAS
enterprise solid state drives (SSDs), available in Dell PowerEdge®
R720 and PowerEdge® T620 servers, have been certified by
VMware as a supported flash tier of VMware Virtual SAN™.
VMware Virtual SAN is a new software-defined storage tier that clusters
server direct-attached hard disk drives (HDDs) and SSDs to create a
highly resilient shared storage solution optimized for virtual machines.
“Dell PowerEdge servers are designed to handle the most demanding
workloads with superb stability, efficiency and long-term value, and the
SSDs included in these solutions are a key element to that performance,”
said Brian Payne, executive director of server solutions, Dell. “The
combined solution of SanDisk SSDs within the Dell PowerEdge R720 and
PowerEdge T620 servers provide a strong platform for VMware
Virtual SAN.”
VMware Virtual SAN is an innovative software solution that extends the
hypervisor to pool both compute and storage, creating a highly efficient
software-defined converged infrastructure. VMware Virtual SAN is
seamlessly integrated with VMware vSphere® and implements a
scale-out, highly available architecture with built-in read/write
caching on SSDs for high performance. SanDisk SSDs are designed to work
seamlessly with VMware Virtual SAN, providing enterprise performance
equivalent to traditional storage with lower capital and operating
expenses significantly reducing total cost of ownership.
The inclusion of SanDisk enterprise SAS SSDs enables performance and
scalability, all while minimizing IO storage latency for read and write
operations. The combination of SanDisk SSDs with Dell servers is a
strong solution to run VMware Virtual SAN, and allows customers to fully
leverage its built-in caching and high resiliency capabilities to
minimize storage latency, while preventing data loss in the event of
disk, host or network failures.
“VMware Virtual SAN is designed to provide a simple and resilient tier
of storage for virtual machines,” said John Gilmartin, vice president
and general manager, SDDC Suite Business Unit, VMware. “SanDisk’s SAS
SSDs with VMware Virtual SAN can provide our joint customers with a
high-performance and cost-effective storage solution.”
About SanDisk Enterprise SSDs
SanDisk SSDs are available in a 2.5-inch standard form factor with
capacities ranging from 200GB to 1600GB. These drives are designed to
integrate seamlessly into existing SAS enterprise storage and server
systems without the need for modifications to existing applications,
operating systems or infrastructure. For real-world workloads, SanDisk
drives maintain very low response times under the heaviest of workloads.
This enables system designers to build high-performance RAID storage
solutions with multi-terabyte capacities using fewer drives.
“SanDisk’s breadth of enterprise storage offerings center around high
performance, reliability and endurance, and the certification of our
SSDs in Dell PowerEdge R720 and T620 servers for VMware VSAN is a
testament to that quality assurance,” said Steve Fingerhut, vice
president of marketing, SanDisk Enterprise Storage Solutions.
“Leveraging this new virtualized platform, enterprise customers can take
advantage of these powerful hardware and software solutions to enhance
existing data center infrastructures.”
For additional information about SanDisk Enterprise SSDs, please visit http://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/sas/.
For details about the new VMware VSAN technology platform, go to http://www.vmware.com/products/virtual-san/.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company,
is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For more than 25 years,
SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of storage, providing trusted and
innovative products that have transformed the electronics industry.
Today, SanDisk’s quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of
many of the world's largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smart
phones, tablets and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available at
hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information,
visit www.sandisk.com.
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