IntelliFlash

IntelliFlash is a brand of DataDirect Networks (DDN) based in San Jose that manufactures flash storage arrays. The company, then known as Tegile Systems, was acquired by Western Digital in 2017[1] and by DDN in September 2019.[2]

IntelliFlash
FormerlyTegile Systems
TypeBrand
IndustryComputer data storage, Hybrid array
Founded2010
FoundersRohit Kshetrapal
Rajesh Nair
FateAcquired by Western Digital in 2017 and by DataDirect Networks in 2019
Headquarters
San Jose, California
,
United States
ProductsHybrid and All-Flash storage arrays
ParentDataDirect Networks
Websitewww.ddn.com

History

Tegile Systems was founded in 2010 by Rohit Kshetrapal, Rajesh Nair, Justin Cheen, and Alok Agrawal.[3] In February 2012, Tegile came out of stealth mode when it announced a product line called Zebi.[4]

In 2013, a $32 million investment included led by Meritech Capital Partners,[5] which included a corporate venture capital investment led by Alex Lam from SanDisk Ventures. In May 2015, a round of $70 million was announced, with additional investors Capricorn Investment Group, Cross Creek Advisors and Pine River Capital Management.[6]

By the end of 2015, Tegile had an estimated 360 employees.[7] In 2017 Western Digital bought Tegile Systems[1] and then rebranded it as IntelliFlash.[8] Western Digital sold IntelliFlash to DDN in September 2019.[9]

Technology

Tegile developed what the company calls IntelliFlash Metadata Acceleration, which is a way to store metadata on high speed solid state disks, apart from the underlying data.[10] Some competitors are noted as Nimble Storage and Tintri.[4][11]

References
  1. Darrow, Barb (August 29, 2017). "Western Digital Is Buying This Flash Storage Company". Fortune Media IP Limited. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. Sumrit, Sharon (19 September 2019). "DDN announces acquisition of intelliflash enterprise storage business unit from Western Digital". FWalt & Company, on behalf of DDN. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  3. Halfacree, Gareth (20 September 2019). "Western Digital flogs IntelliFlash, exits storage systems market". Bit-tech. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. Chris Mellor (June 1, 2012). "Newcomer gets out its box, plans to sell it cheaply to all comers: I swing all ways, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, CIFS, long time". The Register. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. Chris Mellor (August 6, 2013). "Backers fatten up flash-disk mutant array, sic it on storage giants". The Register. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  6. Chris Mellor (May 27, 2015). "Tegile scores VC cash to splash on flash growth dash: Mutant bods join the $100m-plus startup club". The Register. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  7. Chris Mellor (December 22, 2015). "Tegile: Tesla, T4000 and playing the long game on cheap data storage". The Register. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  8. "Tintri saviour to acquire former Tegile business". CRN. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. Mellor, Chris (20 September 2019). "Western Digital: We're just about DDN with these data centre systems". The Register. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  10. Chris Naddeo (November 11, 2014). "One Storage Stack to Rule Them All". Promotional blog posting. Strategic Storage Solutions. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  11. George Crump (November 13, 2012). "VM Aware Vs. ZFS Storage". Blog. Storage Switzerland. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
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