PernixData is
fundamentally changing how storage is designed and operated in virtualized data
centers. The company's flagship software product, PernixData FVP, virtualizes
server side flash to enable scale-out storage performance that is independent of
capacity. No changes are required to VMs, servers or primary storage, ensuring
maximum performance of all virtualized applications in a seamless, scalable and
cost- effective manner. Based in San Jose, California, PernixData was founded by
virtualization experts and backed by industry luminaries in the software space.
For more information, please visit www.pernixdata.com and follow us on Twitter
@PernixData.
see also:-
PernixData
- editor mentions on StorageSearch.com,
PernixData's blog
Editor's comments:- November 2013 -
PernixData - which
launched its first product in February 2013 and which closed a $20 million
series B funding round in May 2013 - operates in these markets:-
The company says its
FVP (Flash Virtualization
Platform) software - which works with flash from leading suppliers such as
Fusion-io,
Intel etc - can
transparently aggregate and cluster server side resources and provides both read
and write flash acceleration for VMware along with
high availability
- while inter-operating with iSCSI
back end arrays. |
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In February 2013 -
PernixData exited
stealth mode and unveiled the company's Flash Virtualization Platform which
virtualizes server-side flash into a scale-out data tier for enterprise data
centers.
In May 2013 -
PernixData
announced
the close of an over-subscribed $20 million Series B
funding round led by
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) with additional support from
existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and industry leaders Mark Leslie,
John Thompson and Lane Bess. |
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| "In 2014 we will see
the battle lines for the SSD platform being drawn up - as ISVs and SSD drive
makers and SSD systems companies all try to convince you that any long term
plans you make will be more future-proof if you use their software." |
| the big
SSD idea changes in 2013? | | |
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new thinking
inside the box - explores the many exciting new directions in rackmount
SSDs.
Hostage
to the fortunes of SSD - why are so many companies piling into the SSD
market - when even the leading enterprise companies haven't demonstrated
sustainable business models yet? |
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| new blog by PernixData
describes the intermediate states of play for its HA clustered write
acceleration SSD cache - from fault discovery to recovery |
Editor:- November 5, 2013 - In a clustered,
SSD ASAP VM
environment which supports both read and write acceleration it's essential to
know the detailed policies of any products you're considering - to see if the
consequences - on data vulnerability and performance comply with strategies
which are acceptable for your own intended uses.
In a new blog -
Fault
Tolerant Write Acceleration by Frank Denneman
Technology Evangelist at PernixData
describes in a rarely seen level of detail the various states which his
company's FVP goes through when it recognizes that a fault has occured in
either server or flash. And the blog describes the temporary consequences - such
as loss of acceleration - which occur until replacement hardware is pulled in
and configured automatically by the system software.
Stating the design
principles of this product - Frank Denneman says - "Data loss needs to be
avoided at all times, therefore the FVP platform is designed from the ground up
to provide data consistency and availability. By replicating write data to
neighboring flash devices data loss caused by host or component failure is
prevented. Due to the clustered nature of the platform FVP is capable to keep
the state between the write data on the source and replica hosts consistent and
reduce the required space to a minimum without taxing the network connection too
much." ...read
the article
SSD ASAPs - auto tiering /
caching appliances
high availability
enterprise SSDs | | |
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7
tips to survive and thrive in enterprise SSD - In SSDs - rules are made to
be broken.
meet
Ken - and the enterprise SSD software event horizon - what will happen as
SSD utilization rates in the enterprise get better? - Consequences for SSD
vendors and HDD makers examined. | |
