Storwize STN-6000

Enterprise Storage Optimization through Real-time Data Compression for the Entire Data Lifecycle

Agnostic to Applications and Storage

Storwize appliances reduce storage capacity utilization between 50 - 90% without performance degradation. Our STN-6000 series data reduction appliances increase the capacity of existing storage infrastructure helping organizations meet the demands of rapid data growth while also enhancing storage performance and utilization. The result is unprecedented cost savings, ROI, operational and environmental efficiencies.

The STN-6000 series addresses data reduction at primary storage so your capacity is optimized across all tiers of storage. The appliance installs transparently in front of your existing NAS storage and thru patented real-time compression reduces the size of every file created.

Storwize STN-6000

Key STN 6000 Series Features:

Between 50 - 90% primary data compression without performance degradation
Compression Accelerator for reducing existing storage
Deploys seamlessly in high availability environments
Capacity Advisor to predict storage requirements
NAS protocol support: CIFS, NFS
Storage applications support: All applications, including Oracle, VMware
Up to 16 x 1GbE ports
Up to 4 x 10GbE ports
Sustains a fully saturated 10GbE link throughput – Up to 1,100 MB/s

Key Features:

Better Storage Utilization

Reduces existing storage utilization between 50-90%
No performance degradation
Maintains data integrity

Lowers Capital and Operational Costs

Slows the growth of storage acquisition
Storage agnostic, supports NAS protocols (NFS, CIFS)
Reduces the amount of storage to be managed throughout the life cycle
Easy, transparent deployment

Better Energy Efficiency

Less to store, power and cool

STN-6000 Series Models

The STN-6000 Series come in three models. Their specifications are as follows:

	STN-6300	STN-6500	STN-6800
Throughput	300 MB/s	600 MB/s	1,100 MB/s
# 1GbE Ports	8	12	16
# 10GbE Ports	-	-	4
ECC Memory (GB)	16	32	64

IBM Performance Validation

Storwize real-time data compression appliances work with IBM N series NAS systems to reduce storage capacity optimization by up to 90%. This technical report describes a variety of performance tests which were performed by Storwize and IBM, and presents the results of each verification test. Click here to download Storwize/IBM Technical Validation Report - Performance Verification.

Contact Us

Storwize is a privately held company based in Marlborough, Massachusetts USA, with offices worldwide. To request information on our real-time data compression solutions, click here.