NexGen Storage

NexGen Storage was a computer data storage company based in Louisville, Colorado.

NexGen Storage
TypePrivate
IndustryInformation Technology, Data Storage, Virtualization, SSD
Founded2010
Headquarters
Louisville, Colorado
,
United States
Key people
John Spiers, CEO
Kelly Long, CTO
Productsn5 Storage System
Websitewww.nexgenstorage.com
n5 Storage System

History

NexGen was founded in 2010 by John Spiers and Kelly Long, the original founders of LeftHand Networks.[1][2] NexGen Storage had venture capital investment from Next World Capital, Grotech Ventures, and Access Venture Partners.

The NexGen n5 was a PCIe SSD storage system with storage QoS. NexGen offered both storage quality of service (QoS) for managing performance and service levels. In 2012, n5 test results showed that NexGen maintained storage performance, even when overall system performance was compromised due to spikes in lower priority workloads, or disk or controller failures.[3]

NexGen announced an expansion of the product line in July 2012 with models starting at 16 TB, 32 TB or 48 TBs of raw capacity, each designed for an increasing performance target.[4]

On April 25, 2013, at Storage Field Day 3, Fusion-io announced their acquisition of NexGen Storage.[5] On January 8, 2015, SanDisk, which had acquired Fusion-io, announced that NexGen Storage had been spun out to become an independent company once again.[6] In January 2016, Pivot3 (based in Austin, Texas) announced an agreement to acquire NexGen Storage.[7] Post merger Pivot3 initially sold the NexGen systems as a package with the existing Pivot3 hyper-converged systems. This bundled product was called vSTAC SLX and enabled QoS and PCIe functionality via the external NexGen device. Acuity, the latest generation of Pivot3 product brought the QoS and PCIe functionality natively inside the Pivot3 nodes themselves.[8]

References
  1. InfoStor. "5 Flash Vendors that Shine".
  2. "New Start-Up to Follow: NexGen Storage". Press release. February 8, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  3. "Lab Review: NexGen n5 Storage System" (PDF). Enterprise Strategy Grout. April 5, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  4. Eddy, Nathan (July 23, 2012). "NexGen Releases n5 Series Solid State Storage Appliances". eWeek.
  5. "Fusion-io, NexGen CEOs talk acquisition, integration". Silicon Slopes. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. "SanDisk Completes Spin-Out of the Company's ioControl Solutions Business". Press release. SanDisk. January 8, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  7. Joseph F. Kovar (January 27, 2016). "Pivot3 To Acquire NexGen Storage, Bring Storage QoS To Hyper-Converged Infrastructure". CRN. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  8. Arnold, Richard (May 2017). "Pivot3 Announces Acuity". d8taDude.
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