Big Data and HPC Customers Significantly Accelerate Time to Market with New NetApp E-Series Storage Platform New E5500 Delivers Industry-Leading Performance per Spindle with Improved Scale, Density, and Uptime, Resulting in a Lower Cost of Ownership
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 06, 2013 Massive amounts of data are being created and processed by a variety of global organizations, including oil and gas and life science companies. Data is also being used in university research centers to analyze seismic data, predict severe storms, and power genomic and bioscience research that can save lives. These organizations are increasingly looking for technology solutions that provide high performance and bandwidth at an affordable cost.
To address these challenges, today NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced the new NetApp E5500, designed to provide industry-leading performance, efficiency, and reliability for big data and high-performance computing (HPC). The NetApp E5500 is the latest addition to the NetApp E-Series platform, and builds the foundation for highly available high-capacity application workflows to provide industry-leading storage performance with half the footprint and half the operational costs over competitive systems.
Big data and HPC customers require an infrastructure that provides speed, scale, and cost efficiency. As a seventh-generation E-Series platform, the E5500 builds on the modular scalability and proven reliability of the previous generations and provides customers with a new level of performance, efficiency, and reliability. With a robust high-performance architecture, improved storage density, and additional support enhancements, the latest E5500 controller provides OEMs and organizations with a platform that overcomes the speed, scale, and reliability challenges posed by big data and HPC while delivering a better return on investment.
HPC and big data customers need high performance to ingest and analyze huge amounts of data, while still managing power and cost efficiently, said Brendon Howe, vice president, Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp. High performance at a reasonable cost can be a difficult balance to strike; however, with over 500,000 E-Series systems deployed, NetApps deep industry and storage experience created a strong foundation for the new E5500. The momentum of E-Series enabled us to build a new product that provides industry-leading bandwidth per dollar spent while improving density and reliability.
Industry-Leading Performance Confirmed
The SGI InfiniteStorage 5600, which is an OEM version of the NetApp E5500, has produced a new SPC-2 result confirming the performance and cost efficiency of the new E5500; it showcases the performance possibilities the E5500 unlocks for HPC and big data organizations.[1] The audited, peer-reviewed SPC-2 result demonstrates the highest throughput per spindle by more than 2.5 times over the nearest non-NetApp published result.[2] It also validates how the E5500 helps customers accelerate business results and reduce operational costs and footprint.
Improved Scale and Density Drive Best-in-Class Performance Efficiency
The new E5500 has a modular architecture that can be used with file systems, such as Lustre and Hadoop, to scale to unlimited performance efficiently. Combined with 4TB drive support, the E5500 provides the density and speed needed to accelerate time to results for HPC and big data customers. The result is a storage infrastructure that provides significantly increased density, more bandwidth, and best-in-class performance efficiency.
NetApp AutoSupport Improves Enterprise-Class Reliability
In addition to the E5500, the NetApp AutoSupport tool is now available for the E-Series product line, providing improved service and uptime to customers. NetApp AutoSupport informs NetApps world-wide support organization of key metrics and system information. Benefits of NetApp AutoSupport include improved system health and uptime, enhanced storage and operational efficiency, and an overall improved support experience.
The research carried out on the HPC systems of the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing at the TU Dresden comprises numerous disciplines, each with their own storage requirements, said Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nagel, director of the center. Our new supercomputer, delivered by Bull, uses the new NetApp E5500 as the base for an excellent storage system that will allow our researchers to get their results faster. The enhanced reliability features and the performance analysis possibilities significantly increase our capabilities to support the users. We are already using NetApp FAS systems for central IT services at the TU Dresden and are happy that the AutoSupport feature has also been extended to the E-Series products.
Analyst Quote
Steve Conway, research vice president for HPC, IDC
The performance and price/performance of storage are crucial for HPC and big data implementation. The benchmark posted by SGI and the SPC-2 strongly indicate that the new NetApp E5500 will provide outstanding speed and efficiency. With the additional reliability and support features taken into account, this new product is positioned well to succeed in the HPC and big data spaces.
Additional Quotes
Jose Reinoso, vice president, Storage Engineering, SGI
Our customers are turning massive amounts of data into new business and scientific discoveries, so they need solutions that provide the best price/performance possible. With SGIs impressive new SPC-2 result achieving a SPC-2 best price/performance, its clear that the NetApp E5500 meets those expectations. The results clearly show that the E5500 provides organizations the high bandwidth and density needed to address big data and HPC challenges.
Michel Guillemet, executive vice president, Innovative Products, Bull
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Big Data and HPC Customers Significantly Accelerate Time to Market with New NetApp E-Series Storage Platform New E5500 Delivers Industry-Leading Performance per Spindle with Improved Scale, Density, and Uptime, Resulting in a Lower Cost of Ownership 
