DataDirect Launches New Archival Storage Solution

July fifth, 2006:DataDirect aims to plug the gap between enterprise disk storage and archival tape with the S2A9500 a scalable data disk based storage solution.

The S2A9500 has been specifically designed for organisations that face rising storage needs and shrinking storage budgets. According to Paul Bloch, President of DataDirect Networks, “Data intensive organizations are faced with finding a cost-effective and robust archive storage solution for managing and being able to access high-value data in a timely manner”.

The exponential rise in data growth across the high performance computing, rich media and commercial markets has seen many organisations seeking cheaper reliable solutions. Bloch explained, “Adding more primary disk capacity to manage data growth is a costly strategy, and tape does not have the access speed needed to meet production data needs".

The S2A9500 is a combination of DataDirect’s 6th generation Silicon Storage Appliance (S2A) and a volume metric efficient 48 SATA drive package. The S2A9500 with its silicon enabled intelligence delivers continuous on-the-fly data protection with no loss in performance, allowing organizations to implement a reliable enterprise-class archive or nearline solution that can scale up to 480 TB non-disruptively in a two rack system.

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