Western data has launched two new Ultrastar storage server platforms for its data center system

The western data Ultrastar serv24-4n four-node NVMeTM all-flash platform and Ultrastar Serv24+6 hybrid platform are targeted at cost-sensitive data center and edge environments, bringing new computing heights in terms of performance, density, and scalability.

· western data's new Ultrastar Serv product line provides the basic building blocks for high-performance, data-intensive software-defined storage (SDS), ultra-converged infrastructure (HCI), and edge computing and storage environments, which are widely accepted and adopted in software-defined environments and big data environments.

·Ultrastar serv24-4n's four-node storage server can take full advantage of NVMe performance in an HCI environment that relies on fast, high density, and efficient storage.

·Ultrastar Serv24+6 hybrid storage server is a high-capacity dual-core CPU storage server that balances SDS performance and capacity and ACTS as an edge node for iot data and video security.

Beijing, Aug. 12, 2019 -- western data corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced two new products for its data center system -- Ultrastar serv24-4n four-node NVMe all-flash storage server platform and Ultrastar Serv24+6 hybrid storage server platform.The new product is a flexible and scalable storage server building module for SDS, HCI and edge environments, providing IT architects, cloud service providers and system integrators with extremely fast, dense and efficient Shared storage.

As companies continue to cope with an endless data tsunami, more and more IT managers are turning to cost-effective software-defined infrastructure, such as SDS or HCI, to effectively address the complexities of large-scale storage, access, sharing, and data protection.Most of the advantages of SDS and HCI are well known, such as lower cost, good system scalability, and relatively autonomous and flexible hardware choices.Industry analyst IDC predicts the software-defined storage market will grow at a compound annual rate of 14.7 percent by 2022.The HCI market is expected to accelerate at a rate of 25.2% until 2022.Western data by growing segment of the market demand and a variety of use cases and environmental requirements, expanding Ultrastar service platform portfolio of products, including remote office/branch (ROBO), virtual desktop architecture (VDI), edge Internet and video security environment, testing/development environment, and promote the data backup and disaster recovery (DR).

Western data Ultrastar serv24-4n 4-node NVMe all-flash platform storage server is designed for HCI and lateral expansion SDS

Ultrastar serv24-4n is designed for high-performance HCI deployments for data-intensive applications that rely on fast, efficient storage.By combining high computational density with optimal design, the speed of NVMe SSD is improved to a greater extent.Its main highlights include:

· it has four server nodes, each of which adopts dual-core CPU design, and has a complete 24 PCIe channels connected to 6-chip SSD, giving full play to the performance advantages of NVMe.

· includes Intel™ Xeon™ (ultra strong) expandable processor cpus and chipsets.It can flexibly choose kernel quantity and power parameters, reasonably match data workload and meet the efficiency requirements of data center.

· each node has 3 x16 PCIe slots to maximize network performance.

· provides high availability and enterprise-level reliability with an original capacity of up to 184TB.

Western data Ultrastar Serv24+6 high density storage servers balance the capacity and performance of the SDS

Ultrastar Serv24+6 is a powerful, high-density 2U hybrid storage server designed for data-intensive applications.Due to a good balance between capacity and computing performance, typical SDS use cases include file services, media streaming, video security, Internet of things data collection, backup and archiving, and big data analysis.Key highlights include:

· adopt innovative solutions to improve the capacity density to a greater extent. Only 2U can provide 24 hard disk disk locations, and 4 additional hard disk disk locations can be selected at the rear, with the original capacity up to 420TB.

· new high-performance Intel Xeon expandable processors are available, allowing users to match processing power to their workloads and power budgets.

· provides flexible options for SAS or SATA HDDS that balance the system performance and cost requirements of the application.

· up to six NVMe SSDS in the back bracket provide hybrid support to achieve a data acceleration layer to improve application performance.

Ultrastar serv24-4n and Ultrastar Serv24+6 storage servers from western data both offer five-year limited warranties.Ultrastar serv24-4n will be available this quarter through western data's global resellers and channel partners, offering a wide selection of configurations.Ultrastar Serv24+6 is now available for testing and will be available in bulk from September.

"Our goal is to help our users build an efficient and cost-effective infrastructure that allows them to get more value out of their data without sacrificing performance, reliability, and data availability," said Phil Bullinger, senior vice President and general manager of western data's data center systems business.Whether users are working with big data or fast data in small or very large scale cloud data centers, our full range of dedicated storage solutions can meet demanding performance and capacity requirements while still providing superior TCO (total cost of ownership).The new Ultrastar Serv platform extends the technical value we offer our users by allowing them to manage complex data worlds more effectively."

According to Barbara Murphy, vice President of marketing and product at WekaIO, "we have been working with western digital since last year to build a joint solution on western digital's NVMe platform and Weka file system that has significantly expanded our user base in the machine learning and HPC markets.At present, we are investing in driving innovation and expanding possibilities by developing a range of applications to meet the performance requirements of ultra-high file systems with western data Ultrastar serv24-4n NVMe storage servers.WekaIO software, in combination with western data's NVMe platform, achieves ultra-high economy by properly balancing high performance flash memory for petabytes of cloud object storage with high cost efficiency."

Lior Gal, Excelero's CEO and co-founder, says, "users need both convenience and a wide range of options in distributed block storage systems to meet the demanding demands of transactional databases, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.So western data's integration of Excelero's NVMesh® into its Ultrastar serv24-4n storage server is a double win.As the market leader in distributed NVMe block storage, NVMesh runs with Ultrastar serv24-4n NVMe drives, helping IT teams deploy and scale quickly as potential demand grows.

Become a corporate channel partner

Western data corporation has launched its enhanced enterprise partner program to offer discounts, discounts and programs for IntelliFlashTM, ActiveScaleTM and Ultrastar platform brands.We encourage solution and cloud providers to apply to participate in the award-winning western data enterprise partnership program for a full range of marketing resources and sales incentives.With western data's extensive data center portfolio, our partners can continue to grow their business and improve profitability.