StorTrends

StorTrends
Private
Industry Data storage devices
Information Technology
SSD Hybrid Arrays
Founded 2004
Headquarters 5555 Oakbrook Parkway Building 200
Norcross, Georgia, United States
Key people
 Subramonian Shankar (President and Founder)
Paresh Chatterjee (Chief Technology Officer)
Sukha Ghosh (VP of Engineering)
Deba Talapatra (VP of Product Control)
Products SAN and NAS data storage appliances
Website www.stortrends.com

StorTrends is a brand name of disk-based, hybrid array, and solid state storage products for computer data storage in data centers, sold by American Megatrends. StorTrends appliances utilize the iTX architecture, which includes features such as inline deduplication and compression, SSD caching and SSD tiering, automated tiered storage, replication, data archiving, snapshots, WAN optimization, and a VMware vSphere plug-in.

History

StorTrends started in 2004 as the storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) product division of American Megatrends. In 2011, StorTrends released the 3400i dual controller SAN unit.[1] In January 2014, it released the 3500i SSD hybrid SAN array as the first hybrid system with tandem SSD Caching and SSD Tiering.[2][3] Similar to the 3400i, the 3500i received third-party validation from analysts at the Taneja Group, among others.[4] In March 2015, StorTrends released the 3600i and 3610i All Flash SAN models with inline compression and deduplication technology support with a starting price tag of $24,999. In July 2015, StorTrends won a Most Valuable Product (MVP) award from Computer Technology Review for the 3600i All Flash SAN.[5]

Products

StorTrends 3500i at VMUG Conference

StorTrends units are shipped with SSDs, spinning HDDs, or a mixture of the two known as an SSD Hybrid Array. The StorTrends 3400i is a spinning-disk SAN with expansion capabilities up to 256TB. The StorTrends 3500i is an SSD hybrid SAN that offers both SSD caching and SSD tiering in the same appliance in order to preserve flash performance for both frequently accessed data and random IO. The StorTrends 3600i is an All Flash SAN with a specified Read Tier and Write Tier to increase the lifespan of the flash drives, while the 3610i model supports capacity expansion. Both the 3600i and 3610i include inline compression and deduplication software. The StorTrends appliances range from 2TB to 256TB of raw storage capacity. Its SAN products utilize the iSCSI protocol and support 1GbE and 10GbE connectivity options. The StorTrends models and specifications are shown below:

3400i 3500i 3600i 3610i
Max. usable capacity 256TB 256TB 64TB 256TB
Form Factor 3U 3U 3U 3U
Number of drive bays 16 16 16 16
NL-SAS Drive Support (7.2k RPM) 2TB, 4TB, 6TB 2TB, 4TB, 6TB N/A N/A
SAS Drive Support (15k RPM) 300GB, 450GB, 600GB N/A N/A N/A
SSD Drive Support N/A 200GB, 400GB, 800GB, 2TB Write Tier: 200GB, 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 2TB
Read Tier: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.6TB, 2TB, 3.8TB 		Write Tier: 200GB, 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 2TB
Read Tier: Read Tier: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.6TB, 2TB, 3.8TB
No. of Controllers 2 2 2 2
Memory/ system 16GB (8GB per controller) 32GB (16GB per controller) 64GB (32GB per controller) 192GB (96GB per controller)
RAID Levels 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 1, 5, 50 1, 5, 50
JBOD expansion Yes Yes No Yes

Architecture

StorTrends iTX architecture is an enterprise class feature set founded on 50 storage-based patents with over 70 additional patents pending. All of the StorTrends appliances are shipped pre-installed with the StorTrends iTX architecture. StorTrends iTX features include:

Support

StorTrends support, known as StorAID, is a 24x7 support service offering warranty, maintenance and alert monitoring of the StorTrends appliances. StorAID is offered in 1 year, 3 year and 5 year terms with one year renewal options. StorAid is offered standard with NBD (Next Business Day) onsite hardware replacement or optional 4-hour mission critical onsite support through StorAID Plus. StorAID support is conducted by members of the StorTrends Support Team from Norcross, Georgia. StorTrends is VMware, Microsoft and Citrix certified.

VMware Support:

Microsoft Support:

Citrix Support:

Customers

StorTrends claims thousands of customer installs in varying verticals, including: education, legal services, retail, engineering, government, manufacturing, and healthcare.[7] StorTrends maintains international branch offices and channel partners that serve a worldwide market in varying degrees and capacities. In March 2014, StorTrends was awarded a 5-star rating in CRN's 2014 Partner Program Guide.[8] StorTrends units have been deployed for virtualization, high performance applications/databases (high IOPS), VDI, disaster recovery, archival and cloud storage solutions.

References

  1. ↑ StorTrends 3400i Dual Controller SAN From American Megatrends
  2. ↑ AMI Launches StorTrends 3500i SSD Array
  3. ↑ AMI StorTrends 3500i offers high performance storage for smaller enterprises
  4. ↑ Taneja Group Evaluates AMI StorTrends 3500i Hybrid Storage SSD Array
  5. ↑ StorTrends 3600i Wins Computer Technology Review's Most Valuable Product (MVP) Award
  6. ↑ American Megatrends Launches New StorTrends 3500i SSD Array for Flexible, High Performance Storage for the Enterprise
  7. ↑ Charlotte Radiology Trusts Critical Patient Data with AMI StorTrends
  8. ↑ StorTrends From American Megatrends Awarded 5-Star Rating in CRN's 2014 Partner Program Guide
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