Vexata File Solution Transformative File Solution For Unstructured Active Data

Vexata Corp. is offering a transformative NAS file solution for demanding analytics, simulation and database platforms.

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The Vexata File Solution (VFS) combines:

• The all-flash VX-100F scalable storage system based on the company’s VX-OS software

• The enterprise IBM Corp.‘ Spectrum Scale file system software running on up to four standard dual socket Xeon servers

The result is a scalable, resilient file storage solution supporting industry-standard NFSv3 and GPFS distributed file system protocols at 1 million+ random file IO/s, 50GB/s read and 20GB/s write bandwidth, and up to 180TB of protected capacity. In addition, the VFS supports Spectrum Scale file-based snapshots/clones and replication as well as VX-100F data-at-rest encryption at full performance.

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The VFS is for data-intensive applications operating across large unstructured data sets, including financial trading systems, electronic design automation, 3D rendering and image processing, and genomics and drug discovery.

“We are excted to add the Vexata File Solution to our all solid state storage portfolio and help businesses realize significant gains in productivity while lowering operational expense,” said Zahid Hussain, CEO, Vexata. “Our partnership with leading server vendors enables us to offer fully integrated reference designs that business partners can take to market immediately.“

VX-100F scalable storage system

Michael McNerney, VP, software solutions, Super Micro Computer, Inc., added: “Our enterprise customers are demanding ever higher performance for enterprise scale-out file solutions. A high performance, scale-out solution based on standard Supermicro servers, IBM Spectrum Scale parallel filesystem and the Vexata scalable storage system addresses this demand by delivering breakthrough performance, cost-effectively.“

Michael Sedlmayer, CEO, Restore, IBM exclusive reseller and Vexata business partner added: “We are excited to take this high performance Vexata IBM Spectrum Scale combined solution to market as it offers the most scalable file solution to our key customers, enabling them to solve technical and business challenges they are not able to address with any other solution in the market.“