Adaptec takes solid approach to the data centre

September 15, 2009:Adaptec has announced a solution for building and managing High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) - storage arrays that use both solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs).

The company claims it will deliver up to five times the I/O performance, up to 50 percent savings in capital and operating expenses, and a dramatic reduction in power consumption over HDD-only arrays.

Adaptec’s new MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Solution integrates a tuned 32GB Intel X25-E Extreme SATA SSD, used as high-performance cache, with Adaptec’s MaxIQ SSD caching software.

“By incorporating Intel’s SSDs into our MaxIQ solution, we’re able to offer data centre managers, particularly those running massive on-demand cloud computing data centres, a non-disruptive, scalable approach to managing storage with maximum application performance and reduced capital and operating costs,” said S. “Sundi” Sundaresh, Adaptec president and CEO.

The Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit (AUD$1,749 including GST) includes one MaxIQ-tuned 32GB Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA SSD used as high-performance cache and MaxIQ SSD Caching Software.