Western Digital Corp. Provides Massively Scalable Object Storage For Revera Vault Cloud Storage Offering

Revera, New Zealand's Cloud Services Leader, to Deliver Cost-Effective Storage for Cloud Applications, Backup and Archiving, Disaster Recovery, and Big Data via HGST Active Archive System

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Mar 22, 2016, 03:01 ET

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping the world harness the power of data, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that Revera, New Zealand's leading cloud services provider, has installed the HGST (@HGSTstorage) Active Archive System as its cloud-scale data repository for Revera Vault. Geared for deployments of all sizes – from terabytes to zettabytes, Vault relies on the HGST Active Archive System for its object store capability, capacity scaling, and unmatched data durability to optimize data accessibility and business continuity.

HGST (formerly Hitachi GST and now a Western Digital company) provides a wide range of products that includes hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and innovative external storage solutions and services that store, preserve and manage the world's most valued data.

By leveraging the HGST Active Archive System, Revera Vault offers a distributed storage environment in excess of fourteen petabytes. This geo-dispersed architecture provides customers effortless access to their data, consistent performance, and maximum data durability. Vault customers can ingest data in Auckland and immediately retrieve it from Wellington, even in the event of a complete data center loss.

"Vault changes accepted models of enterprise data management – a model typified by disk-to-disk replication with tape completing the trifecta. But tape is fast becoming the dinosaur of storage media as cloud services deliver unlimited scale and flexible object-based storage systems," said Robin Cockayne, chief executive officer, Revera. "The HGST Active Archive System with object storage is key to delivering best-in-class services to our customers' ballooning data requirements."

WDC's HGST Active Archive System is a fully integrated, Amazon S3-compliant, scale-out object storage solution delivering 4.7 petabytes (PB) of raw data storage in a single rack. Leveraging HelioSeal® helium-filled disk drive technology and end-to-end optimization of system software and hardware, the system provides the industry's best capacity, density and TCO with support for geo-dispersed replication, data-at-rest encryption (DARE), as well as distributed erasure coding for cloud-scale data durability and reliability—all key selection criteria for Revera.

"Revera's reliance on the HGST Active Archive System as the cloud storage backend for Revera Vault spotlights its transformative benefits for cloud data centers where data availability, resiliency and durability at exabyte-scale is essential," said Dave Tang, senior vice president and general manager at Western Digital Corporation. "Our systems enable cloud service providers to offer their customers breakthrough value and service levels to provide a competitive advantage in today's data-centric world."

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About Western Digital Corporation

Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading developer and manufacturer of storage solutions that enable people to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with effective technology deployment, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed under the HGST and WD brands to OEMs, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. For more information, please visit www.hgst.com and www.wd.com.

About HGST

HGST (@HGSTStorage) branded storage solutions power the markets and companies that shape our lives—enabling possibilities for the cloud, enterprise and sophisticated infrastructures everywhere. For more information, please visit www.hgst.com.

One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). One PB is equal to 1,000 TB (one quadrillion bytes). Actual capacity will vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Usable capacity will vary from the raw capacity due to object storage methodologies and other factors.

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