Stec MACH8IOPS SSD Into IBM System x Servers

STEC, Inc. announced that STEC’s MACH8IOPS Solid State Drives (SSD) are now integrated and shipping into several versions of IBM’s System x server series. These diskless versions of the System x represent an Enterprise- Server platform relying solely on SSD technology with higher performance and lower-power consumption than that of traditional drives.

Designed for transaction-intensive industries, the MACH8IOPS SSD-enabled System x is capable of delivering much higher IOPS performance with fewer drives compared to an HDD-enabled version. A MACH8IOPS-enabled System x not only offers high performance and better system efficiency, but also delivers lower cost of ownership by significantly reducing the system’s footprint, power consumption, and associated hardware costs.

"Today’s announcement adds significant momentum to our MACH8IOPS product line, particularly since the Enterprise-Server market has been viewed as being one of the more competitive sectors for SSDs," said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STEC. "We believe enterprise servers and blades represent a very large and growing market where 25-30 million HDDs are being used each year. Our MACH family of products are a great fit for this market."

STEC’s MACH8IOPS SSD delivers to the users the ultimate level of reliability and performance in a fully integrated device. At the heart of the MACH8IOPS SSD is STEC’s leading-edge controller, able to address multiple flash chips simultaneously for enterprise-level performance. In addition the MACH8IOPS incorporates the enterprise necessary, full data path protection, STEC’s proprietary set of algorithms capable of protecting data anywhere in the path from HOST to Flash for the ultimate in data loss prevention. The MACH8IOPS SSD product family offers a comprehensive array of options for enterprise system architects and thus STEC’s MACH8IOPS SSD is among the few Solid State Drives trusted for Enterprise-Storage environments.