Pogo Storage Announces Nexenta Certified PogoRack at FOSE 2013

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

Pogo Storage and Nexenta® Systems introduce PogoRack — an ideal solution for government IT managers to leverage the latest ZFS and open storage technologies to deploy petabyte-sized storage at a significantly better cost-per-terabyte

WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2013 – Pogo Storage and Nexenta® Systems, the world leader in Software-Defined Storage, are pleased to introduce PogoRack – an ideal solution for government IT managers who are looking to leverage the latest ZFS and open storage technologies to deploy petabyte-sized storage at a significantly better cost-per-terabyte.

Government agencies, services and departments face the same technology challenges as enterprises but typically on smaller, fixed budgets. As their cloud, virtualization, database, and other on-demand data needs grow, IT managers are challenged to find easy and reliable solutions that offer enterprise-class features, fast performance, and meet government standards and procurement regulations.

“The rapid pace of hardware innovation, along with the standardization of hardware, has caused our government customers to reconsider the storage options available to them. In many cases, exponential growth in storage has led to exponential costs. Meeting the conflicting needs of big data and low cost, while completing projects on-time and on-budget, is spurring the move to open storage solutions,” said Erik Logan, President of Pogo Storage, a leading open-source systems integrator.

All-flash systems deliver high performance, and legacy storage solutions provide the storage capacity needed, but both solutions are cost-prohibitive for these workloads. PogoRack provides a third option, bringing together state-of-the-art Nexenta ZFS technologies on an industry-standard hardware platform.

“NexentaStor leverages the power of ZFS to offer customers massively scalable storage environments with a virtually unlimited number of snapshots, free versioning, and high granularity of data protection,” explains Nexenta CMO Bridget Warwick. “Customers deserve to have a choice when it comes to selecting the hardware solutions that best fit their needs. Because our software can run on a wide choice of hardware offered by our many partners including Pogo, deployments of NexentaStor are growing rapidly.”

The Top Ten Reasons Why PogoRack Should be Your Storage Solution of Choice
1. Low cost-per-terabyte
2. Nexenta Certified Platform
3. Enterprise-Class Features without the Price
4. Storage Virtualization Ready
5. Pogo Complete Maintenance Plan
6. Powerful and Reliable Hardware
7. Unified Storage for All Environments
8. High-Availability without the High Cost
9. Improved Utilization from Thin-Provisioning
10. Scale as Your Storage Needs Grow

Pogo Storage has provided open storage, ZFS systems to big government customers like the United States Army, NASA, and Lockheed Martin.

Visit http://www.pogostorage.com to learn more about the benefits of PogoRack with NexentaStor.

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About POGO

Founded in 1999, Pogo Linux, Inc. is an open-source systems integrator based in Seattle, Washington. With a multi-OS focus and in-house technical expertise, they offer a wide range of workstations, servers, and network storage solutions for the technology needs of IT departments in organizations of all sizes. After starting out with a Linux focus, they have broadened their offerings to include Solaris, Free BSD, Windows, and other OS platforms.

Pogo works with IT departments in small- and mid-sized organizations – including SMBs, Fortune 1000 corporations, government agencies, and higher education. Clients turn to Pogo Linux for all their technology infrastructure needs because of Pogo’s deep technology knowledge and unparalleled service. Pogo has a very strong track record in the ISP, Medical, Education, Media & Entertainment, Military, and Research industries.

Pogo Storage, a Division of Pogo Linux, offers a wide range of network storage solutions for just about every IT project or budget. From a digital video archive to a highly-available SAN solution, Pogo Storage helps IT departments dramatically reduce cost with a hybrid storage strategy and breakout storage technologies.

For more information, please visit http://www.pogostorage.com

About Nexenta Systems

Nexenta Systems is the world leader in Software-Defined Storage. Its flagship software platform, NexentaStor, delivers high-performance, ultra-scalable, cloud- and virtualization-optimized storage solutions. Built upon ZFS technology and running on a broad choice of industry-standard hardware, NexentaStor eliminates vendor lock-in and provides open, unified storage management at significantly less cost than legacy systems.

