Rackable
Systems Unveils New Network Attached Storage -- NAS
-- Solution Featuring Scalability, Flexibility and High
Performance [October 4, 2004]
MILPITAS,
Calif., Oct 4, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackable Systems,
Inc., a leading provider of compute and storage servers
for scale out data center deployments, today announced
the latest addition to its family of storage solutions
with the new S3116-NAS Network Attached Storage server
appliance. Built for data centers demanding an affordable
yet high-performance Serial ATA (SATA)-based NAS solution,
Rackable Systems' S3116-NAS server leverages industry-standard
components and a robust feature set to provide a high-value,
cost-effective alternative. Optimized for ease-of-use
and simplified manageability, the S3116-NAS delivers
features traditionally available only on much more expensive
solutions.
"The emergence of commoditization
in the storage market is driving the development of
competitive, lower-cost NAS solutions," said Brad
Nisbet, storage program manager with IDC. "Products
like Rackable Systems' S3116-NAS appliance, which uses
industry-standard components in an open architecture
design, will help customers meet their cost and performance
demands."
"With the launch of the S3116-NAS,
customers no longer have to choose between a low-cost
file server and a high-end, proprietary NAS solution,"
said Geoffrey Noer, senior director of storage products
at Rackable Systems. "Rackable Systems' S3116-NAS
server delivers the ease of management, compatibility
and performance benefits that our customers demand --
in an economical storage appliance that offers enterprise-level
capability."
Featuring enterprise-grade, 100 percent
duty cycle SATA disk drives and up to four terabytes
of storage capacity, Rackable Systems' S3116-NAS appliance
is designed for easy, rapid deployment with minimal
administration and high availability. Leveraging a fully-integrated
NAS software layer from Mountain View Data, the system
delivers shared, heterogeneous access from Linux, UNIX,
Windows and MacOS clients -- based on an advanced journaling
file system supporting snapshots. The S3116-NAS is ideal
for a variety of applications, including video streaming,
rich media archives and near-line storage.
"The Rackable Systems S3116-NAS
server took only minutes to install, was incredibly
easy to use and its performance surpassed our greatest
expectations," said Chris Marks, president of Netfronts,
a leading Web hosting provider. "Deploying this
system has given us the ability to handle the traffic
generated by 30,000 Web sites, which is four times what
we support today."
S3116-NAS Key Features and Benefits
-- Top-tier, industry-standard components
provide high-end
performance at economical acquisition cost
-- Software enables superior manageability
over direct-attached
servers
-- Easy-to-use GUI or command line interface
for rapid deployment
and maintenance
-- Redundant power and superior thermal
design for high
availability
-- Snapshot and snapshot scheduling
for fast data recovery
-- NFS, CIFS and Appletalk protocols,
with NIS and Windows
PDC/Active Directory support
-- Email alert notification
-- Support for leading back-up software
Availability
The S3116-NAS is available immediately. For further
information, please contact Rackable Systems at 408-240-8300
or visit www.rackable.com.
About Rackable Systems' Storage Solutions
Rackable Systems' storage servers offer
a cost-effective solution for customers with high capacity
storage requirements. Like its compute server offerings,
Rackable Systems' storage products offer flexible configurations
tailored to customers' data center environments. With
density levels of up to 336 drives per cabinet and 100TB
of storage, Rackable Systems' broad range of storage
offerings includes file system and application servers
-- and now features the S3116-NAS appliance. Leveraging
an open architecture approach and industry-standard
components, Rackable Systems storage servers are available
in both half-depth and full-depth form factors, offering
a lower total cost of ownership with the benefit of
world-class customer support.
About Rackable Systems
Rackable Systems, Inc. is a leading
provider of compute and storage servers for scale out
data center deployments. The company's patented server
designs feature key competitive advantages in the areas
of density, thermal efficiency, serviceability, power
distribution and remote management. Driven by a fierce
commitment to superior innovation and customer service,
Rackable Systems is one of North America's top server
vendors. Founded in 1999 and based in Milpitas, California,
Rackable Systems customers include Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, nVidia, Tellme Networks, Toshiba
America Electronic Components, U.C.S.C. Human Genome
Project, Webex and Yahoo!.
To learn more about Rackable Systems,
visit www.rackable.com, call 408-240-8300, or email
info@rackable.com.
Rackable Systems is a registered trademark
of Rackable Systems(R), Inc. All other trademarks are
property of their respective holders.
SOURCE: Rackable Systems, Inc.
Rackable Systems
Colette LaForce, 408-240-8324
claforce@rackable.com
or
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
Merrill Freund or Jeremy Towsey-French, 415-512-0770
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