100TB Server: Big Just Got Bigger

Aberdeen LLC unveils the 100TB AberNAS server with VMware Certification, featuring the 2 TB hard drive. With its qualification of the new 2 TB fully enterprise-rated SATA drives, Aberdeen LLC retains its position as an industry leader in providing a complete array of scalable custom servers and storage.
Aberdeen is primed to take advantage of the much anticipated, world’s first enterprise level 2TB hard drive. With units already implemented by select qualified customers, Aberdeen now rolls out a complete product matrix of 2TB ready servers and storage. Servers based on the 2 TB drives are available today, from small 24TB RAID storage array servers up to the 100TB Stirling X888, with instant scalability well above ½ petabyte (500 TB).

“As evidenced by our numerous VMware storage certifications, Aberdeen is at the forefront of storage technology,” states Jack Tateel, Executive VP for Aberdeen. “Increasing storage capacity and resource efficiency are paramount for growing businesses. By utilizing the 2 TB drive, Aberdeen will strengthen any company’s storage position.”

By virtue of laboratory testing, Aberdeen RAID storage servers outfitted with the WD RE4-GP 2 TB drives demonstrated significant speed improvements when compared to 15K SAS drives. When compared in a typical RAID 5 storage environment, IOmeter file server benchmark testing resulted in 15% Seq. Read performance and 58% Seq. Write performance increases for the 2TB drives versus 15k SAS drives.

Aberdeen leverages the storage performance benefits of the eco-friendly enterprise level 2 TB drives by integrating them into its complete line of servers and storage. This prompt move to embrace density-efficient drives is exemplified with Aberdeen’s breadth of 2 TB drive optimized storage offerings. Entry-level, single processor servers ranging from the VMware Certified 12 TB Stirling 209 server starting under $4000 to the 8 TB AberNAS 160 Series starting under $5,000 in a 1U form factor are currently shipping. As for larger capacity servers Aberdeen offers the highly dense 24 TB VMware Certified 2U expandable AberNAS with a sub-$10k price point up to the dual Intel Xeon 5500 Series processor based enterprise-level servers able to deliver nearly unlimited storage scalability.

“Our customers have ever expanding storage needs and are looking for ways to meet those needs while also cutting power costs,” said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD’s enterprise storage solutions business unit. “With WD’s innovative enterprise product offerings, storage system manufacturers such as Aberdeen can now efficiently address customers’ ever expanding storage requirements.”

This latest announcement comes in a series of innovations undertaken by Aberdeen to help improve storage efficiency and performance, while finding ways to trim operating costs. Already supporting such industry advances as VMware vSphere, Intel Nehalem processors and the fastest RAID controllers in the market, Aberdeen’s adoption of the 2 TB SATA drive is a natural next step. Businesses looking for capacity-optimized storage systems can partner with Aberdeen to achieve an uncompromising competitive advantage in the storage market, with greater efficiency and high levels of quality, while stifling rising overhead costs.

For more information:  www.aberdeeninc.com