Verari Ships Newest Blade-Based Hybrid Storage and Server Solution

Verari Systems Inc. has completed a milestone shipment of its platform-independent blade-based storage and computing solutions to a global innovative technology provider. The undisclosed provider hosts data and enterprise applications based on Web 2.0 infrastructures. The installation contained over 500 of Verari’s newest product, the SB5550XL DataServer, which consisted of over 4.6 petabytes of storage. The SB5550XL DataServer is Verari’s latest blade-based storage and server hybrid solution in its newly introduced BladeRack 2 XL platform.

“Having a worldwide technology leader successfully complete a major installation of our power-efficient blade-based storage and server solutions validates our product and quality leadership,” said David B. Wright, CEO and Chairman of the Board. “This milestone is also indicative of the importance of a hybrid design that can deliver both storage density and high-performance processing while providing up to 50% savings in energy use and up to 77% better floor space utilization then traditional storage and server systems.”

Verari Systems provides high-performance storage, server and workstation blade-based solutions to numerous market sectors including service provider, entertainment and financial services for grid and enterprise computing needs. Verari works closely with its customers to help develop ‘Green Data Centers’ that deliver more energy-efficient processing performance and storage capacity. This latest achievement with such a high-level customer highlighted the company’s rapid market growth and ability to provide world-class service and installation support.

“Thanks to the successful efforts from our engineering, manufacturing and installation teams, we received the highest of accolades on the excellent coordination of this deployment,” Wright added. “This is an incredible accomplishment and an important proof-point that we are executing at every level.”