ONStor Shakes Up Market for Scalable Enterprise NAS Systems with Offering at Half the Cost of NetApp5 September 2006
ONStor today announced a new enterprise data storage solution that breaks the price/performance barrier created by competitive offerings. Delivering the performance, scalability and flexibility previously found only in the highest-cost solutions, ONStor's new Pantera Clustered NAS system undercuts the price of midrange solutions from NetApp by 50%.
Built on a NAS platform already proven in hundreds of enterprise customer installations, Pantera Clustered NAS systems provide an appliance solution that is perfect for enterprise NAS applications such as large-scale server consolidation. By integrating advanced features such as server virtualization and n-way clustering, ONStor Pantera allows customers to start with a complete configuration priced below $40,000, and then independently grow both performance and capacity simply by adding either filer nodes or disk. Expansion is simple, fast, and completely non-disruptive. Pantera provides the capability to consolidate data from thousands of servers, and tens of thousands of users to a single, easy-to-manage storage environment.
"At MyPhotoAlbum.com, implementing operational efficiencies to manage our growth is a top priority. Today we securely store over 28 million images and videos for our members, almost double the storage requirements from six months ago. We needed a NAS solution that could accommodate our rapid expansion economically and reliably," said Chris Ferry, director of operations at MyPhotoAlbum.com. "ONStor Pantera provides the right combination of cost and scalability for us. We looked at NetApp, but they did not scale; you spend $200,000, grow to a set capacity, and then you have to spend another $200,000 for a second system. With Pantera, we can add either performance or capacity as we need, which saves us cost and management resources."
Pantera Clustered NAS incorporates the ONStor EverON software platform which is already field-proven in ONStor's highly successful Bobcat NAS Gateway. With over 9,000,000 hours of uptime accumulated in enterprise deployments worldwide, EverON has demonstrated exceptional reliability in mission-critical deployments in technical, Internet, healthcare, education, and other large-scale storage environments.
"What makes the ONStor Pantera really compelling and valuable is that it's a new product that has years of customer implementations," said Tony Asaro, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "The Pantera uses the same best-in-class next generation ONStor NAS controller that is being used by SMB customers and huge global companies alike. ONStor has led the way in NAS gateways and now offers a fully integrated NAS storage system and customers can choose one or both approaches. This is a smart move because many customers want a turnkey solution and ONStor has a great NAS product that is scalable, feature-rich and cost effective."
In addition to enabling end users to conduct server and storage consolidation, Pantera provides a tiered storage solution with a single management interface. Pantera is available with both high-performance 15K SAS and low-cost SATA drives allowing users to select the appropriate class of disk to meet application requirements.
"Customers have told us that today's enterprise NAS systems are too expensive and too hard to scale. They want new options that will allow them to start with an affordable entry configuration and grow effortlessly as their needs expand," said Bob Miller, president and CEO of ONStor. "ONStor now meets these needs with Pantera Clustered NAS. Built on a proven platform, Pantera provides customers with a high-availability solution that not only out-scales our competition, but for a fraction of the price."
Pantera is available immediately through ONStor and its partners. Entry level pricing starts under $40,000 for a complete appliance-based NAS solution that includes 6TB of storage. Clustered solutions with 12TB of storage and enhanced high-availability features are available for less than $100,000.
About ONStor
ONStor drives down the cost of storage management by delivering enterprise-class file storage systems at affordable prices. ONStor's award winning Pantera Clustered NAS Systems and Bobcat NAS Gateways consolidate information from multiple Windows, UNIX and Linux devices to a single, highly scalable storage environment. Proven at hundreds of enterprise customer sites, ONStor delivers the cost effective approach to scalable storage. More information about ONStor can be found at http://www.ONStor.com or by calling toll-free 877-2ON-STOR (877-266-7867).
Source: prnewswire
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