Aimed at HPC Applications, Each Newisys Storage Server Features
Seagate SSDs Capable of 49GB/s, Scaling to 1TB/s in a Full Rack
When speed matters in high-performance computing (HPC) storage, Seagate
Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) and Newisys have the industry’s fastest
flash storage design. The two companies today announced that 21 Newisys
NSS-2601 with dual NSS-HWxEA Storage Server Modules deployed with
Seagate’s newest SAS 1200.2 SSD drives can be combined in a single 42U
rack to achieve block I/O performance of 1TB/s with 5PB of storage. Each
Newisys 2U server with 60 Seagate SSDs is capable of achieving bandwidth
of 49GB/s. Newisys is a division of Sanmina Corporation (NASDAQ: SANM)
and a leading provider of data center products for enterprise and cloud
applications.
“This is one of the highest storage densities ever achieved in the
industry, and holds the potential for new breakthroughs in storage
system performance,” said Brett Pemble, VP and general manager of flash
products, Seagate. “Our partnership with Newisys enables us to continue
to innovate with how storage is architected.”
Applications that might benefit most from this flash solution include
those where microseconds matter in processing massive amounts of data.
These applications might include metadata caches for large data centers,
as well as prediction models for financial markets, oil and gas, and
weather that are constantly changing and in need of pushing the
performance envelope in a constant race against time.
“This solution takes advantage of what high-performance SSDs can offer
without sacrificing space, power, cooling or redundancy,” said Eugene
McCabe, EVP of the Newisys product division at Sanmina. “Crossing the
1TB/s threshold in a single rack while leveraging industry standard
products is a major milestone.”
The Newisys NSS-2601 enclosure supports 60 2.5” SAS drives and two
NSS-HWxEA Storage Server Modules. Each NSS-HWxEA Storage Server Module
is a high-performance enterprise class server covering a broad spectrum
of cost-performance requirements. The high-availability, ultra-high
density platform can be configured as a single socket (HW1EA) or dual
socket (HW2EA) server supporting the Intel E5-2600 v3/4 family of Xeon
processors. The modules enable 32 12Gb/s SAS lanes each, and the
enclosure supports the 12Gb/s data path completely through to the end
devices. The solution includes full server redundancy and data-loss
protection capabilities.
The Seagate 1200.2 SAS SSD is the first 12Gb/s SAS device to optimize
dual-channel throughput with up to 1900MB/s sequential reads and offers
multiple endurance choices within a single hardware and firmware design.
The 1200.2 SAS SSD protects data from undetected, unintentional
corruption and prevents unauthorized access with three levels of
security. For enterprise and cloud customers also requiring high data
availability, this SSD drive delivers the data integrity required in the
event of an unexpected power loss.
About Newisys
Newisys, a product division of Sanmina Corporation, provides advanced
data center products including solid-state memory and disk-based storage
server appliances, JBOD storage systems and other products for a variety
of data center and storage applications. Newisys solutions are tailored
for integration into OEMs, System Integrator and Internet Data Center
partners’ products, reducing development and operating costs while
improving time-to-market. More information is available at http://www.newisys.com.
About Seagate
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