Gridstore the leader in
hyper-converged all flash infrastructure for the
Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center today
announced the immediate availability of their new Gridstore All-Flash
Graphics Node (FGN) as an option within the Gridstore HyperConverged
All-Flash Infrastructure (HCI). The FGN provides superior performance
for demanding graphics workloads such as in medical imaging or CAD
environments in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
"Our VDI
deployment requires support for intensive medical imaging capabilities,"
said Michael Dutcher, IT Manager, Columbia Basin Hospital. "We expect
Gridstore's HCI with the Graphics Node will give us the performance we
need. Along with Unidesk for easy delivery of our demanding applications
as virtual disk layers, we will have a superior VDI solution at an
amazing price."
With this announcement, Gridstore HCI now includes
the ability to offload graphics processing from the CPU to the GPU in
virtualized environments. VDI users get the high performance with low
latency graphic rendering they need resulting in higher productivity and
end user satisfaction.
"Unidesk is proven to make the delivery of
ArcGIS, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, imaging systems, and other complex,
graphics-intensive apps simple," said Samantha Foster, vice president,
channel and business development, Unidesk. "The new Gridstore Graphics
Node solves the other half of the problem -- how to deliver a high
performance VDI user experience with these apps. At less than $600 per
desktop, our joint VDI solution gives customers simpler management and
greater performance than a physical PC, at significantly lower cost."
Product Details
Each Gridstore HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) can support
all-flash HyperConverged Nodes (FCN), all-flash Storage-only Nodes
(FSN), all-flash Graphics Nodes (FGN), or any combination of these.
There are three GPUs to choose from in the FGN which can be paired with
any of the supported CPUs in the Gridstore product line. The FGNs are:
- FGN1 with 4 Kepler GPUs
- FGN2 with 2 high-end Kepler GPUs
- FGNT60 with 2 GM204 GPUs
Key Benefits
Gridstore provides the performance leading HCI that is easy to
deploy and manage making it ideal for today's changing business needs,
particularly in VDI deployments including those with graphic intensive
applications. Additionally, the benefits of the new Gridstore Graphics
Node include:
- Ability to mix and match FGN, FCN and FSN nodes to create the optimal price/performance combination
- Three optional GPUs based on the number of graphics users and performance needs
- All-flash high performance I/O
"We are excited to provide high performance graphics
processing as part of the Gridstore HCI solution," said Ajay Nilaver,
vice president, engineering and product management, Gridstore. "Today's
graphic-rich applications are pushing IT managers to optimize their
infrastructure and Gridstore HCI is the perfect solution, offering major
benefits to users."
Gridstore HyperConverged Infrastructure
delivers compute, storage, and storage networking in a single appliance
that offers market leading price/performance, efficient scaling, and
scale-to-fit design. The Gridstore HCI is easy to deploy and reduces
management time and effort. Leveraging its patented technology, a
Gridstore HCI delivers the same performance and VM density as
traditional converged solutions with 75% less physical infrastructure
and a 65% lower price-per-VM. The Gridstore HyperConverged Appliance is
an ideal platform for infrastructure refreshes and specific workloads
such as VDI, SQL Server, Dev/Test, and ROBO.
Availability and Pricing
The FGNs are available immediately starting at $19,125 MSRP.
Find out more about the new Gridstore Graphics Node