NexGen Storage

NexGen Storage
Private
Industry Information Technology, Data Storage, Virtualization, SSD
Founded 2010
Headquarters Louisville, Colorado, USA
Key people
 John Spiers, CEO
Kelly Long, CTO
Products n5 Storage System
Website www.nexgenstorage.com

NexGen Storage is a computer data storage company based in Louisville, Colorado. NexGen was founded in 2010 by John Spiers and Kelly Long, the original founders of LeftHand Networks.[1][2] It was venture-backed, with investment from Next World Capital, Grotech Ventures, and Access Venture Partners. On April 25, 2013, at Storage Field Day 3, Fusion-io announced their acquisition of NexGen Storage.[3] On January 8, 2015, SanDisk, which had acquired Fusion-io, announced that NexGen Storage had been spun out to become an independent company once again.[4]

Products

n5 Storage System

The NexGen n5 is a PCIe SSD storage system with storage QoS. NexGen offers both Storage QoS for managing performance and service levels.

Enterprise Strategy Group released review of NexGen Storage QoS. Test results showed that NexGen maintained storage performance, even when overall system performance was compromised due to spikes in lower priority workloads, RAID rebuilds, or controller failures.[5]

NexGen announced an expansion of the product line in July 2012 with models starting at 16 TB, 32 TB or 48 TBs of raw capacity, each designed for an increasing performance target.[6]

References

  1. ↑ InfoStor. "5 Flash Vendors that Shine".
  2. ↑ "New Start-Up to Follow: NexGen Storage". February 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Fusion-io, NexGen CEOs talk acquisition, integration". Silicon Slopes. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "SanDisk Completes Spin-Out of the Company's ioControl Solutions Business". SanDisk. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ ESG. "Lab Review: NexGen n5 Storage System". Retrieved 2012.
  6. ↑ Eddy, Nathan (July 23, 2012). "NexGen Releases n5 Series Solid State Storage Appliances". eWeek.