Violin Memory Showcases the World's First Microsoft Windows All-Flash Cluster-in-a-Box Storage Platform
June 12 2012 - 8:00AM
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Violin Memory, Inc., provider of one of the world's fastest and
most scalable flash Memory Arrays, and Microsoft Corporation are
showcasing at Microsoft TechEd (located at Pavilion Kiosk 21), the
world's first all-flash "Cluster-in-a-Box" Solution with Windows
Server 2012 running natively on the Violin 6000 platform. With
increased demands placed on today's IT departments to meet end user
needs for data in near real-time the release of Windows Server 2012
is a welcome relief for the enterprise customer. Using Violin
Memory Arrays, Windows Server 2012 can scale to address the needs
of the largest and most demanding enterprise IT departments.
IT departments in data intensive markets like government,
financial, Web and media, are challenged with delivering business
critical data to end users anywhere and anytime. Infrastructure
consolidation and private cloud deployments have enabled IT
departments to address some of these challenges. However as more
applications move to hosted or virtualized model, disk-based tier-1
storage simply cannot scale performance to maximize the value of
solutions like Windows Server 2012. The "Cluster-in-a-Box" solution
from Violin and Microsoft eases the transition to a more
service-oriented infrastructure that delivers the highest levels of
performance, efficiency and reliability.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Microsoft to showcase the
power of Windows Server 2012 on Violin flash Memory Arrays," said
Don Basile, CEO of Violin Memory. "The 6000 platform delivers some
of the highest levels of performance, reliability and efficiency to
meet the needs of the most demanding enterprise IT environments.
Windows 'Cluster-in-a-box' is the foundation for a set of solutions
such as continuously available file server, database-in-a-box and
virtual private cloud-in-a-box."
"We're excited to see companies such as Violin Memory
demonstrate their capabilities with a 'Cluster-in-a-Box' solution
on Windows Server 2012 at the Microsoft Partner Pavilion at
Microsoft TechEd in Orlando this week," said Thomas Pfenning,
general manager of Microsoft Windows File Server Foundation.
According to Joseph Unsworth, research VP at Gartner, "The
performance challenges of spinning disk are well known and have
paved the way for flash based Arrays to challenge current tier 1
storage incumbents. Systems that marry compelling hardware and
savvy software by delivering enterprise reliability, efficiency and
performance required for the next generation of 'flash aware'
software will be critical for enterprises to fully exploit their
investments."
Violin's flash Memory Arrays are changing the data center for
companies like AOL, Revlon, DataQuick, Tagged.com, Juniper and HP
through its patented flash vRAID technology. In addition to this
joint solution demonstration, Violin has worked with Microsoft and
other partners to showcase the value proposition of its platforms.
Read more about the benchmarks here.
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About Microsoft Corporation Founded in
1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software,
services and solutions that help people and businesses realize
their full potential.
About Violin Memory, Inc. Violin Memory is
pioneering the future of Flash memory in the enterprise data center
with Memory Arrays that accelerate business critical applications
and enable enterprises to virtualize and optimize their IT
infrastructures. Specifically designed for sustained performance
with high reliability, Violin's Memory Arrays scale to hundreds of
terabytes and millions of IOPS with low, spike-free latency.
Founded in 2005, Violin Memory is headquartered in Mountain View,
California. For more information about Violin Memory products,
visit www.vmem.com.
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