More information about Nexenta Systems, and free trials of the ZFS-based NexentaStor, can be found at http://www.nexenta.com.

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See Pogo Storage and Nexenta at FOSE in Washington DC with Your Free Conference Pass

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

After spending all of last week in Las Vegas, we’ve made our way to the East Coast to FOSE 2013!  Come see us at the government’s premier event for technology professionals to discover the latest trends in cloud, security, and virtualization, May 14th – 16th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. FOSE is the must-attend event for government IT professionals who need technology, resources, and best-practices to achieve the goals of the DGS.

As a result of sequestration and across-the-board budget cuts, the show’s organizers have made training resources available for all registered attendees. Topics include: cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization, mobile government, big data and business intelligence and project management.

While you’re there, be sure to stop by the Pogo and Nexenta Booth #818 to learn about the all-new PogoRack storage system – an all-in-one, turnkey multi-petabyte ZFS storage array with up to 1.92PB in a single rack.

Register now and attend the FOSE expo for free or save 20% on a conference pass!

Government employees can upgrade to a conference for free, while non-government employees can upgrade at a 20% discount. Simply register online for either with promotional code E99NE at check-out.

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Join Pogo Storage for live product demos at INTEROP and discover how to maximize your enterprise storage leveraging the power of sTec SSDs

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin

LAS VEGAS, May 7, 2013 – Pogo Storage, a leader in ZFS and Open Storage products and certified sTec Gold Partner, will demo the advantages of Pogo’s Storage Director products featuring sTec solid-state drives (SSDs) in challenging environments such as enterprise cloud, virtualization, and databases. Pogo’s storage products combine the value of ZFS (Open Storage) and caching with sTec flash-storage devices to enhance performance and provide improved cost savings – lower cost per user and cost per transaction — compared to traditional legacy storage deployments.

Pogo President Erik Logan and sTec experts will co-present the live demos hourly from May 7-9th in the Mandalay Bay Exhibit Hall, Pogo Storage Booth #517.  They will demo a Storage Director system featuring a mirrored sTec s800 Series SAS SSDs that delivers high-performance, sustained reads and scalability from a 2-terabyte sTec s842 — the highest-capacity SAS SSD on the market. At the same time, an sTec ZeusRAM® SAS SSD with DRAM will deliver low-latency and durability necessary to address write-intensive applications and tasks. The demos will show the ability to maintain high IOPS in a system configured for large-capacity, using the IOMeter disk benchmark test. Pogo Storage Director systems with sTec SSD technology are ideal for industries with I/O-intensive and caching applications, such as government, oil & gas, hosted services, health care and professional services.

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Visit us at INTEROP in Las Vegas with your FREE Expo Pass or 25% Off Conference Pass

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

Discover the latest in cloud, big data, and virtualization trends at the INTEROP Conference & Expo May 6th to 10th at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. This week-long event provides attendees with a comprehensive overview of the technologies being adopted by corporate IT decision-makers that are driving business change today.

Why attend INTEROP in Las Vegas?
• View exhibitor presentations from the most forward-thinking companies and individuals
• Network with over 10,000 of the industry’s most prolific decision-makers and influencers
• Attend in-depth educational programs, workshops and demonstrations
• View exhibitions from the most forward-thinking cloud and big data companies

Get a FREE Expo Pass or Save 25% on a Conference Pass!

Gain access to all the exhibits, keynotes and educational sessions with a FREE expo-only pass – a $50 value! Want to attend the conference? Save 25% on a full-conference pass. Simply register online for either with promotional code CMILV131 at check-out.

Live Product Demo of ZFS Open Storage with SSD Caching

While you’re there, be sure to stop by our Booth #517 in the Cloud and Virtualization Zone, where we will be exhibiting a live product demo with enterprise flash storage company sTec that showcases the advantages of a ZFS Open Storage system configured with SSD caching.  Very cool stuff indeed, for those looking to reduce their storage acquisition cost without cutting corners on performance.  See you in Las Vegas!

