The Company's NEBS Certified and MIL-STD-810F Compliant Midrange RAID Offering Now Offers DC Power Support for Energy Savings in the Data Center
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:HILL), a market leader in providing flexible storage offerings and responsive service and support to OEMs and system integrators (SIs), today announced general availability of its 5730 Fibre Channel storage arrays with Direct Current (DC) power supplies.
The DC power supply option enables users to leverage DC power for improved energy efficiencies and cost savings in the data center and remote/mobile environments.
"Energy efficiency in the data center is a growing concern for technology vendors and their customers today," said Dave Reinsel, IDC group vice president, storage and semiconductor research. "We are beginning to see a shift in IT focus where energy consumption is becoming a critical component of a viable and sustainable IT strategy. In the past companies have traditionally concentrated on optimizing computer resources and storage operations, but today they are taking a more holistic approach that includes everything from data center designs, to air versus liquid cooling, to DC power." Reinsel is among the IDC research analysts responsible for a new study, The Real Costs to Power and Cool All the World's External Storage(i), an in- depth analysis of enterprise storage worldwide and the costs to power and cool external storage arrays from 2002 to 2012. Within the study, IDC reveals the total number of spinning disks in datacenters today and estimates the real costs associated with powering and cooling these disks, as well as the commensurate carbon footprint. With an aggregate worldwide electricity cost of $0.07 per kilowatt-hour last year, IDC estimates that the total amount spent on powering and cooling these drives exceeded $1 billion in 2007.
Dot Hill 5730 Continues to Enjoy Broad Market Adoption Since its introduction late last year, the 5730 has become the ruggedized storage solution of choice for many Dot Hill customers in the military, government and telecommunications sectors. Based on Dot Hill's R/Evolution(TM) architecture, the 5730 is a highly flexible, dynamic storage system that scales to support up to 108 mixed SAS/SATA disk drives, and up to 108 terabytes of capacity leveraging 1 TB SATA disk drives.
Offering a small rack footprint of only 2U for increased floor-tile density, the 5730 with DC power is NEBS (Network Equipment Building System) Level 3 certified and designed to meet the rigorous MIL-STD-810F requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense for land, sea and air deployment.
"Introducing support for DC power was the next logical step in our product road map as Dot Hill continues to evolve and strengthen its offerings and as organizations look to improve data center energy efficiency," said Dana Kammersgard, Dot Hill's president and chief executive officer. "The 5730 with DC power provides the right blend of performance, flexibility and proven ruggedness through its NEBS certification and MIL-STD compliance, providing our OEM customers with the best-in-class RAID solution." Among the many customers leveraging the 5730 is Tuscaloosa County in Alabama. The county needed a storage solution that offered maximum expandability and high availability - with fast and easy access to a large database of records - as Tuscaloosa archives millions of records including deeds, marriage certificates, legal judgments and incorporation documents. Tuscaloosa partnered with Crabtree Computer Services and Consulting, Inc., based in Birmingham, which recommended the county deploy the 5730 storage solution powered by Dot Hill technology.
"We have been impressed with the performance of the solution overall," said James Tullidge, IT director, Tuscaloosa County. "We found the solution very easy to set up and manage. In particular, we have experienced improved data availability and business continuity via the snapshot technology. This capability creates a point-in-time virtual copy of data that the system can roll back to, in the event of data loss or corruption," he explained. "Additionally, we are leveraging the volume copy capabilities to replicate data to alternate sites for disaster recovery." Tullidge explained that disaster recovery has taken on a whole new level of importance following Hurricane Katrina. The county experienced a significant amount of loss as a result of the disaster, and in past years has been the recipient of federal monies for post-Katrina rebuilding efforts.
The 5730 is a key member of the Dot Hill Unified Architecture methodology, which promotes a consistent user experience in both the entry-level and midrange markets. This approach results in a common set of component field replaceable units (disk drives, power supplies), a common Data Management Services infrastructure, a common graphical user interface/operation and a common data structure. Using this common architecture, customers leveraging the entry level Dot Hill 2730 Fibre Channel storage array can perform an easy data-in-place upgrade to the higher performance of the 5730.
Dot Hill's 5730 with DC power is now shipping. Suggested list pricing starts at $32,000.
About Dot Hill Delivering innovative technology and global support, Dot Hill empowers the OEM community to bring unique storage solutions to market, quickly, easily and cost-effectively. Offering high performance and industry-leading uptime, Dot Hill's RAID technology is the foundation for best-in-class storage solutions offering enterprise-class security, availability and data protection. The company's products are in use today by the world's leading service and equipment providers, common carriers, advanced technology and telecommunications companies as well as government agencies. Dot Hill solutions are certified to meet rigorous industry standards and military specifications, as well as RoHS and WEEE international environmental standards. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information, visit us at http://www.dothill.com/.
Certain statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical fact are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements include statements regarding: the future success of the 5730 product line or other DC-powered systems; the size and timing of any orders for 5730 products or other DC-powered systems; the future financial results of Dot Hill based on sales of the 5730 product line or other DC-powered systems; and the continued availability of the 5730 or other DC-powered systems. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: changing customer preferences in the open systems computing market; and unforeseen supply, technological, intellectual property or engineering issues. However, there are many other risks not listed here that may affect the future business of Dot Hill, as well as the forward-looking statements contained herein. To learn about such risks and uncertainties, you should read the risk factors set forth in the company's public filings with the SEC, including the Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q most recently filed by Dot Hill. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Any predictions or data given by industry analyst firms, such as IDC, are the responsibility of those firms. Dot Hill has no control over or, or insight into the data compiled by, or predictions made by, analyst firms such as IDC, which is completely independent from Dot Hill. Dot Hill takes no responsibility with respect to the accuracy of IDC's data or predictions. Dot Hill undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
(i) IDC, The Real Costs to Power and Cool All the World's External Storage," Doc # 212714, June 2008. DATASOURCE: Dot Hill Systems Corp.
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