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Amplidata the immediate availability of the AS30 storage module for the AmpliStor XT Storage System for Big Data. Featuring 30TB of capacity in a compact, modular 1U form factor, Amplidata’s AS30 module is bigger, greener, and exceptionally suited for Big Unstructured Data applications found in media & entertainment applications, as well as other markets. The AS30 provides 50% more storage capacity than Amplidata’s previous generation of appliance. In addition, because it uses 30% less power than other storage appliances, the AS30 offers the industry’s highest energy efficiency, requiring only 2.2 Watts per TB (idle) and 3.3 Watts per TB (under load) – roughly the equivalent power of a 60-watt light bulb for the entire 30TB module. An AmpliStor system utilizing the AS30 can deploy 1.2PB of storage capacity in a standard data center rack, and can span multiple racks for ultra-dense multi-petabyte deployments.

The AS30 is the centerpiece of Amplidata’s AmpliStor optimized object storage solution for “big data” applications, and was announced today timed with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) event in Las Vegas.

Amplidata’s AS30 enables customers to deploy petabyte-scale storage infrastructures that meet the highest availability and extreme throughput requirements at the lowest possible cost. This storage module leverages low-power 3TB SATA disk drives and low-power processor technology to reduce energy consumption, and utilizes them in a parallel processing storage pool. Compared to traditional RAID systems, the AS30 is 70% more power efficient, dramatically reducing energy bills and cost of ownership.

Combined with the AmpliStor high-performance Controllers, and Amplidata’s unique BitSpread erasure encoding software, the AS30 provides a breakthrough in total storage system power efficiency at only a few Watts per Terabyte, without any sacrifices in throughput for Big Data applications. The system protects data stored on the AS30 to the ten 9s, 15 9s or beyond as enabled by BitSpread erasure coding software, which ensures bit-perfect data integrity protection for every stored object against all forms of errors or corruption.

“With 4K and 3D video formats, Media & Entertainment is certainly a major force in driving Petabyte scale storage requirements for big unstructured data,” said Randy Kerns, senior strategist at The Evaluator Group. “With its high-density, low-power storage solution, Amplidata’s AmpliStor with the AS30 storage module are a highly-efficient answer to Big Data demands particularly for media & entertainment applications requiring live video archives. The BitSpread forward error correction using erasure coding answers the Media & Entertainment market demands for absolute data integrity as well,” he said.

“AmpliStor was designed to dramatically reduce the cost of storing petabytes of big unstructured data, and with the AS 30 we’re taking storage density to an even greater level,” said Wim De Wispelaere, CEO of Amplidata. “With the AmpliStor XT controllers we are now able to provide near-linear scaling of throughput at multi-gigabytes per second – speed that allows even Big Data payloads to be processed at blazing speed. And these low-power AS 30 nodes enable data centers to deploy Petabytes of storage capacity per rack given the power delivery limitations within the data center.”

AmpliStor fully leverages 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interfaces to provide scalable, high-throughput in conjunction with industry-leading power efficiency. AmpliStor’s BitSpread Erasure Coding is unique in enabling these levels of throughput, storage durability and low-cost of ownership.

Amplidata’s AS30 is priced starting under $0.60 per Gigabyte. Amplidata is showcasing the AS30 at today’s NAB show in Las Vegas its booth #SL 12507.