XtremIO, XtremSW and XtremSF EMC flash ssd portfolio redefined

EMC  (@EMCflash) today announced some new, enhanced, renamed and a rebrand flash solid-state  device (SSD) storage portfolio around theme of XtremIO. XtremIO was the startup  company with a new all flash SSD storage array that EMC announced they were buying in May 2012.  Since that announcement, Project "X" has been used when referring to the  product now known as XtremIO (e.g. all flash new storage array).

Synopsis  of announcement

• Rename  server-side PCIe ssd flash cards from VFCache to XtremSF   
  
• New  XtremSF models including enhanced multi-level  cell (eMLC) with larger capacities
  
• Rename  VFCache caching software to XtremSW (enables cache mode vs. target mode)
  

What  EMC previously announced:  

• Productizing  the new all flash array as part of Project “X”
  
• It  would formally announce the new product in 2013 (which is now)   
  
• VFCache and later enhancements  during 2012.
  

Overall, I give an Atta boy and Atta girl to  the EMC crew for a Product Defined Announcement (PDA) extending their flash  portfolio to complement their different customers and prospects various environment  needs. Now let us sit back and watch EMC, NetApp and others step up their flash dance moves to see who  will out flash the others in the eXtreme flash games, including software defined storage, software defined data centers, software defined flash, and software defined cache.

Related items about nand flash, SSD and metrics related themes:

Read more about XtremIO, XtremSF, XtremSW and SSD flash related items here in part II of this post.

Ok, nuff said (for now).

Cheers gs