Skyera plans to pack 500 TB into 1U flash array

Skyera Inc. this week said it would expand its all-solid-state storage array portfolio next year with skyEagle, which will hold 500 terabytes (TB) of raw flash storage in a 1U array.

Skyera claims skyEagle can deliver 20 Gbps throughput and 5 million IOPS, and the product is priced at $1.99 per gigabyte for read-intensive applications.

SkyEagle will be startup Skyera's second all-flash array. The company released the skyHawk array with a mix of 19 nm and 20 nm NAND flash in April 2012. The skyHawk array was priced at $2.99 per gigabyte. Like the skyEagle system, the skyHawk utilizes consumer-grade multi-level cell technology and manages it with its proprietary flash optimization software the company claims can extend the life of flash by 100 times.

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