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RAID Inc., ClearPointe And Chelsio Unveil NVMe-Tuned Hyper-Converged Solution For Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces DirectATLANTA, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- RAID Inc., a high performance computing solutions company, ClearPointe, a Gold level Microsoft datacenter partner, and Chelsio Communications, a leading provider of high performance Ethernet adapters for storage networking, virtualized enterprise datacenters, cloud service installations, and cluster computing environments, today announced that they will demonstrate a hyper-converged infrastructure Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct architecture based on Windows Server 2016, at Microsoft Booth #MS34 and Lenovo Booth #1010 at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Atlanta, Georgia from September 26 to September 30, 2016. The new 4-node cluster solution will be presented and managed by RAID Inc. and ClearPointe with the directive to validate the high performance computing capabilities achieved by partnering with storage at scale and Windows Server design experts. It integrates best-of-breed Chelsio 40GbE iWARP RDMA-enabled networking adapters that offload network stack processing from the CPU, to provide a proof point that higher performance networking enables faster data communication. RAID Inc. Ability™ HCI Series Overview The Ability™ HCI Series powered by Lenovo on display at Ignite this year demonstrates the S2D200 model with the latest NVMe flash storage technologies and is tuned to excel in running nearly all workload types, including Hyper-V virtualized and enterprise applications, SQL databases, Remote Desktop Services for virtualized desktops, Azure-ready hybrid clouds, and big data analytics, with improved efficiency and scalability. Additionally, Lenovo and RAID Inc. are planning significant actions in solution development as well as aggressive go-to-market initiatives. RAID Inc. Ability™ HCI Series S2D200 Ignite Demo Highlights:
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"As a founding Microsoft partner for Storage Spaces, RAID Inc. brings its cloud architecture and high performance computing prowess to the software defined data center (SDDC)," comments Trenton R. Baker, VP marketing, RAID Inc. "With the RAID Inc. Ability™ HCI Series powered by Lenovo for Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016, this hyper-converged appliance leverages the Chelsio 40GbE iWARP RDMA adapters to greatly improve S2D networking and dramatically reduce the IT infrastructure total cost of ownership." ClearPointe Management and Remediation for Storage Spaces Direct "ClearPointe's life cycle management gives us the ability to deliver a holistic approach from design through installation and as you scale to match your demand," adds Daniel Weissenborn, Solution Architect at ClearPointe. "Complex systems will eventually exceed skill even for a company with infinite resources. The simplicity of this solution combined with the performance is what makes it ideal." Chelsio T5 iWARP RDMA for Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct Chelsio's line of Terminator 5 (T5) 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) iWARP (RDMA/TCP) enabled Unified Wire adapters have achieved "Certified for Windows Server 2016" hardware certification. The iWARP standard enables building very efficient, high performance, Microsoft Cloud deployments very quickly. iWARP works with any legacy Ethernet switch, thereby enabling incremental Windows Server 2016 installations without requiring a concurrent forklift upgrade of the switch infrastructure or the entire datacenter. This ability to work with any DCBX or non-DCBX switch, allows use of the most cost effective new or existing switch infrastructure with the least amount of support, while enabling an immediate plug-and-play deployment. In addition, Microsoft's support of iWARP protocol since Windows Server 2012-R2 release, has allowed for years of testing for a very robust, tested, deployment with iWARP. "The iWARP standard enables building very efficient, high performance, Microsoft Cloud deployments very quickly," said Kianoosh Naghshineh, CEO at Chelsio Communications. "This new offering validates how Storage Spaces Direct, combined with advanced flash-based storage connected by Chelsio's 40GbE iWARP networking solution, helps build faster, easy-to-scale and reliable storage for their private cloud deployments". Additional information regarding the demonstration is available in a Chelsio/ClearPointe Technical Brief. About RAID Inc. About ClearPointe About Chelsio Communications Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130611/SF30203LOGO
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