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SGI(r) InfiniteStorage(tm) 5600 Breaks New Ground in Performance, Efficiency and
Reliability
FREMONT, Calif., 2013-03-06 14:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
SGI (Nasdaq:SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced
the introduction of SGI(r) InfiniteStorage(tm) 5600, a next-generation
high-performance storage platform perfectly suited for high performance
computing (HPC) and Big Data workloads. Leveraging field-proven modular
architecture, the SGI InfiniteStorage 5600 (IS5600) delivers industry-leading
performance per spindle1, meaning customers can achieve extreme performance
requirements while reducing their total investment in hardware.
Building on the SGI InfiniteStorage 5000-series modular architecture, the new
IS5600 controller adds significantly increased performance. The architecture is
also flexible, such that customers can tune the systems to their specific
performance and capacity requirements. In data-intensive industries such as
manufacturing, media, life sciences and earth sciences, such performance and
efficiency are key requirements that the IS5600 is designed to satisfy.
'SGI customers are constantly pushing the edge of performance requirements for
storage arrays,' said Bill Mannel, vice president of product marketing at SGI.
'The flexibility of the IS5600 platform and the choices it offers enable these
users to push the limit without breaking their budget.'
Storage platforms in today's IT environments need to reliably house data and
have the modular flexibility and performance choices to tightly match
application and solutions needs. To enable the maximum flexibility for a wide
range of applications, the IS5600 can intermix multiple drive types and
enclosure densities, ranging from 4TB high capacity drives to extreme
performance SSDs, in a single, scalable system. The result is a storage
infrastructure that provides significantly increased density, more bandwidth
and best-in-class performance efficiency.
The SGI InfiniteStorage 5600 has produced a new SPC-2 Result2 with the highest
throughput per spindle -- 2.5 times over the nearest competitive published
result3. This result confirms the performance and cost-efficiency of the new
platform, and showcases the performance possibilities that the IS5600 unlocks
for HPC and Big Data organizations.
IS5600 is available in three enclosure densities including 12, 24 and a maximum
4U 60-drive high-density enclosure. Each enclosure can house dual controllers,
or can be configured as an expansion unit to mix and match 2.5' and 3.5' drives
in a variety of performance and capacity choices for SSD, 15K SAS, 10K SAS and
near-line SAS. With support for Self Encrypting Drives and the T10-PI data
integrity standard, the IS5600 is ready for any storage challenge.
Availability
The SGI InfiniteStorage 5600 will be available in April 2013. Pricing is
available upon request. For more information please visit www.sgi.com.
About SGI
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solve their most demanding business and technology challenges. Visit sgi.com
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Contact Information:
Ogilvy Public Relations:
Meghan Fintland
415-677-2704
SGImedia@ogilvy.com
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other trademarks are property of their respective holders.
For more information on the SPC-2 benchmark result, please visit the results
pages on: http://www.storageperformance.org.
1 'throughput per spindle' is defined by SGI as SPC-2 MBPS divided by the
number of storage devices in the SPC-2 configuration.2 SPC-2 benchmark
results:
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00065
3 SGI nearest competitive published result and comparisons:
https://communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/netapp-360/blog/2013/03/06
/sgi-infinitestorage-5600-spc-2-benchmark
Results with SPC 'Accepted' status as of January 2011 and priced under
$500,000'.
Date current as of March 1, 2013.
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Tested Storage Product SPC-2 MBPS / SPC-2 Number of
Spindle * MBPS(tm) Spindles
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B00065 - SGI InfiniteStorage 73.80 8,855.70 120
5600
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B00058 - Sun ZFS Storage 7420 27.87 10,703.69 384
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B00052 - IBM Storwize V7000 26.11 3,132.87 120
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B00055 - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX80 22.57 2,685.50 119
S2
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B00057 - Fujitsu ETERNUS 19.96 5,768.04 289
DX440 S2
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*SPC-2 MBPS/Spindle as computed by NetApp = (SPC-2 MBPS / # of spindles in TSP)
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00065
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00058
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00052
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00055
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00057
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