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Samsung Acquires Proximal Data to Grow SSD Business

Samsung announced on Sunday that it has acquired Proximal Data, a provider of server-side caching software. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

With the acquisition, Samsung plans to expand its SSD business in the server and data center markets.

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삼성전자, 미국 SSD SW 스타트업 ‘프록시멀 데이터’ 인수

삼성전자가 지난 2012년 PC용 SSD 캐싱 소프트웨어 업체인 ‘엔벨로’를 인수한 데 이어, 서보용 SSD 소프트웨어 스타트업 ‘프록시멀 데이터’를 인수했다. 이제 프리미엄 제품인 서버용 SSD에 필요한 솔루션 경쟁력을 강화해 3차원 V낸드를 기반으로 한 SSD 사업을 더욱 확대한다는 전략이다.

삼성전자는 미국의 서버용 SSD 캐싱 소프트웨어 전문업체인 ‘프록시멀 데이터(Proximal Data)‘를’를 인수했다고 밝혔다.

캐싱 소프트웨어란 컴퓨터 시스템에서 빈번하게 사용되는 데이터를 효율적으로 SSD에 저장해 저장장치의 속도를 높여주는 역할을 하는 소프트웨어이다.

삼성전자는 “이번에 인수한 업체가 가상 작업환경을 구축해 서버 효율을 높이는 가상화 서버에서 SSD를 활용해 스토리지 성능을 크게 높여주는…

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Samsung acquires SSD caching company Proximal Data

Above: Samsung’s Unpacked announcement for the Galaxy Note 4

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Samsung today announced it has acquired caching company Proximal Data. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Based in San Diego, California, Proximal Data specializes in server-side caching software with I/O intelligence for virtualized systems (ESXi hypervisor as well as Microsoft’s Hyper-V). The goal is to boost storage performance by controlling and storing frequently used data more efficiently.

Proximal Data’s AutoCache software, a virtual cache storage solution, is supposed to increase virtual machine density and performance by eliminating I/O bottlenecks. Virtual machines on server-attached flash drives thus execute faster.

Proximal Data was founded in 2011 by CEO Rory Bolt. According to its management page, Bolt has more than 25 years of experience in data storage systems, data protection systems, and high performance computing. This is his fourth startup, and it’s also not his first successful exit. In the previous one, Avamar Technologies, he played a key role in selling the business to EMC for $165 million.

This isn’t a first for the Korean company either — it has snatched up a U.S.-based SSD caching software creator before. In December 2012, Samsung bought NVELO, and in its release today says that since 2013, it has been applying that company’s advanced caching software to its branded SSDs “for up-to-date performance and greater convenience to users.” Presumably, Proximal Data’s technology will play a similar role.

A deal between Samsung and Proximal Data was first rumored last week in a report by The Register, which cited “people close to the situation.” The publication estimated the startup had raised a total of $8 million to date.

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