Stefan Mileschin

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that Samsung's SM1625 SSD, a high-performing solid state drive with high density and low power consumption has been certified by VMware as an optimized solution for VMware Virtual SAN. The SM1625 SSD, Samsung's first dual-ported SAS SSD with densities of up to 800 gigabytes (GBs), has been certified for VMware Virtual SAN for use in data centers and other enterprise applications. VMware Virtual SAN is a new offering that allows customers to pool server disks and flash resources to create a resilient, high-performance and dynamic shared storage solution for virtual machines.

"VMware Virtual SAN provides customers a simpler and more flexible tier of storage for their virtual machines," said John Gilmartin, vice president, Cloud Infrastructure Products, VMware. "By clustering flash and direct-attached storage, VMware Virtual SAN provides a shared storage solution that is high-performing, cost-effective, and seamlessly integrated into VMware vCenter Server. We are pleased to have Samsung's SM1625 SSD as a high-performance storage option for our joint customers."

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