Nimbus Data

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Nimbus Data is an American computer data storage product company.

Company

Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, California, Nimbus Data manufactures flash memory systems and software.[1] The privately held company is led by CEO and founder Thomas Isakovich.[1]

In April 2010, Nimbus announced the S-Class system with up to 100 TB of solid state storage that supported Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand networks.[2]

In January 2012, Nimbus announced the E-Class system.[3] It had a pair of 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 software detects controller and path failures, providing failover as well as online software updates and online capacity expansion.[6]

In August 2012, Nimbus announced the Gemini Flash Memory system, with an optional 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]

In August 2013, Nimbus announced the Gemini F400 and F600 all-flash storage systems.[9] They use 1x nanometer flash memory and dynamic write management, which together reduce cost and increase performance while maintaining the 10-year warranty. Performance increases to up to 2 million read IOPS and less than 0.05 ms latency.[citation needed]

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.[10] Data management features include thin provisioning, automatic capacity reclamation, encryption, replication, snapshots, and inline deduplication and compression, and automatic self-healing capabilities.[11]

Awards and Recognition

  • IT Brand Pulse - Market Leader in Unified Flash Storage 2013
  • IT Brand Pulse - Market Leader in NAS Flash Storage 2013
  • Info-Tech Research Group - Flash Trend Setter 2012[12]
  • IT Brand Pulse - Market Leader in Unified Flash Storage 2012 [13]
  • IT Brand Pulse - Market Leader in NAS Flash Storage 2012[13]
  • Flash Memory Summit - Best Enterprise Customer Implementation 2012[14]
  • CRN - Top 10 Coolest Storage Startups 2012[15]
  • Tech Awards Circle - Best Midrange Storage System 2011[16]
  • Storage Magazine - Product of the Year, Disk and Disk Subsystems 2010[17]
  • Tech Awards Circle - Best Midrange Storage System 2010[18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ Raffo, Dave. "Data storage startups to watch: Nimbus Data Systems Inc.", 9 May 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  11. ↑ Timmerman, Arjan. "Nimbus Data Systems Sustainable Storage". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "Vendor Landscape: Mid-range to Entry Enterprise Storage Arrays", 19 July 2010. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Brand Leader History", November 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "FMS Best of Show Awards Winners". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  15. ↑ "The 10 Coolest Storage Startups Of 2012", 10 July 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  16. ↑ "Tech Awards Circle Winners Represent Best of Tech 2011". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "Disks and disk subsystems: 2010 Products of the Year finalists". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "Tech Awards Circle Winners Represent Best of Tech 2010". Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
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