NAS Appliances offer centralized management, access.
Press Release Summary:
Powered by Intel® Xeon® quad-core CPUs, FXT 2550 and 2750 are based on A-3 Architecture with Tiered File System, scale-out clustering, as well as virtualization and visibility via GNS capability. Model FXT 2550 includes 72 GB DRAM, 1 GB NVRAM, and 3.6 TB of 15K SAS disk storage; six 1 GbE ports; and 2 copper 10 GbE ports. Dual optical 10 GbE ports are optionally available. Model FXT 2750 has same configuration but substitutes SAS disk tier for 512 GB of Single Level Cell SSD storage.
Original Press Release:
Two New Products from Avere Systems with Global Namespace
Avere Unveils FXT Scale-Out NAS Appliances with Enhanced Hardware Platforms
PITTSBURGH -- Avere Systems today announced two new FXT Series scale-out NAS appliances. The FXT 2550 and 2750 models feature faster Intel Xeon quad-core processors, more capacity on the DRAM storage tier and enhanced connectivity with six 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports, in addition to dual 10GbE ports with copper or optical
options.
The new FXT appliances are based on Avere's A-3 Architecture which
includes three core Avere technologies: a Tiered File System that
dynamically tiers data by intelligently and automatically moving it to
the optimal storage tier based on demand; scale-out clustering,
providing performance scaling and high availability across a cluster of
up to 25 FXT appliances for up to millions of IOPS and dozens of
gigabytes per second throughput; and virtualization and visibility,
leveraging Avere's recently announced GNS capability to manage multiple
heterogeneous NAS systems as one and allowing all clients to access all
data from a single mount point, whether the NAS server is located in a
local data center, remote site or in the cloud.
"These new FXT scale-out appliances leverage Avere's technical
innovations to bring a next-generation NAS experience to customers who
are frustrated with the management complexity, stranded storage capacity
and performance bottlenecks of their current NAS installations," said
Ron Bianchini, Avere President and CEO. "The FXT 2550 and 2750
appliances implement the power of our innovative A-3 architecture that
not only addresses today's fundamental problems of conventional NAS
technology but was designed to be extensible to support future NAS
evolutions."
Avere's FXT 2550 includes 72 GB of DRAM, 1 GB of NVRAM and 3.6 TB of 15K
SAS disk storage, six 1 GbE ports and two copper 10 GbE ports for
$72,500. The unit can be configured with dual optical 10 GbE ports for
$75,500. The FXT 2750 features the same configuration but substitutes
the SAS disk tier for 512 GB of Single Level Cell SSD storage for
$82,500. The dual 10 GbE optical port version sells for $85,500. All of
the new FXT scale-out NAS appliances with the Avere 2.0 Operating System
and global namespace are currently available.
About Avere Systems
Avere delivers breakthrough results for accelerating scale-out NAS
performance, reducing NAS infrastructure costs, minimizing remote-office
latency and lowering overall NAS operating costs. The company's A-3
innovative architecture solves typical NAS challenges of too many disks,
poor scaling and global file access to extend the enterprise by
virtualizing storage and gaining visibility of an organization's
applications, clients and storage. Avere enables organizations to
improve the performance of their current NAS infrastructure and lower
the cost of NAS acquisition while delivering superior economics,
efficiency, visibility and business agility. Learn more at
www.averesystems.com, and you can follow the company on
Twitter.com/averesystems.
