Dolphin Expands PCI Express Solid State Disk (SSD) Storage Product Line

StorExpress adds capacity up to 4TB of direct attached storage (DAS)
delivering over 270,000 IOPS performance

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Dolphin, a global provider of
low-latency server and storage connectivity, today unveiled new higher
capacity members of its StorExpress storage product line. With leading-edge
PCI Express flash memory technology (PCIe SSD), StorExpress breaks new ground
for capacity and performance for data-intensive financial, eCommerce, defense,
and entertainment applications.

The new products, supporting up to 4TB of PCIe SSD in a single rack mount
enclosure, complement the existing low-profile StorExpress products available
in capacities of .5TB, 1TB and 2TB. StorExpress can deliver over 270,000 read
and write IOPs (512 bytes to 4KB blocks) and up to 2,800 MB/sec of sustained
bandwidth. StorExpress products are directly attached to host servers through
external extension of PCI Express with x8 cables. The direct PCI Express
connectivity eliminates need for intermediate protocols resulting in up to 10X
better write transaction performance than SATA-based SSDs.

With major advances in reliability, write performance and cost, PCI
Express-based flash storage solutions are deploying rapidly as internal server
storage. StorExpress adds the advantages of external DAS storage to this
technology (e-PCIe SSD). This is particularly useful for low profile rack or
blade servers that are PCI Express slot constrained. Additionally, the
StorExpress enclosure can be up to 300m away from the host server using fiber,
often useful when security or noise isolation is critical.

StorExpress supports virtualization for multi-core servers ensuring efficient
use of shared storage across virtual machines. Additional high availability
functionality is supported, including RAID 0/1, 5 and replication.

Beyond classic remote storage benefits, StorExpress seamlessly integrates with
Dolphin's PCI Express server connectivity products to provide combined
clustering and storage solutions. Multiple StorExpress enclosures can be
attached to a single server or shared across multiple servers. Ideal
configurations can be created for high-performance database or low-latency
financial applications, as well as many I/O bound industrial and HPC
applications.

"Externally attached PCIe SSD solutions represent a new category of
high-performance storage (e-PCIe SSD DAS). StorExpress, as a first entrant in
this category, delivers the breakthrough benefits of PCIe SSD but with support
for flexible datacenter configurations," said Tim Miller, CEO, Dolphin.
"Externally attached PCIe SSD coupled with Dolphin's PCIe interconnect
capabilities promises to deliver the best of all worlds: the simplicity of
DAS, the flexibility of SAN and the breakout performance of SSD."

The StorExpress products are available for order immediately. Prices start at
under $20K.

About Dolphin

Dolphin ICS, of Oslo, Norway and Marlborough, Massachusetts (USA), accelerates
applications with ultra low-latency, high-bandwidth server and storage
connectivity based on PCI Express. Its products are cost-effective, easy to
install and ideal for clustered database, web services and industrial
applications. Dolphin provides application acceleration with its StorExpress
high-performance external PCI Express flash storage solutions. Dolphin's
interconnect software is fully compatible with standard applications.
http://www.dolphinics.com.

Contact:

Herman Paraison
paraison@dolphinics.com
+508-786-9950x137

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SOURCE Dolphin Interconnect Solutions

Herman Paraison of Dolphin ICS, +508-786-9950x137, paraison@dolphinics.com