STEC, Inc. has announced its enterprise-class ZeusIOPS SSDs are now qualified across Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX storage system portfolio, including the next-generation ETERNUS DX8700 S2 Enterprise Storage System. ETERNUS DX8700 S2 supports multiple open system environments and virtualized infrastructures with the integration of STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs, and delivers the high-end storage reliability, performance, flexibility, and cost-efficiency required for mission-critical data center applications.
STEC, Inc. has announced its enterprise-class ZeusIOPS SSDs are now qualified across Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX storage system portfolio, including the next-generation ETERNUS DX8700 S2 Enterprise Storage System. ETERNUS DX8700 S2 supports multiple open system environments and virtualized infrastructures with the integration of STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs, and delivers the high-end storage reliability, performance, flexibility, and cost-efficiency required for mission-critical data center applications.
This isn’t the first time Fujitsu and STEC have collaborated on a successful qualification of STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs; Fujitsu’s earlier generation of ETERNUS DX storage systems was also successful in this achievement. Now, Fujitsu customers from all echelons of the industry (economy, scalable entry-level, midrange and large scale) will be able to benefit from ZeusIOPS SSDs and from the unique and modular architecture of Fujitsu’s new ETERNUS DX8700 S2 storage system.
The ZeusIOPS SSD, which is available on Fujitsu’s ETERNUS DX Series platform, supports a SAS interface, 2.5-inch form factors, and offers large pool of options. In addition, ZeusIOPS SSD’s proprietary STEC SSD controller architecture enables STEC to provide enterprise-optimized storage devices a unique ability to have both performance and energy efficiency.
The latest ETERNUS DX8700 S2 Enterprise Storage System has a unique architecture that can expand based on ever-changing business needs and supports high-end storage applications, multiple open systems environments, and virtualized infrastructures. This will enable users to minimize initial costs by starting with a system as small as two controller modules and four drive enclosures, and then scale as needed. The dual controller configuration can be scaled to eight controllers and can support up to 3,072 SAS-based, 2.5-inch ZeusIOPS SSDs. Another feature of ETERNUS DX8700 S2 is Fujitsu’s new Flexible Data Management function, which enables data to be automatically tiered across different drive types and capacities. This will ensure an optimum service-level in dynamic and fast-changing environments.
