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Verari Systems Introduces VB5150 Storage Subsystem
VB5150 Storage Subsystem for BladeRack 2 blade server platform defines new era of storage systems that deliver high performance, maximum storage density and fully featured storage and server management.
By Mike LaPan (858) 874-3800
Orlando, Fla., October 30, 2006 – Verari Systems™, the premier developer of powerful, platform-independent blade computing and storage systems, today announced the Verari Systems BladeRack™ 2 VB5150 Storage Subsystem, a new storage solution designed to address a broad set of network-attached storage (NAS) requirements in both HPC and Enterprise markets.
The VB5150 is the first in the family of Verari Systems’ BladeRack 2 blade-based Storage Subsystems designed to provide the highest density NAS platform with low acquisition cost and lowest total cost of ownership of any storage system available. The flexibility in deploying the storage modules makes the VB5150 Storage Subsystem appealing to a broad category of customers and is particularly well-suited for applications requiring low cost per terabyte, high capacity network attached storage.
“The introduction of the VB5150 Storage Subsystem will usher in a new era in NAS storage,” said David Driggers, CTO, Verari Systems. “We have advanced the innovative design of the BladeRack 2 compute clusters and have integrated the VB5150 systems into this high-density, energy efficient architecture. This will enable customers to store more data, in less space, improve data center efficiency and reduce the overall total cost of ownership for their NAS systems.”
The VB5150 Storage Subsystem is made up of a VB1150 Head Node and four VB1055S Disk Blades. The Head Node contains the NAS I/O processing, RAID controller and the power and connectivity to the four VB1055S Disk Blades. Each VB1055S Disk Blade houses 10 SATA II or SAS hot swappable hard drives (40 total per VB5150 Storage Subsystem) providing a total capacity of 30TB per VB5150 Storage Subsystem.
Twelve VB5150 Storage Subsystems can be deployed in a single BladeRack 2 platform providing a total capacity of 360TB in a single rack while requiring only 7.6 square feet of floor space. Similar to Verari’s other blade offerings, the VB5150 can be mixed with other compute and I/O blade offerings in the same BladeRack 2 rack allowing for greater flexibility.
The VB5150 Storage Subsystem is specifically designed for the BladeRack 2 platform and incorporates the patented vertical cooling and efficient power utilization of the BladeRack 2. The VB5150 Storage Subsystem can be centrally managed along with other Verari Systems’ BladeRack 2 compute and I/O blade offerings through the recently announced Verari Command Center management software.
For more information about the VB5150 Storage Subsystems, please visit http://www.verari.com.
About Verari Systems
Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of powerful, flexible and scalable platform-independent blade-based compute and storage solutions that are defining a new era in enterprise and high performance utility computing for the data center. Organizations such as Akamai, CGGVeritas, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm and Sony Imageworks, as well as top universities and research institutions worldwide, are among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems' line of high density blade servers, modular storage blades, rack-optimized servers and award-winning software solutions. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique solutions, please visit us on the web at http://www.verari.com or call (888) 942-3800.
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