Nirvanix Selects Brocade

Nirvanix, Inc. has selected Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Ethernet
and FC fabric-based networking solutions as its core infrastructure across
multiple globally dispersed data centers.

With the Brocade data networking backbone supporting large-scale public, hybrid
and private cloud storage deployments, Nirvanix customers will benefit from
faster performance when they are moving and accessing data anywhere in the
cloud.

Nirvanix is a provider of enterprises cloud storage services designed for
customers that demand security, reliability and redundancy. Under its
CloudComplete portfolio, the company offers variable cloud storage deployment
options, including managed public, hybrid and private cloud storage services
with usage-based pricing to meet the business needs of each customer.

The company’s patented Nirvanix Cloud File System is architected for enterprise
data and is in use by corporations such as Fox Networks, National Geographic,
Cerner Corp., Relativity Media and the USC Digital Repository, among other
Fortune Global 500 companies.

It enables all files to be presented as one large global
namespace, accessible from any location with data consistency and replication
based on policy. The system is designed for millions of users and billions of
files – more than enough to store 200 million images and scanned records from a
single healthcare provider, for example.

Nirvanix cloud storage services are architected for massive
unstructured content files – TB-plus file sizes – that are prevalent in the
healthcare, media and entertainment, finance, biotech and IT industries, among
other verticals.

Nirvanix has
integrated Brocade ICX 6610 Ethernet switches, Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series
routers and Brocade ADX Series application delivery switches to create a data
networking backbone for its cloud storage services used by Fortune Global 500
enterprises. The company also uses Brocade 300 FC SAN switches in its data
centers to facilitate HA connectivity for its storage environments.

"As demand for our cloud storage
services continues to increase, we require a highly scalable data networking
infrastructure across all of our cloud deployments," said Randy Hollis, VP of engineering,
Nirvanix. "Brocade’s 10 Gigabit
Ethernet [GbE] switching portfolio and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switches have
demonstrated extreme levels of resilience and scalability for us to deliver
continuous data accessibility and elasticity across multiple geographical
locations worldwide."

The
ICX 6610 1 GbE switch redefines the economics of networking by providing
performance, availability and flexibility in a fixed
form factor – delivering the capabilities of a chassis with the flexibility and
cost-effectiveness of a fixed switch. Ideal for the most demanding data
center deployments, the ICX 6610 delivers wire-speed, non-blocking
performance across all ports to support latency-sensitive applications and
workloads. Each switch can provide up to eight 10GbE ports for high-speed
connectivity to the aggregation layer.

"With a strong heritage in data
center networking, Brocade uniquely delivers solutions that address the
requirements of both storage and data networking," said Jason Nolet, VP, Data
Center Networking Group, at Brocade. "As
exemplified by Nirvanix, our networking solutions are designed from the onset
for large-scale cloud deployments, and are delivered in form factors that give
the customer maximum deployment flexibility and value. We look forward to
further partnering with Nirvanix to scale its cloud storage services as it
continues its hyper-growth phase and expands worldwide."