Newburyport, Mass. -May 6, 2008 - Solid Access Technologies, a leading provider of I/O acceleration
appliances, today unveiled its higher capacity Universal Solid State Disks. The addition of 128 and 256
GB models in its USSD 200 product line complement existing 16, 32 and 64 GB units, all of which provide
10 microsecond random read/write access, which dramatically increases server efficiency by recovering
CPU cycles formally lost in I/O wait cycles.
“As a complement to traditional Storage infrastructures, the ultra fast SSD category should get
organizations thinking about new ways to solve vexing database performance and high concurrent-user
issues in transaction intensive applications, as well as a way to get ‘greener’ and more space efficient,”
said Jeff Janukowicz, research manager, Hard Disk Drive Components and Solid State Disk Drives, IDC.
The USSD 200 employs the ultra-fast SSD category’s first open architecture design, using only proven
industry- standard components in the product’s assembly — allowing Solid Access to rapidly adopt new
features and industry advancements. Utilizing SDRAM modules as its permanent storage medium and
with no moving parts in the data path, a single Solid Access 2U rack mount device requires virtually zero
maintenance, far less rack space and only a fraction of typical power and cooling requirements — while
delivering the performance of approximately 300 HDDs at a significantly lower cost. Additional Features
Include:
“The USSD 200 technology addressed the single largest performance challenge we
faced,” iGlass's Bolden added. “Solid State disks are significantly faster than
traditional magnetic disks. By placing our frequently accessed files on the
USSD 200, we almost completely eliminated I/O wait states on our servers.”
Features of the new I/O acceleration device include:
- Same-Day Performance Improvements For I/O-Intensive Applications
- True “Plug And Play” Capability
- Non-Disruptive Addition To Existing Storage Infrastructure
- Seamlessly Integrated Into Tiered Storage Environments
- Scalable To Terabyte Capacities
“For applications facing critical performance demands that can’t be serviced by decades old spindlebased
storage, ultra-fast SSD is emerging as a weapon of choice to improve lagging storage speed,” said
Solid Access Managing Partner, Tomas Havrda.
For more information on ultra-fast solid state disks, please download our white paper:
New Equations
for Measuring the Value of High Performance Storage. Or contact Solid Access directly at (978) 463-
0642,
www.solidaccess.com
The 128 GB USSD 200 is currently shipping, priced at U.S. $75,000. The 256 GB unit is anticipated to ship
in June 2008, with pricing to-be-determined.
Based in Newburyport, Mass., privately-held Solid Access Technologies was incorporated in 2002, with a
mission to lead the ultra-fast SSD category by adhering to a philosophy of reliance on industry standards
in both sharable technology and the use of widely available components. Solid Access is differentiated
from the other Solid State Disk technology, Flash SSD, by its ability to seamlessly perform I/O operations
on any type of data without performance compromises or product limited life expectancy concerns.