Nimbus Data

Nimbus Data is an American computer data storage software and systems company.

Company

Founded in 2006, Nimbus Data develops flash memory systems and software.[1] Publicly announced customers include eBay, Meritrust Credit Union, Sierra Nevada Corporation, St. Joseph Healthcare, CloudMark, and OGSystems. The company is rumored to have major wins at Apple, Thomson Reuters, University of Michigan, Dreamworks, Citrix Systems, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Walt Disney Feature Animation. The privately-held company is led by CEO and founder Thomas Isakovich.[1]

Products

In April 2010, Nimbus Data announced the S-Class system, a multi-protocol all-flash array with up to 100 TB of solid state storage supporting Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand networks.[2]

In January 2012, Nimbus Data announced the E-Class system.[3] It offers redundant controllers and up to 500 TB of solid-state storage.[4] Each controller supports the same interfaces: Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand.[5] Nimbus Data software detects controller and path failures, providing failover as well as online software updates and online capacity expansion.[6]

In August 2012, Nimbus Data announced the Gemini system, with an available 10-year warranty.[7] Gemini includes dual controllers for no single point of failure and non-disruptive software updates. In a 2U form factor, the Gemini array supports 48 TB of capacity, 1 million IOPS, 12 GB/s, and less than 0.1 ms latency.[8][9] Certified benchmark results of over 4,032 simultaneous virtual desktop (VDI) users has been achieved on a single Gemini system.[10] In August 2013, Nimbus Data announced the Gemini F400 and F600 systems with increased performance of up to 2 million read IOPS at less than 0.05 ms latency (4 KB block I/O rates). Nimbus Data's HALO software, embedded in its flash memory systems, handles both block storage (storage area network) and file systems (network attached storage) by supporting several protocols.[11] Data management features include thin provisioning, automatic capacity reclamation, encryption, replication, snapshots, inline deduplication, compression, and automatic self-healing capabilities.[12]

In August 2016, Nimbus Data unveiled an all-new all-flash platform called ExaFlash.[13] Consisting of a new operating system and four hardware models, ExaFlash scales from 50 terabytes to multiple petabytes (and theoretically exabytes), targeting the needs of cloud infrastructure and big data. ExaFlash is expected to become generally-available at the end of 2016.[14]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Kerekes, Zsolt. "Nimbus Data Systems", 21 November 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Raffo, David. "Nimbus Data Systems rolls out larger S-class solid-state storage platform, virtual switch", 19 July 2010. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Solid State RAID: Nimbus Data Systems". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Foskett, Stephen. "Nimbus E-Class: The First Big, Redundant, All-Flash Enterprise Array", 31 January 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Mearian, Lucas. "Nimbus puts up its new all-flash array against disk arrays", 31 January 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Feldman, Michael. "No Spin Zone: Nimbus Launches E Class Flash Storage", 31 January 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Kovar, Joseph. "Nimbus Data Unveils High-Performance Gemini Flash Arrays With 10-Year Warranty", 20 August 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Kovar, Joseph. "A Petabyte of Flash in a Rack", 20 August 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Chris Mellor (August 14, 2013). "Nimbus fattens up Gemini twins with smaller flash chips: Flash arrays go faster too, leapfrog Violin in flash capacity stakes". The Register. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ "IOmark Results - Brocade Nimbus 4,032 VDI Users". IOmark. September 25, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  11. ↑ Raffo, Dave. "Data storage startups to watch: Nimbus Data Systems Inc.", 9 May 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Timmerman, Arjan. "Nimbus Data Systems Sustainable Storage". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Nimbus Data sticks its big nodes back into AFA market with ExaFlash". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  14. ↑ "StorageNewsletter » Nimbus Data All-Flash Array ExaFlash". www.storagenewsletter.com. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  15. ↑ "Vendor Landscape: Mid-range to Entry Enterprise Storage Arrays", 19 July 2010. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  16. 1 2 "Brand Leader History", November 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "FMS Best of Show Awards Winners". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "The 10 Coolest Storage Startups Of 2012", 10 July 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  19. ↑ "Tech Awards Circle Winners Represent Best of Tech 2011". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  20. ↑ "Disks and disk subsystems: 2010 Products of the Year finalists". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  21. ↑ "Tech Awards Circle Winners Represent Best of Tech 2010". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
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