SCIENCE

Netlist has announced that Compellent Technologies has qualified and selected its NetVault NV for production shipments in the Compellent Storage Center solution. The NetVault NV is designed to help lower total cost of ownership and ensure system uptime for weeks.

Traditionally, fault tolerant cache protection schemes require large watt-hour batteries to power the cache over a period of days. NetVault NV, however, eliminates battery use altogether and utilizes a highly reliable, small form factor ultracapacitor to take the battery’s place, making the solution fully RoHS 6/6 compliant. Utilizing a combination of DRAM for high throughput performance, Flash for extended data retention, and an ultracapacitor, NetVault NV completes its cache backup in seconds, eliminating the need for bulky batteries. By removing the battery required by traditional battery backup solutions, NetVault NV also improves system uptime metrics by eliminating offline activities such as battery health monitoring and battery replacement.

"We are excited to be selected for the next-generation Compellent Storage Center Series 40 controller," said Steve McClure, vice president of sales and marketing at Netlist. "Compellent continues to simplify enterprise storage management through its Fluid Data innovations and we are pleased that NetVault NV contributes to making these innovations possible for its customers. Our solution overcomes the limitations of traditional battery-backed modules on the market today to deliver extended disaster recovery at a lower cost."

Availability

NetVault NV is in production in JEDEC compatible 512MB and 1GB DDR2 mini-RDIMM configurations. Contact Netlist for pricing, ordering part numbers, datasheets and application notes.