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Nimbus Data Systems, Inc. develops innovative IP storage
systems and software that help enterprises meet the challenges of rising
datacenter costs, increased dependence on non-stop IT operations, and ambitious
server consolidation programs. Nimbus state-of-the-art Breeze
multi-protocol IP storage systems, featuring Nimbus powerful HALO storage
operating system, provide an ideal storage infrastructure for midsize
enterprises focused on storage consolidation, server virtualization, and rich
content storage. With over 10,000 installations worldwide, Nimbus MySAN
software is the worlds most popular iSCSI target for Microsoft Windows
servers. Founded in 2003 and based in San Francisco, California, Nimbus is
privately-financed and distributes its products through a worldwide network of
integration and OEM partners. For more information, visit
http://www.nimbusdata.com.
see also:-
Nimbus
- editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's comments:- in April 2008 - Nimbus announced an
SSD accelerator option in
its Breeze H-series 10GbE IP Storage. A system with 34TB of storage, and 64GB of
mirrored SSD costs about $120,000.
Nimbus carries on the torch of a
network storage operating system - which under the name "Cloudbreak" -
was first developed by Nimbus's founder at
TrueSAN Networks
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That's the kind of groundwork thinking you need to make an
SSD accelerated storage system work economically as part of a hybrid HDD-SSD
array - while avoiding high manual setup, tuning and configuration costs.
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| Are MLC SSDs Ever
Safe in Enterprise Apps? |
This is a follow up
article (published in March 2008) to the popular
SSD Myths and
Legends which, a year earlier demolished the myth that flash memory
wear-out (a comfort blanket beloved by many
RAM SSD makers)
precluded the use of flash in heavy duty datacenters.
This new
article looks at the risks posed by MLC Nand Flash SSDs which have recently
hatched from their breeeding ground as chip modules in cellphones and morphed
into
hard disk form
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It starts down a familiar
lane but an unexpected technology twist (which arrived in my email while
writing this article) takes you to a startling new world of possibilities.
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