SAN JOSE, CA — (Marketwired) — 03/18/15 — , the leader in server-side storage intelligence, today announced the availability of new (PPD), which are detailed reference architectures and design guides that validate PernixData–s storage intelligence software with best-of-breed partner solutions. PPD documents complement PernixData–s various partnership efforts, which include the company–s own PernixDrive program and membership in strategic third-party programs from Cisco, Citrix, VCE, VMware and others, to assure seamless deployment of storage intelligence software in every virtualized data center. With these joint solutions, any company can deploy a best-of-breed decoupled storage architecture that maximizes the performance of virtualized applications while minimizing ongoing storage costs.
“With PernixData Proven Designs we can satisfy any company–s storage performance and capacity requirements using best-in-class servers, storage and applications,” said John Powers, CEO of GCSIT, a PernixData solution provider. “All components work seamlessly –out of the box,– with PernixData providing the software architecture we need to optimize storage performance with 100% fault tolerance and scale-out growth.”
PPD reference architectures and design guides can be found on the , along with solution briefs, case studies and whitepapers for the following solutions (with more coming every week):
Dell EqualLogic, Dell Compellent, EMC VNX, HP 3PAR, NetApp FAS
Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, HP Proliant
VCE Vblock
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp, Oracle, SQL Server, Splunk, VMware Horizon
HGST, Intel, Kingston, Micron, SanDisk
“As decoupled storage becomes the de-facto standard in all virtualized data centers, it becomes increasingly important to show customers how the various server, storage and application pieces seamlessly fit together,” said Bala Narasimhan, vice president of products for PernixData. “The PPD program is an important step in this direction, complementing our robust partnership efforts with detailed design guides that underscore the simplicity and robustness of the PernixData platform.”
The brings leading vendors together for the advancement of decoupled storage architectures. Through combined sales, marketing and engineering efforts, PernixData is collaborating with top companies to integrate our storage intelligence software with complementary hardware and software products.
Vendors currently part of the PernixDrive program include HGST, Intel, Kingston, Micron and Toshiba.
In addition, PernixData is a member of the following third party partner programs:
– PernixData has joined the Cisco Solution Partner Program to advance the adoption of PernixData FVP software with Cisco UCS servers in decoupled storage environments. FVP software has also completed Cisco–s Interoperability Verification Testing, ensuring interoperability with the UCS platform. For more information visit the .
– PernixData FVP software has successfully passed a series of tests established by Citrix, and can be trusted to work effectively with XenDesktop and XenApp to ensure fast, reliable and scalable virtual desktop and application delivery.
– PernixData has completed a series of comprehensive tests that validate the solution–s ability to run on Vblock Systems under normal operating conditions and failure scenarios.
– PernixData FVP software is certified with VMware Horizon View for virtual desktop deployments, which includes a .
– PernixData is an Elite VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP), which provides technical and marketing benefits plus access to software for validation and integration. In addition, the FVP platform is a , meaning it is certified by VMware for installment with vSphere.
PernixData is fundamentally changing how storage is designed and operated in virtualized data centers. The company–s software puts storage intelligence into high speed server media, establishing a control point for optimizing application performance and managing data center operations with true scale-out growth. With PernixData software, customers can leverage any storage platform for capacity, creating a decoupled storage architecture that maximizes design flexibility while minimizing storage costs.
Based in San Jose, California, PernixData was founded by virtualization experts and backed by industry luminaries in the software space. For more information, please visit and follow us on Twitter .
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