SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping the
world harness the power of data, HGST, a Western Digital
Company (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that multiple devices from
its SAS enterprise hard disk drives (HDDs), as well as PCIe and SAS
solid state drives (SSDs) have been certified by VMware as
interoperable storage tiers for VMware Virtual SAN™. VMware Virtual
SAN is a new hypervisor-converged, storage platform for VMware
vSphere® environments that brings the benefits of software-defined
storage to the data center. Leveraging certified HGST HDD and SSD
solutions, customers have access to the only high-capacity,
high-performance, high-resilience storage portfolio designed to be
flash-accelerated for virtual environments.
"VMware has been a partner with HGST for many years. We are
pleased to have them as part of our VMware Virtual SAN ecosystem,
and look forward to working closely with them as they introduce
even more products that interoperate with our platforms," said
Gaetan Castelein, senior director,
Storage and Availability, VMware.
The HGST drive certification for VMware Virtual SAN involved a
five-stage process that included review, performance, reliability,
compatibility and overall integrity. The certification process
ensures that the overall solution meets VMware Virtual SAN customer
expectations. There are specific certification tracks for SAS and
PCIe drives and HGST is now the only vendor to have VMware Virtual
SAN certification for its SAS HDDs and SSDs, as well as its PCIe
SSDs. Listed within the VMware Compatibility Guide, the
Ultrastar® C10K1200, HGST s1122 PCIe Accelerator, HGST
FlashMAX® family and HGST S842 SAS SSDs offer VMware Virtual SAN
customers the flexibility to granularly scale-up or scale-out their
storage environment, while maintaining superior performance and
endurance for mission-critical applications.
"This is a win for HGST, a win for VMware and most importantly a
huge win for VSAN customers," remarked Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst of
the Enterprise Strategy Group. "The performance gains a customer
can attain are massive."
"The future of the data center lies in making data and storage
more accessible and faster across all infrastructure environments,
and we see this being enabled and accelerated by our portfolio of
leading devices and solutions," said Mike
Gustafson, senior vice president and general manager, HGST
Flash Platforms Group. "HGST has the only complete certified,
storage device portfolio that allows customers large and small to
leverage the advanced technology and performance tiers of VMware
Virtual SAN. With our solutions, customers can easily scale up or
scale out their virtual machine infrastructure with the reliability
and performance they have come to expect from HGST."
For more information on the HGST s1122, FlashMAX and s842 please
visit www.hgst.com
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About HGST
HGST is a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC). HGST sets the pace for
storage innovation and is helping the world harness the power of
data. Building on its reputation for producing reliable HDDs, SSDs,
and developing tighter integration with software, HGST is
optimizing storage efficiency and reliability for today's
data-centric economy. Founded by the creators of the hard drive,
HGST serves a broad range of market segments, including enterprise,
cloud, OEM, mobile, consumer electronics and personal storage. HGST
was established in 2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in
San Jose, California. For more
information, please visit www.hgst.com.
One GB is equal to one billion bytes, and one TB equals 1,000 GB
(one trillion bytes). Actual capacity will vary depending on
operating environment and formatting.
Ultrastar and FlashMAX are registered trademarks of HGST, Inc.
and its affiliates in the United
States and/or other countries. All other products and
services listed herein are trademarks of their respective
companies.
VMware and Virtual SAN are registered trademarks or trademarks
of VMware, Inc. in the United
States and other jurisdictions. The use of the word
"partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership
relationship between VMware and any other company.
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