Company Taps Vertical Innovation in Data Storage and Object Storage
Software, Delivering a System that Rivals the Scale and TCO of
Traditional Cloud Infrastructure
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For data centers battling massive data growth, flat budgets and limited
IT resources, HGST (@HGSTStorage), a Western Digital company
(NASDAQ:WDC), today announced its Active Archive System, an object
storage system that enables businesses to easily store, retain and
harness the power of data. Delivering 4.7 petabytes (PB) of raw data
storage in a single rack, the HGST Active Archive System is a ready
out-of-the-box object storage system that helps data centers easily
evolve from siloed data storage to cloud-scale active archiving.
For data that is past the create and modify phase of its life, and in
need of long-term retention with fast access, the Active Archive System
provides unprecedented levels of accessibility, scalability, simplicity
and affordability. Its breakthrough TCO beats the white box economics of
traditional cloud infrastructure to enable organizations to store and
access more data, driving deeper insights and ultimately unlocking the
value of their data.
HGST Active Archive System (Photo: Business Wire)
LIVE WEBSTREAM: Please join the webstream and live Q&A on
Wednesday, April 8 at 9 am PT at http://www.hgst.com/press-room/hgst-social.
PRODUCT SHOWCASE: HGST will be showcasing the Active Archive
System at HIMSS,
April 12 - 16 in Chicago (Booth #HX360 M9 & M12) and NAB,
April 13 - 16 in Las Vegas (Booth # SL14018).
"HGST's Active Archive System supports our strategy to bring higher
value to the market so customers can transform their data into business
value," said Dave Tang, senior vice president and general manager,
Elastic Storage Platforms Group, HGST. "Data has become the currency of
the new economy. The ability to store, retain and interact with data
enables businesses to gain new insights to help boost productivity, make
better decisions and even predict the future. We recognized this
tectonic shift and have delivered the only solution that can offer
superior economics with industry leading rack density, resiliency, and
access at petabyte-scale. Leveraging our investment in object storage
software and our unique approach of vertical innovation, the Active
Archive System is positioned to help users unlock the power of their
data."
Vertical Innovation Powers the Third Platform
The
Active Archive System has been singularly designed to address the need
for rapid access to massive data stores. HGST's recent acquisition of
Amplidata enables the delivery of advanced object storage software,
providing the foundation for a resilient object storage system that
delivers the highest level of data durability in the industry, surviving
an entire data-center outage when deployed across multiple sites.
Utilizing HGST's most advanced, 8TB, second-generation HelioSeal™ hard
drives, coupled with tightly integrated, tuned and optimized hardware,
the scale-out object storage system delivers the performance, efficiency
and scale required for public and private cloud data centers. The
combination of industry leading power efficiency at one watt per TB, and
an acquisition cost that beats white box economics enables the system to
deliver breakthrough TCO that is 50-70 percent lower than alternative
open source and commercial object storage systems. Through this tight
end-to-end system integration, HGST has delivered a 3-5X increase in
density and power efficiency compared to other scale-out solutions.
The uniqueness of the HGST Active Archive System is its Simplicity at
Scale™ foundation. It has never been as easy and cost-effective to
scale-out in multiple petabyte increments so that businesses can focus
resources on growing their revenue instead of managing their
infrastructure. The HGST Active Archive System is a plug-and-play, S3
compliant scale-out object storage system; it only requires network and
power connections to each rack to be put to work. The Active Archive
System offers limitless scaling without the costly need for replication,
and its open interface supports ease of integration and flexibility as
needs evolve.
"Today, HGST has delivered on its strategy to expand into higher value
storage platforms and systems," said John Rydning, Research Vice
President, IDC. "HGST has intersected a critical juncture in the market
as companies look to accelerate the rollout of third platform solutions.
The plug-and-play simplicity of an integrated hardware platform matched
with the strategic acquisition of Amplidata's object cloud storage
software has resulted in an innovative solution that addresses the
rapidly evolving needs of cloud service providers and data-intensive
organizations."
The HGST Active Archive System is available for immediate orders. The
system will be sold through HGST sales partners, including distributors,
solution providers, system integrators and select OEMs. Multiple options
for service and support are also available. For more information, please
visit www.hgst.com/activearchive.
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About HGST
HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC),
develops innovative, advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid
state drives, external storage solutions and services used to store,
preserve and manage the world's most valued data. HGST addresses
customers' rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent
storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize
solution performance. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST
provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments,
including Enterprise, Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Computing, Consumer
Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in 2003 and
maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. To find out
more about HGST enterprise-class HDD, SSD and SW solutions, please visit www.hgst.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements relating to expected availability dates for HDD and/or SSD
storage products. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including
changes in markets, demand, uncertainties related to the development,
introduction, and timing of products based on new technologies, and
other risks and uncertainties listed in Western Digital's recent SEC
filings to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
on as of the date hereof, and HGST/WD undertakes no obligation to update
these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances.
One MB is equal to one million bytes, one GB is equal to one billion
bytes, one TB equals 1,000GB (one trillion bytes) and one PB equals
1,000TB when referring to storage capacity. Usable capacity will vary
from the raw capacity due to object storage methodologies and other
factors.
HelioSeal, Simplicity at Scale, and Long Live Data are trademarks, and
Ultrastar is a registered trademark of HGST, Inc. and its Affiliates in
the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are
properties of their respective owners.
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