Gear6's CacheFX appliances sit in the network and contain solid-state drives. They are compatible only with NFS-based NAS devices and can shorten response times for frequently used application data by storing it in memory. This concept isn't unique to individual disk systems, especially high-end arrays, but the appliance model can centralize management of performance and load balancing across NAS systems.
Although Gear6 calls its new G100 appliance an entry-level appliance, the 11U device's $149,000 price is hardly entry level. It is a smaller, less expensive version of Gear6's previous models, which start at $350,000 and come in 21U and 42U configurations.
According to Gear6 director of marketing Jack O'Brien, the new model will also be better suited to run on performance-intensive applications with relatively moderate amounts of data, such as Oracle RAC. "If performance requirements aren't particularly stringent, the appliance also offers an opportunity to simplify the storage environment," O'Brien added. In late January, Gear6 released new management software for the appliances that includes an I/O monitoring feature to track traffic and proactively identify bottlenecks.
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