Lenovo OEMing Dot Hill 3000 Arrays

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has signed an OEM agreement with Lenovo. Under the terms of the agreement, Lenovo will market its own branded storage solutions based on Dot Hill’s entire 3000 Series, to complement Lenovo’s SureServer systems.

"Lenovo customers need storage solutions that complement our SureServer line and deliver an exceptional price performance value proposition," said Mr. Gao Wenping, General Manager of Lenovo Server. "The Dot Hill 3000 Series enables us to fulfill this need, with powerful and feature-rich storage solutions for virtually every server interface, and a suite of robust disaster recovery options. By delivering highly modular storage solutions with a variety of integrated features, Dot Hill makes it easy for us to provide our diverse customer base with complete, turnkey solutions that fit their unique requirements."

Lenovo will begin marketing Dot Hill 3000 Series arrays in China and have indicated that they will eventually market the arrays worldwide as part of its solution offerings to medium and large sized enterprises, government organizations and educational institutions.

"Boasting a rich 30-year computing heritage, Lenovo has developed a tried-and-true business model for advancing technology and delivering reliable, high-volume computing solutions around the world," said Garrett Wein, vice president worldwide OEM sales, Dot Hill Systems. "Lenovo’s selection of the Dot Hill 3000 Series is further validation of the platform’s ability to meet a wide range of customer requirements, via support for a range of popular server interfaces, including iSCSI and Fibre Channel."

Dot Hill’s next-generation 3000 Series of RAID arrays offers support for 8Gb Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), 10Gb iSCSI SANs, and dual interface 8Gb Fibre Channel/1Gb iSCSI SANs, along with optional Dot Hill AssuredRemote data management software for remote replication, AssuredCopy volume copy technology which enables the creation of independent data volume copies for additional data protection, and Dot Hill’s AssuredSnap snapshot capability for improved data availability and business continuity.

Dot Hill 3000 Series storage arrays are easily customized by partners and customers to meet varying performance, capacity, and other specific business requirements. Dot Hill storage arrays are equipped with a number of energy-saving features including Dot Hill’s patented EcoStor ‘green’ battery-free alternative for cache memory, drive spin-down and DC power options. Dot Hill storage solutions scale to support up to 144 SAS, near-line SAS, SSD and SATA disk drives, totaling up to 192 terabytes of capacity based on today’s 2 TB disk drive capacities, and feature a 2U 12 or 24-drive rack-mount footprint.