Western Digital Delivers New Data Center Innovations For Big Data And Fast Data Applications
Further extending its value, innovation and reach into the data
center market, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced new
additions to its data center solutions portfolio, giving customers the
flexibility to design modern infrastructures and extract greater value from
data. The new solutions include the ActiveScale™
5.3 object storage system, extensions to the IntelliFlash™
N Series family of all-flash arrays, and the new Ultrastar® Serv60+8
hybrid storage server platform. This broad portfolio provides the building
blocks to rapidly deploy data center solutions for better performance,
efficiency and TCO while opening up opportunities to capture, preserve, access
and transform data in ways that were not previously possible.
Driven by the volume,
velocity and variety of data, from edge to core, data centers are
undergoing tremendous change as organizations try to find innovative ways to
fuel growth while managing flat IT budgets. With new applications and use cases
constantly emerging, driven by IoT, machine learning, AI and analytics, IT
managers must design for the future. Addressing these needs, Western Digital's
new offerings include:
ActiveScale™ 5.3 Object Storage System
Western Digital's ActiveScale P100 and X100 systems represent the
next-generation of object storage for petabyte-scale unstructured data growth.
With ActiveScale 5.3 now supporting up to 19-nines of data durability, the
system facilitates a 'Data Forever' architecture, allowing customers to
economically store petabytes of data over multiple generations of storage with
confidence. New ActiveScale enhancements include Unified Data Access, a NFS
interface for ingest and management of data in traditional file system format
and for improving storage usage in environments with mixed file and object use
cases.
Hybrid cloud replication is new with built-in bucket-level replication
from an on-premises ActiveScale system to an Amazon® AWS™
bucket. It also features 20 percent higher storage density for new and existing
scale-up or scale-out configurations, delivering better economics and improved
data center space efficiency. Western Digital is also introducing Docker™
container support to select customers for more efficient workload deployment
closer to the data. Now available, the ActiveScale family starts at 864TB raw
capacity and can scale to 63PB in a single namespace. Ideal uses cases include
data collaboration, digital repositories for media workflows, analytics,
machine learning, IoT, and tape and legacy NAS consolidation in backup and
archive workloads.
IntelliFlash™ NVMe Flash Arrays
Businesses need to be faster and smarter in order to transform,
innovate and evolve to succeed in the markets they serve. Time-to-decision and
action are critical. As one of the first Unified, NVMe flash arrays to market,
Western Digital's IntelliFlash N Series is specially designed for real-time
transactional applications, machine learning, artificial intelligence and deep
analytics. Western Digital is introducing four new IntelliFlash N-Series
systems to deliver extreme performance with exceptional economics for a wide
range of enterprise workloads. Powered by IntelliFlash OS 3.9, the N Series
portfolio can scale from 19TB to 1.3PB of solid-state storage. Version 3.9
leverages nearly a decade of innovation in flash data management to offer a
full suite of capabilities including multiple protocols, data reduction, data
protection and automated data healing. The new IntelliFlash N Series systems
will be available later this year.
Ultrastar® Serv60+8
Hybrid Storage Server Platform
With a proven track record of adoption into software-defined
storage (SDS) and big data environments around the world, Western Digital's
Ultrastar Data and Ultrastar Serv family of platforms are purpose-built for
DIY, SDS and cost-sensitive environments. New to the family is the Ultrastar
Serv60+8 high-capacity, performance-optimized storage server, representing a
cornerstone in the company's entry into the SDS server market. Designed for SDS
archive, backup, media streaming, content repositories, and remote office and
private-cloud environments, it features dual Intel® Xeon® scalable
processors combined with 60 bays for SSD, HDD or hybrid drive configurations,
and a dedicated high-performance, eight-bay SSD section that can accept SAS,
SATA or NVMe SSDs for added data acceleration.
Its design leverages more than 60 years of storage expertise and patented technologies, including ArcticFlow™ and IsoVibe™ technologies, which help improve reliability, maintain predictable performance, and enhance energy efficiency. The Ultrastar Serv60+8 storage server platforms start at 144TB and are now available, in multiple configurations, through the company's network of worldwide distribution and channel partners.
Its design leverages more than 60 years of storage expertise and patented technologies, including ArcticFlow™ and IsoVibe™ technologies, which help improve reliability, maintain predictable performance, and enhance energy efficiency. The Ultrastar Serv60+8 storage server platforms start at 144TB and are now available, in multiple configurations, through the company's network of worldwide distribution and channel partners.
The ActiveScale 5.3, IntelliFlash N Series and Ultrastar Serv60+8
offerings are natural extensions of Western Digital's data technology
leadership. The company's unique differentiation and value-add comes from its
ability to fine-tune and optimize a complete ecosystem of technologies, from
silicon to systems, to deliver breakthrough value and performance for
customers. By expanding the scope of innovation to encompass software,
processing, interconnect, storage, mechanical and manufacturing
disciplines, this unique Symbiotics
Design™ approach delivers purpose-built products that
provide the performance, reliability, total cost of ownership and
sustainability demanded by data-centric environments today and tomorrow.
Supporting Quotes:
"Enterprises undergoing digital transformation are looking
for improved efficiencies, and consolidating storage workloads onto fewer
platforms, while continuing to meet performance, scalability and availability
requirements. This is something CIOs are actively thinking about," said
Eric Burgener, Research Vice President of Storage at IDC. "With this
announcement, Western Digital is offering a range of modernized infrastructure
that support key new technologies like NVMe, hybrid cloud replication and
software-defined storage. These solutions can cost-effectively meet the
needs of enterprises and cloud providers alike for block, file and object
storage-based workloads in primary and secondary storage environments."
"In this rapidly changing, data-centric world, relentlessly
driven by new technologies, environments, applications and use cases, IT
managers must anticipate and implement solutions that enable and drive their
future productivity and value creation capabilities," said Phil Bullinger,
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Western Digital's Data Center
Systems business unit. "With these new additions, expanding
the breadth and depth of our portfolio, we are enabling our data center
customers to build and scale their operations with the flexibility of complete
systems for easy deployment, and scalable, storage server platforms for DIY SDS
environments. These new capabilities and offerings further expand our
commitment to reducing data center operating costs and delivering higher value
to our customers."
Live Webinar: Beyond Object Storage - Facilitating a Data-Forever
Architecture. Join this live webinar on June 28
at 9am
PDT or 5pm BST, or June 29 at 12pm
CST with Phil Bullinger and Stefaan Vervaet of Western Digital and
Mark Peters of ESG to learn how to get the scale and economics needed to take
control and realize the potential of unstructured data.
Become an Enterprise
BENGALURU, June 29, 2018
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