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Now Available – sTec® s842 Enterprise SAS SSD

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

As one of the leading boutique Open Storage vendors, we stay on the cusp of integrating the newest flash technologies into Pogo Storage products for our customers.  In our industry, a 15% network performance gain or storage cost reduction for cloud-based services can deliver the competitive advantage necessary for an agile upstart to gain momentum over a stodgy market leader, making the technology investment justified.

sTec Gold Partner

With that in mind, we are proud to announce the immediate availability of the 2TB sTec® s842 Enterprise SAS SSD.  The newest member of the sTec® s800 Series SAS SSD product family, the s842 has the right DNA to be a reliable and performance oriented SSD.  Based on our own internal testing in the Pogo lab, it’s clear that this product is more than just a larger-capacity refresh of an existing enterprise-grade SAS SSD (previously available 200GB, 400GB and 800GB capacities).

This innovative solid-state storage drive is built for high-endurance and speed, making it poised to solve many of the performance and optimization challenges in the enterprise storage market.  The versatility of sTec’s new 2TB product will differentiate itself in the crowded flash storage market and align it with the needs of enterprise and cloud-based infrastructure by delivering the right combination of performance, capacity, reliability and durability.

High-Capacity – First of all, at 2TB the sTec s842 drive is the largest capacity flash drive available on a 2.5” SAS enclosure – 25% greater than any other serial-attached SCSI (SAS) SSD on the market.  This factor alone means IT departments can deploy denser and more expanded storage systems in an even smaller 2U to 4U rackmount form-factor.

Fast Performance – Second, the innovative 2TB sTec s842 SSD continues sTec’s laser-like focus on solving the performance and optimization challenges of the enterprise storage market.  Right out of the box, the s842 SAS SSDs have been tuned to deliver the highest levels of through-put and low-latencies, offering up to 115,000 sustained random read IOPS and up to 530MB/sec throughput for sequential reads. However, when combined with sTec’s EnhanceIO™ Cache Software add-on, the s842 SSD can be fully unlocked to its complete performance capabilities.  Use-case after high-performance use-case – enterprise hosted services, virtualized applications and VDI – immediately come to mind.

Reliability & Durability – In sTec’s own internal lab tests, the drives delivered the best application performance for all real-world workloads – not only outperformed competitive SAS and SATA SSDs but also delivered up to 2X the endurance levels.  For environments that demands quick execution and measurable productivity, the sTec s842 2TB drives are even available in a version that supports unlimited writes for maximum longevity and reliability in write-intensive applications.

Who needs this much through-put performance and capacity?

All things considered, these are enterprise-class SSDs, so any I/O-intensive or high data throughput environment (e.g. enterprise database or e-commerce) would benefit.  However, if you don’t need the storage capacity, or have the network performance spikes, there are probably other SSD or hybrid SSD solutions that could deliver the IOPs at a lower price tag.

Nexenta Systems

High-Performance Storage – In terms of value for SSD investment, we recommend system configurations with sTec™ s842, which would benefit tremendously from the fast throughput and low-latency capabilities (and now capacity!) – capabilities necessary to address high storage loads and caching without fail.

Pogo Storage - 1st Nexenta Premium PartnerThe Pogo StorageDirector SAN/NAS products (based on Nexenta) is designed for high read-and-write network environments.  Due to its ability to deliver accelerated and sustained performance, sTec s800 Series SAS SSDs are a great choice to handle L2ARC in Nexenta environments.  Whether you work in oil and gas, financial-services, oil and gas, or government agencies, StorageDirector systems configured with hybrid or all-SSD environments deliver a true performance advantage with sTec 840 and 842 drives.

Questions about configuring a sTec™ solid-state storage solution?  Give us a call at (888) 828-POGO (7646) to speak with a storage advisor.

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