RAID Incorporated and Terascala announce partnership to deliver high performance parallel file system based storage solutions

Release Date: March 25, 2009

Methuen, MA and Avon, MA – RAID Incorporated, a customized storage solution and services provider specializing in leading edge technologies, and Terascala, developer of high throughput, high capacity, cost-effective parallel storage appliances, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership in order to leverage Terascala's parallel file system expertise, and to allow RAID to provide complete end-to-end storage solutions for the HPC market.

“We are extremely excited to work with Terascala to continue advancing our capabilities in the world of high-performance computing,” stated Robert Picardi, Chief Operating Officer at RAID. “Terascala has a unique solution in the marketplace, the likes of which many of our customers have been asking for. Our belief is that parallel file systems such as Lustre are becoming a requirement in most high performance environments. Many customers now understand that a storage system that can deliver data to keep pace with the processors is a requirement to maximize overall performance and utilization.”

Terascala has already qualified the RAID’s compact Razor system for use with the integrated, active – passive redundant metadata server architecture of their MTS 1000 solution, which provides the highest levels of performance and reliability for the most critical component of the system. The MTS 1000 is architected for maximum throughput and data availability so that applications run at peak efficiency, and delivers over 2GB/sec from a single enclosure and up to 10 GB/sec from a full rack. In addition, Terascala will be qualifying RAID’s Xanadu solution for use in their entire product line, providing unprecedented value in terms of scalability, performance, and data integrity to their customer base.  

 “RAID has had a reputation for years of providing the HPC and research markets with enterprise-class storage solutions at great cost points, along with extremely reliable 24x7 support,” stated Rick Friedman, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Terascala. “We feel that they are in a unique position in terms of understanding our customer base and their needs, and having the ability to customize a solution to team with our storage appliances that will meet or surpass all of their expectations.”

For additional information about the partnership or RAID Inc. / Terascala storage solutions, please call 800-330-7335 or email sales@raidinc.com.

About RAID Incorporated
Since 1994 RAID Inc. has provided true 100% customized storage solutions that best meet the unique requirements of HPC centers, corporations, government entities and educational institutions worldwide.  From supercomputing to grid computing, RAID Inc. ensures the availability of critical digital content in real-time, all the time. The company guarantees this with the “RAID Approach,” the industry’s only concierge service and support model that assures the highest level of personalized support and resolution to any issue. StorageWatch®,  the industry’s only real-time monitoring and managed storage service offering which lowers total cost of ownership while increasing data availability, was developed as part of the” RAID Approach” to better serve its customers. RAID Inc.’s guaranteed “customer first” approach has made them an industry leader in true 100% customized storage and the best service and support.  For more information about RAID Inc. visit www.raidinc.com or call 800-330-7335.

About Terascala
Terascala develops high throughput, high capacity, cost-effective parallel storage appliances. Delivering data over either Ethernet or InfiniBand networks and leveraging the open source Lustre® file system, Terascala’s unique storage appliance approach is changing the dynamics of the performance driven computing market, enabling existing users to do more for less while enabling new users to maximize the capabilities of their processing infrastructure. Learn more at www.terascala.com

Media Contact for RAID
Bob Picardi
978-683-6444
bob_picardi@raidinc.com

Media Contact for Terascala
Rick Friedman
508-588-1501 x218
rick@terascala.com