Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY) has announced the launch of the new HVE Appliances which are compatible with Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) technology. Sphere 3D Corp is a provider of virtualization, containerization and data management solution.
The NVMe compliant appliances can accommodate over 3 times drive read / write performance compared to SSD only platforms. The appliances are available in form converged and hyperconverged appliances as well as “Datrium Ready” open converged nodes.
The amount of data that can be stored and accessed continue to go up and in turn increasing the demand for larger-capacity memory, faster processing and storage. When using applications that require large amounts of data like imagery or video or legacy unstructured and structured data from healthcare, financial as well as government verticals there is a growing need for immediate access to data which has put a lot of pressure on the infrastructure on the data center as it tries to keep up. NVMe which is mostly referred to as “Flash 2.0”, can be used for carry out heavily loaded and mission-critical businesses functions and is also an important element of future data centers.
The use of standardized interfaces and protocols like NVMe is a landmark step in popularizing the use of flash SSD storage. According to a research by G2M the market for NVMe is growing at a high rate with a 95% CAGR rate plus a forecast of 60% of all the enterprise storage appliances that are using the NVMe technology by 2020. NVMe offers a standard method of accessibility that helps reduce latency while at the same time improving the performance storage.
Vice President of Virtualization Dave Harmon says the company’s HVE NVMe solution together with Desktop Cloud Orchestrator™ (DCO) software, the company’s proprietary storage software as well as the VDI software have all helped set the company aside and on top of its competitors in a highly crowded and competitive market.
