SANBlaze's SB-ATCA2000 Achieves VMware Ready Status Certification

SANBlaze (News - Alert) Technology, Inc., pioneer in SAN Emulation technologies and provider of storage solutions for embedded systems, has announced that its SB-ATCA2000 has been certified as VMware Ready after a detailed evaluation and testing process which was conducted by VMware, leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure.

In a release, Sheryl Sage, director of Alliance Programs at VMware, said that, “We are pleased that the SANBlaze ATCA2000 qualifies for the VMware Ready logo, signifying to customers that it has passed specific VMware testing and interoperability criteria and is ready to run in production environments.”

The certification of the SB-ATCA2000 means that it will now be listed on the VMware Partner Product Catalog and validates its standing as being compatible with the VMware technology. The VMware Ready certification also means that SB-ATCA2000 is now ready for deployment across customer environments.

Steve Looby, director of Product Management, said that, “VMware remains a popular choice with our customers especially given the growth of CPU densities available in ATCA, often exceeding 100 CPUs per chassis. VMware Ready certification for our ATCA2000 storage blade means our customers can confidently pair their newest CPU designs with an equally capable storage solution boasting 12TB, RAID protected in-chassis storage.”

The VMware Ready program, which is a part of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program, is a program for the qualified partner products of the company. VMware TAP currently has more than 2000 global members and collaborates with innovative technology partners to deliver a robust set of VMware technical and marketing services in addition to support and tools. The program also offers partners best practices which support delivery of improved value to joint customers.

In other news, SANBlaze Technology, Inc. recently announced the latest addition to the ATCA2000 Family of Storage Blades. The ATCA2000 SSD Blade with networked flash revolutionizes the bandwidth and capacity achievable with a single ATCA slot.

With up to 6TB of solid state flash storage capacity, it boasts 1500MB/s of sustained backplane bandwidth, high IOPS (25,000) and low latency.