Cisco Updates UCS Server Integrated Whiptail Flash Storage

[YORK server channel January 26 news] Recently, Cisco released a new version of the UCS server, integrated flash memory capabilities to improve data access speed. The new UCS server incorporates Invicta's family of flash technologies, a technology pioneered by Whiptail, which Cisco acquired. After acquiring Whiptail, Cisco chief executive Chambers said that Whiptail will strengthen Cisco's Unified Computing System UCS strategy by integrating scalable solid-state memory into UCS's framework computing architecture. Cisco has achieved this commitment.

Cisco UCS is Cisco's http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/15149.html "> Integrated System Products, the goal of an integrated infrastructure system is to create a common infrastructure among data center components so that They can be managed as a single unit - simply putting the hardware and software together and unifying the hardware and software into an integrated system is where Cisco wants to define UCS.

At present, data center server integrated flash memory to improve data processing speed has become a manufacturer consensus, not only Cisco UCS, Oracle's one machine is also configured by flash memory to provide high-speed data and data processing capabilities. Oracle has adopted the LSI Nytro flash accelerator card in its next-generation all-in-one database Exadata X4 system. Oracle takes advantage of Nytro DLC technology to extend the storage capacity of logical flash based on the Exadata physical flash capacity. This unique software feature further reduces the total cost of ownership by dynamically expanding the flash capacity of Exadata X4 systems with the same physical hardware and power requirements.

The 2013 storage market was also a flash acquisition, with Western Digital acquiring three flash storage companies, Stec, Virident and VeloBit. Well-known flash memory company Fusion-io acquired NexGen for $ 119 million, Cisco spent 415 million U.S. dollars to acquire whiptail, an all-flash array startup. In addition, the software-defined storage market is also, EMC acquisition of software-defined storage startup ScaleIO, VMware Virsto enhanced software-defined data center.

Through these acquisitions, we can see that flash storage is becoming more and more important in the data center. Relevant products and solutions are also emerging. 2014 You, flash storage will continue to grow rapidly. Server vendors how to integrate existing products and flash storage is a key to seize the market.