Pivot3,
a pioneer and innovator in the development of hyper-converged
infrastructure (HCI), and Tracewell Systems have partnered to
offer a purpose-built solution designed to power computationally intense
applications in space-constrained Defense environments. Tracewell will
leverage Pivot3’s HCI software to enable application virtualization,
maximize useable storage and ensure high survivability.
Forward-deployed military units have advanced computing requirements
that must be met within a limited physical footprint, a
constrained power consumption budget and a limited thermal envelope.
The partnership between Tracewell and Pivot3 gives Defense
customers high performance compute power and efficient and secure data
storage within a compact solution that can be deployed on a variety of
military platforms ranging from airborne and surface, to sub-surface.
The joint solution is characterized by very high survivability which
stems from Pivot3's high levels of protection against hardware failure
based on its patented Scalar Erasure Coding technology.
Tracewell customers will be able to take full advantage of the
performance and efficiency of Pivot3 Global hyper-convergence for
demanding workloads such as Big Data analytics, virtualization and high
performance computing - all within a compressed footprint.
“Our partnership with Tracewell is the next step in our strategy to lead
the HCI market for industry specific solutions,” said Ron Nash,
Pivot3 CEO. “Our 12 years of research and development have produced
a highly stable and efficient hyper-converged software platform that can
be deployed in many demanding environments, such as mission-critical
Defense applications.”
With Pivot3 and Tracewell's solution, the Defense industry will benefit
from patented software-defined storage (SDS) technology that maximizes
drive and server fault tolerance through Pivot3’s patented Scalar
Erasure Coding.
“Our 40-year history in engineering for military applications is the
perfect match for Pivot3’s experience in hyper-converged storage and
compute solutions,” said Matt Tracewell, president and CEO, Tracewell
Systems. “Culturally, the two companies have common themes that
customers will benefit from, which are unconventional approaches to
difficult engineering and technology challenges, combined
with unrelenting determination for solving difficult industry problems.”
Tracewell military customers will gain access to a high-performance,
hyper-converged platform based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)
hardware platform, rather than the typical custom military hardware.
This provides customers with a more
attractive cost structure, better long-term availability and an easier
upgrade path from an x86 server technology platform.
"By integrating Pivot3's HCI technology, Tracewell can maximize the
performance of its dense, ruggedized T-FX2 solution designed for
space-constrained and computationally intensive military environments,”
said Ron Nash. “The high storage efficiency of Pivot3 HCI, combined with
low compute overhead allows for maximum resources to be available to run
advanced algorithms and perform complex operations on large databases."