Company:PernixData

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Short description: Software company based in San Jose, California that was founded in 2012
PernixData
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryStorage virtualization
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
HeadquartersSan Jose California
Key people
Poojan Kumar, CEO
Satyam Vaghani, CTO
ProductsFVP
Architect
ParentNutanix
Websitewww.pernixdata.com

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).

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. http://gigaom.com/2013/02/20/pernixdata-comes-out-of-stealth-to-attack-server-side-flash-problem/. Retrieved 2 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ Geren, Tomio (February 20, 2013). "PernixData Aims To Break Virtualization And Storage Bottleneck". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/02/20/pernixdata-aims-to-break-virtualization-and-storage-bottleneck/. Retrieved January 21, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Williams, Alex (May 14, 2013). "PernixData Raises $20M In Oversubscribed Round For New Way To Think About Storage". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/14/pernixdata-raises-20m-in-oversubscribed-round-for-new-way-to-think-about-storage/. Retrieved January 21, 2014. 
  4. ↑ Basich, Zoran (August 20, 2014). "The Daily Startup: Marc Benioff Joins $35M Round for PernixData". Wall Street Journal. https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/08/20/the-daily-startup-marc-benioff-joins-35m-round-for-pernixdata/. 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, https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/01/hyperconverged_nutanix_could_be_buying_vmcare_cacher_pernixdata/, retrieved August 29, 2016 
  6. ↑ Marc Farley and Lauren Malhoit (July 4, 2016). "Independence no more? Will Nutanix acquire PernixData". Vuncalcast. http://vulcancast.com/2016/07/04/independence-no-more-will-nutanix-acquire-pernixdata/. 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. http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240159476/pernixdata-fvp-clusters-server-flash-to-add-performance-in-virtualized-environments.htm. Retrieved January 21, 2014. 
  9. ↑ ter Harmsel, William (November 4, 2013). "Interview Poojan Kumar – CEO of PernixData". Willemterharmsel.nl. http://willemterharmsel.nl/interview-poojan-kumar-ceo-of-pernix-data/. Retrieved January 21, 2014. 
  10. ↑ "PernixData adds RAM pools to FVP flash caching software". ComputerWeeky. October 1, 2014. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240231805/PernixData-adds-RAM-pools-to-FVP-flash-caching-software. Retrieved October 1, 2014. 
  11. ↑ Vizard, Mike (September 2, 2014). "PernixData Turns Memory in Unified Persistent Storage". ITBusinessEdge. http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/it-unmasked/pernixdata-turns-memory-in-unified-persistent-storage.html. Retrieved September 2, 2014. 
  12. ↑ "Home". http://www.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. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/16/pernixdata_better_thanvmwares_own_flash_cache/. Retrieved August 29, 2016. 
  15. ↑ "PernixData's FVP vs. Virtunet - Both VMware Kernel Write Caching Software". http://virtunetsystems.com/replacement-for-pernixdata-fvp. 



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