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Revision as of 04:29, 27 August 2013
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology, data storage, solid state drives |
| Founded | January 8, 2007 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Varun Mehta, co-founder and VP of Engineering Umesh Maheshwari, co-founder and CTO |
| Products | CS200 Series, CS400 Series arrays |
| Website | http://www.nimblestorage.com/ |
Nimble Storage is an information technology and hardware company based in San Jose, California. It produces hardware and software products for data storage, specifically a data storage array that uses the iSCSI protocol and includes data backup features.[1] Nimble launched in July 2010 at Tech Field Day. The company has received a total of $98 million in venture capital funding. In September 2012, Nimble Storage [2] secured $40.7 million led by existing investors Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. Existing Nimble investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Artis Capital Management participated in the round, and Nimble welcomed GGV Capital as an investor.
History
Nimble Storage was founded in 2008 by Varun Mehta and Umesh Maheshwari, [3] with a focus on a "converged" iSCSI storage solution that incorporates primary storage, backup, and disaster recovery in a single array. It began shipping its CS-200 series hybrid arrays in July 2010[4] and by August 2013 had more than 1,750 customers.[5]
Products and services
- Nimble CS-Series - iSCSI storage array
Nimble Storage produces two product lines:
- The CS200 Series is for midsize IT organizations or distributed sites of larger organizations, supporting workloads such as Microsoft applications, VDI, or virtual server consolidation.
- The CS400 Series is for larger-scale deployments or IO-intensive workloads, such as larger-scale VDI or transaction processing supported by Oracle or SQL Server.
Specifications
| Nimble CS-Series | CS210 | CS220 | CS240 | CS260 | CS420¹ | CS440 | CS460 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Disk Capacity, Base (TB)² | 8 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 36 |
| Effective Capacity, Base (TB)² | 4-9 | 8-16 | 16-33 | 25-50 | 8-16 | 16-33 | 25-50 |
| Effective Capacity, Maximum (TB)²·³ | 38 - 76 | 109 - 218 | 117 - 234 | 125 - 249 | 109 - 218 | 117 - 234 | 125 - 249 |
| Max Number of Expansion Shelves | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Base Flash Capacity (GB) | 160 | 320 | 640 | 1200 | - | 640 | 1200 |
| -X2 Flash Capacity (GB) | - | 640 | 1200 | 2400 | 640 | 1200 | 2400 |
| -X4 Flash Capacity (GB) | - | 1200 | 2400 | - | 1200 | 2400 | - |
| Network Connections Per Controller | 4x1GbE | 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE | 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE | 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE | 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE | 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE ( | 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE |
| External SAS Connectivity Per Controller | 4x6Gb SAS | 4x6Gb SAS | 4x6Gb SAS | 4x6Gb SAS | 4x6Gb SAS | 4x6Gb SAS | 4x6Gb SAS |
| Power Requirement | 450W | 500W | 500W | 500W | 550W | 550W | 550W |
Notes:
- The CS420 model is available in CS420-X2 and CS420-X4 options only.
- Raw and effective capacities are calculated using Base 10 (i.e., 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes) after excluding space for parity, spares, and system overhead; the range represents 0 to 2x compression.
- Maximum capacity is the capacity of the base array and maximum number of expansion shelves
CASL Architecture
The underlying design for Nimble CS-Series is the Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) which provides:
- Inline compression
- Optimized data layout
- Instant integrated backups
- Intelligent index
- WAN-efficient offsite replication
References
- ^ "Nimble's all-in-one storage combines primary and backup in one box". January 2011.
- ^ "Nimble Storage Closes $40.7M Funding Round, Plots IPO - crn.com". Computer Reseller News. Massachusetts: CRN.
- ^ http://www.nimblestorage.com/news-events/press-releases/nimble-storage-closes-16-million-in-over-subscribed-series-c-round-of-funding
- ^ http://www.nimblestorage.com/news-events/press-releases/nimble-storage-announces-industrys-first-converged-storage-and-backup-solution
- ^ http://www.nimblestorage.com/company/how-we-are-different.php
- ^ http://www.nimblestorage.com/products/specifications.php
External links
- Nimble Storage Website [1]
- Forbes: Targeting EMC and NetApp, Nimble Storage Flashing Towards an IPO (August 2012) [2]
- Wall Street Journal: The Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies 2012 [3]
- Wall Street Journal: The Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies 2011 [4]
- eWeek: Nimble's CS260 SAN Appliances Are Optimized for Virtualization, Data Backup [5]
- CRN: A 'CASL' Within A Fortress [6]
- Fierce Energy: Nimble Storage dubbed "Cool Vendor" by Gartner for storage architecture [7]
- infoTech: Nimble Storage Sets Records with 500 Percent Jump in Quarterly Growth [8]
- Bloor Research: Confidence builds in Nimble's break-through technology [9]
- Nimble Storage on Facebook [10]
- Nimble Storage's company page on LinkedIn [11]
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