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Press Release Oct 26, 2010
Nexenta Systems Announces Aberdeen LLC as Certified Partner:
Enterprise Level ZFS-based SAN for Everyone
Santa Fe Springs, California, October 26,
2010: Server and storage manufacturer Aberdeen LLC, today announced a
strategic partnership with Nexenta Systems, the leader in OpenStorage
solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Aberdeen has integrated the
NexentaStor software, a ZFS-based enterprise grade storage platform,
with the complete line of
AberSAN
Z-Series unified storage servers. Several Aberdeen engineers have
undergone extensive NexentaStor training and have been designated
Nexenta Certified Engineers.
Aberdeen will be showcasing the
AberSAN Z20,
featuring
NexentaStor, at the inaugural OpenStorage Summit at the Sheraton in
Palo Alto, Calif. October 26-27, 2010. The two day summit will feature
leading innovators in the storage industry with in-depth sessions on
best practices for evaluating and deploying innovative storage systems
including deduplication, ZFS and data center and desktop virtualization.
Organizations and individuals interested in attending the summit can
register at
http://nexenta-summit2010.eventbrite.com.
NexentaStor is the leading hardware
independent storage solution built upon the ZFS file system. NexentaStor
runs on industry standard x86 servers and provides NAS and SAN
capabilities including support for CIFS, NFS, iSCSI and Fiber Channel
storage access. By bundling NexentaStor software on Aberdeen’s scalable
AberSAN Z-Series unified storage servers, businesses now have access to
an enterprise-level, highly-available storage appliance that provides
higher functionality and dramatically better cost per terabyte value
than legacy storage technologies.
“The goal of Nexenta’s partner programs
is to build an open community of solution providers that provide
superior enterprise class storage based upon NexentaStor,” said Evan
Powell, CEO of Nexenta. “Aberdeen’s AberSAN Z20 product coupled with
NexentaStor, is already proving itself to be a better complete solution
for a variety of file and block based use cases.”
Aberdeen’s AberSAN Z-Series scalable
storage platform brings the simplicity of network attached storage (NAS)
to the SAN environment by utilizing the NexentaStor ZFS file system.
This partnership has resulted in the recently announced SAN-VA
virtualization plugin, which offers a cost-effective solution for
providing highly available shared scalable storage to the VMware
environment.
“Aberdeen is proud to announce our new
strategic partnership with Nexenta Systems,” said Aberdeen’s President
and CEO, Moshe M. Ovadya. “Some of our customers have already
experienced the performance, scalability and ease of use benefits
delivered by the AberSAN Z-Series with NexentaStor and have immediately
become enthusiastic advocates. I’m confident this Certified Partner
Program ensures the continued development of our leading scalable
storage servers and will result in further innovations in the near
future.”
Aberdeen designed the AberSAN to grow as
an organization's storage needs multiply, to deliver ease of use,
expandability and flexibility. The AberSAN's unparalleled reliability,
as evident by its industry leading 5-Year warranty, combined with
NexentaStor software, provides organizations with enterprise class
scalable storage capabilities with a low total cost of ownership and
protection against customer lock-in of legacy solutions. With the
development of this partnership, the AberSAN in conjunction with the
NexentaStor software delivers enterprise class features at entry level
pricing, delivering the best bang for the buck.
Availability and Support:
The
AberSAN Z20
is currently available worldwide, and can be configured to meet even the most stringent requirements.
Larger capacity AberSAN Z-Series scalable models
32TB AberSAN Z30,
48TB AberSAN Z50
and
128TB AberSAN Z80
are available for immediate shipping. Customized
shared storage servers can be configured via the
Aberdeen Web site (www.aberdeeninc.com)
or by contacting an Aberdeen account executive at (800) 552-6868 or +1
(562) 903-1500 from outside the United States. Aberdeen has a media
recognized, industry leading 5-year limited warranty as well as a
free 30-day trial
assessment program with all of its branded servers.
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Media Contacts:
Trenton R. Baker
Marketing Manager
Aberdeen LLC
562-903-1500 x153
trentonb@aberdeeninc.com
Jack Tateel
Executive
Vice President
Aberdeen LLC
562-903-1500 x157
jackt@aberdeeninc.com
About Aberdeen:
Aberdeen LLC is a leading manufacturer of servers and
storage. Delivering exceptional performance, unparalleled reliability
and outstanding value, Aberdeen’s award winning products are deployed
every day by IT departments in many of the world’s largest
organizations. More information about Aberdeen is available at
www.aberdeeninc.com.
Day to day announcements from Aberdeen
can be found on Twitter: @aberdeenllc.
About Nexenta Systems:
Founded in 2005 and privately held, Nexenta Systems, Inc., has developed
NexentaStor™, the leading OpenStorage enterprise class hardware
independent storage solution and sponsors NexentaCore, an open source
operating system that combines the high performance and reliability of
OpenSolaris with the ease-of-use and breadth of applications of Linux.
Both solutions leverage the revolutionary file system ZFS.
Nexenta’s products have achieved VMware Ready status with VMware, an EMC
company, CitrixReady status with Citrix Systems, Inc., and other
certifications. More information about Nexenta Systems, Inc. and free
trials of the ZFS-based NexentaStor can be found at
www.nexenta.com or call (877)
862-7770. |
