BlueArc's Titan Storage System Sets New World Record for E-Mail Capacity and Performance

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BlueArc Corporation has announced that its Titan storage system, in combination with Intel Xeon-powered CommuniGate servers, has achieved a new world record result for SPECmail message capacity and performance. The system sustained a performance level of 12,500 SPECmail messages per minute, or the equivalent of two and a half million SPECmail users, sending 30 million e-mail messages per day. This is a significant achievement, particularly as worldwide e-mail traffic continues to rise. According to a recent study from The Radicati Group, e-mail traffic increased 35 percent in 2004, to a level of 76.8 billion messages per day, with approximately 83 percent being corporate e-mail.

Key Takeaways:

  • BlueArc's Titan storage system has achieved a new world record result for SPECmail message capacity and performance, sustaining a performance level of 12,500 SPECmail messages per minute.
  • The Titan system, in combination with Intel Xeon-powered CommuniGate servers, sent 30 million e-mail messages per day, equivalent to two and a half million SPECmail users.
  • The achievement is significant, considering the increasing worldwide e-mail traffic, which rose 35% in 2004 to 76.8 billion messages per day, with 83% being corporate e-mail.
  • The Titan system's scalability and performance capabilities make it an ideal solution for ISPs, Broadband providers, and enterprises with strenuous e-mail environments.
  • BlueArc's Titan system is backed by a unique hardware-accelerated architecture, allowing customers to scale their storage systems far beyond any other servers available on the market today.
  • The system delivers throughput of up to 20 Gigabits per second (Gbps) and can grow up to 256 terabytes.
  • Knology, a leading provider of interactive communications and entertainment services in the Southeast United States, has relied on BlueArc's Titan system to provide e-mail access and hosting for over 100,000 broadband customers.

Statistics:

  • The Titan system achieved a performance level of 12,500 SPECmail messages per minute.
  • Worldwide e-mail traffic increased 35% in 2004 to 76.8 billion messages per day.
  • 83% of e-mail traffic is corporate e-mail.
  • The Titan system can scale up to 256 terabytes.
  • It delivers throughput of up to 20 Gbps.
  • Knology has over 100,000 broadband customers relying on the Titan system.

Sources:

  • MARKET WIRE via COMTEX
  • BlueArc Corporation
  • Intel Corporation
  • CommuniGate Systems
  • The Radicati Group
  • Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
  • Comtex News Network, Inc.