Pillar Data Systems First to Deliver 2TB SATA Drives to Enterprise Customers

New high-capacity, low energy-consuming drives further strengthens Pillar Axiom's leadership position as the world's most efficient storage system

San Jose, Calif. – August 27, 2009 – Pillar Data Systems, the leading provider of Application-Aware storage systems, is the first network storage company to make 2 terabyte SATA drives available to the enterprise market, as part of its award-winning Pillar Axiom storage system. The new drives push the Axiom’s overall usable capacity to over 1.6 petabytes per system, while driving down overall power consumption by 50 percent and space consumption by 2X.

As part of the company’s initiative to “Stop Storage Waste,” and help users achieve the highest levels of storage efficiency, Pillar has made available the first enterprise-class 2TB SATA drive that increases capacity, while consuming less space and energy.

“It’s high time that businesses get to use more of the storage that they purchase,” said Bob Maness, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Channel Sales, Pillar Data Systems. “As drive sizes continue to increase, more storage will be wasted unless you have a storage architecture that can utilize the full capacity with no performance degradation.  Pillar is the only company that can make that guarantee. Our latest innovations around SSDs and now 2TB drives will make it even easier for end-users to increase capacity and performance, while improving the overall efficiency of their system.”

The Pillar Axiom differentiates performance based on application priority, what Pillar calls Application Aware Storage. The Pillar Axiom can dramatically reduce floor space and energy demands, and lower Total Cost of Ownership by up to 50 percent.

About Pillar Data Systems
Founded in 2001, Pillar Data Systems develops Application-Aware Storage systems for midsize and enterprise organizations.  With the highest utilization rates in the storage industry, the Pillar Axiom solution is the most efficient storage system on the market today. The Pillar Axiom cuts administrative time and total cost of ownership by more than 50 percent as well as provides the only storage system that can differentiate services based on application priority. Designed from the ground up as the only true Application-Aware Storage system, the Pillar Axiom allows users to match multiple application characteristics to the appropriate service levels within a single storage platform. Pillar Data Systems is privately funded by Tako Ventures, LLC, the venture arm of Larry Ellison. 

The company is headquartered at 2840 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California 95134. The company can be reached on the Web at http://www.pillardata.com, by phone at 408-503-4000 or by email at sales@pillardata.com.

For further information, please contact:

Chris Drago
Director of Public Relations
Pillar Data Systems
cdrago@pillardata.com
408.518.4636

Don Jennings
Lois Paul & Partners
don_jennings@lpp.com
781.782.5756

Pillar Data Systems, Pillar Axiom, and the Pillar logo are all trademarks of Pillar Data Systems. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.