DataDirect Networks is announcing three members of a new series of intelligent storage products designed to accelerate data-intensive applications and consolidate infrastructure. Targeted at ‘big data’, high performance computing, cloud, and content-intensive environments, the SFA12K can house up to 84 3.5” and 2.5” SATA, SAS and SSD devices in 4U of rack space, which DDN says reduces data center sprawl by up to 40% and consumes less power per drive compared to the highest-density offerings from EMC and NetApp, and is 240% more space efficient than high density EMC-Isilon offerings.
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