PernixData

PernixData was a software company based in San Jose, California. PernixData was founded in 2012, and acquired in 2016. Its main product is PernixData FVP, which is software for virtualizing server-side flash memory[1] and random-access memory (RAM).

PernixData
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryStorage virtualization
Founded2012 (2012)
HeadquartersSan Jose California
Key people
Poojan Kumar, CEO
Satyam Vaghani, CTO
ProductsFVP
Architect
ParentNutanix
Websitewww.pernixdata.com

History

PernixData was co-founded in February 2012 by Poojan Kumar, CEO, and Satyam Vaghani, CTO.[2] Initial capital investment came from Lightspeed Venture Partners with individual investments from Mark Leslie, founding Chairman and CEO of Veritas; John Thomson, CEO of Virtual Instruments and Microsoft Board Member; and Lane Bess, chief operating officer at Zscaler and former CEO of Palo Alto Networks. A second round of funding in May 2013 came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the original investors.[3] In August 2014, PernixData raised Series C financing, led by Menlo Ventures with contributions from previous investors. Investments in that round were also made by Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce; Jim Davidson, of Silver Lake Partners and Steve Luczo, chairman and CEO of Seagate Technology.[4]

In August 2013, PernixData announced its FVP software product. In July, 2016, there were reports of potential sale of the company.[5][6] PernixData was acquired by Nutanix in August, 2016.[7]

Products and competition

PernixData FVP virtualizes server-side flash memory and random-access memory (RAM), software intended to scale storage performance independent of capacity.[8] In 2013, PernixData FVP was only available for VMware's cloud computing platform vSphere 5, but Kumar indicated plans to ready FVP for various hypervisors, including Microsoft Hyper-V.[9] Version 2.0 of FVP was announced in August 2014, alongside various new editions of the product (Enterprise, Standard, VDI and Essentials Plus).[10][11]

Competing VMware-focused flash virtualization technologies include Virtunet Systems' VirtuCache,[12] SanDisk’s FlashSoft, Proximal Data's Autocache, and VMware's own vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC).[13] PernixData's FVP and Virtunet Systems' VirtuCache distinguish themselves from VMware's own vFRC by adding write caching and clustering.[14] [15]

See also

References
  1. Darrow, Barb (February 20, 2013). "PernixData comes out of stealth to attack server-side flash problem". Gigaom. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. Geren, Tomio (February 20, 2013). "PernixData Aims To Break Virtualization And Storage Bottleneck". Forbes. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  3. Williams, Alex (May 14, 2013). "PernixData Raises $20M In Oversubscribed Round For New Way To Think About Storage". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  4. Basich, Zoran (August 20, 2014). "The Daily Startup: Marc Benioff Joins $35M Round for PernixData". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. Chris Mellor (July 1, 2016), "Sources: Nutanix poised to gobble PernixData: Hyper-converged upstart eyes up hypervisor flash caching biz", The Register, retrieved August 29, 2016
  6. Marc Farley and Lauren Malhoit (July 4, 2016). "Independence no more? Will Nutanix acquire PernixData". Vuncalcast. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  7. Heather Somerville (August 28, 2016). "Nutanix acquires two startups amid IPO delay". Yahoo! Tech.
  8. Joseph F. Kovar (August 5, 2013). "PernixData FVP Clusters Server Flash To Add Performance In Virtualized Environments". CRN Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  9. ter Harmsel, William (November 4, 2013). "Interview Poojan Kumar – CEO of PernixData". Willemterharmsel.nl. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  10. "PernixData adds RAM pools to FVP flash caching software". ComputerWeeky. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  11. Vizard, Mike (September 2, 2014). "PernixData Turns Memory in Unified Persistent Storage". ITBusinessEdge. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  12. "Home". virtunetsystems.com.
  13. Lively flash market leaves Fusion-io standing on shaky ground — Tech News and Analysis
  14. Chris Mellor (October 16, 2013). "PernixData shows off write-caching, clustering one-trick FVP pony. Can VMware kit do this? No. Well, not for now, anyway..." The Register. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  15. "PernixData's FVP vs. Virtunet - Both VMware Kernel Write Caching Software".
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