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Nimbus Doubles SSD File System Capacity with S-1000

This Network Computing article says that Nimbus Data Systems has expanded the capacity of its systems by announcing the S-1000, which provides up to 10 TB of solid state capacity per shelf. This more than doubles the capacity of the system to 250 TB within a file system. Also noted in the story is that the company also announced FlexConnect, an embedded switch option that eliminates the need for a standalone storage-area network switch in most environments.

"The S1000 increases scalability to up to 600 blades and supports 10 TB per shelf, with each shelf holding 24 blades. The system offers the same 10-1 reduction using deduplication as the previous systems, and is expected to be used for the same functions: large-scale, private and public clouds, virtual machines, the high-performance computing market, oil and gas, and supercomputing. Because the system uses flash memory, it produces up to 90 percent lower energy, cooling, and rack space costs than spinning disk arrays, the company says."