NEC Integrates STEC Zeus IOPS SSDs

STEC, Inc. announced that its ZeusIOPS SSDs were selected for NEC’s D-Series SAN Storage Arrays as part of NEC’s integration of SSD technology.

"Since our customers have stringent and precise requirements for storage solutions, teaming with STEC will allow us to push the capabilities of our SAN Storage devices even further, beginning with the D-Series implementation," said Chikara Suzuki, General Manager, Storage Products Division, NEC Corporation. "Performance and cost-effectiveness matter greatly within the enterprise space and the STEC ZeusIOPS SSD provides both without compromise. We see this integration as a step towards greater SSD deployment across multiple NEC platforms."

The NEC D-Series SAN Storage array is designed to meet the intense data requirements of an enterprise segment. To address this demand, the D-Series provides scalable SAN storage without sacrificing performance or flexibility. The new NEC D-Series SAN Storage arrays featuring STEC’s ZeusIOPS SSDs are available now for enterprise-level storage integration.

STEC’s ZeusIOPS 73GB and 400GB Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) SSDs are available in NEC’s D-Series SAN Storage arrays D4-30 and D8-30.

"We are excited to work alongside NEC to advance its D-Series SAN Storage arrays by adding the performance features of our ZeusIOPS SSD," said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STEC. "ZeusIOPS SSDs are among the most powerful and resource-efficient storage solutions ever engineered and we’re glad that, through our collaboration, NEC can deliver the proven performance gains and power consumption savings of STEC’s SSDs to its enterprise customers."

The ZeusIOPS SSD product family presents a SSD design that enable systems to deliver outstanding and sustainable Input/Outputs per second (IOPS). As a result, ZeusIOPS SSDs can be integrated into existing storage infrastructures-delivering a new level of enterprise-optimized storage solutions.

Additional ZeusIOPS SSD advantages include:

• More than 200 times faster transactional performance over 15K RPM hard disk drive (HDD)
• Sustained random read performance in excess of 70,000 IOPS
• Sustained sequential large block transfers up to 450 MB/s
• Built-in enterprise focused advanced wear leveling
• 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors for replacement within existing storage systems
• Available in 6 Gb/s Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) interface for complete storage solution