NEWARK, CA, Nov. 26 –

WHAT: Esther Spanjer, Director of SSD Technical Marketing at SMART Storage Systems, will present on a panel titled "Increasing Storage Performance" during tomorrow's Server Design Summit. During the presentation, Spanjer will explore the topic of "Improving Server Performance with Solid-State Storage," highlighting the drawbacks of leveraging client-class solid-state drives (SSDs) in enterprise applications, and how this quickly escalates the total cost of ownership (TCO) of storage. Miss Spanjer will also provide insight into recent advancements in Flash endurance enhancement technology that increase the endurance of consumer-grade multi-level cell (MLC) Flash, enabling more cost-effective, server-grade SSDs to be deployed.

Other topics being discussed by the panel include "Practical Ways to Accelerate Virtual Servers" by Andy Mills, CEO of Enmotus; "Full TCP Offload Increases Network Efficiency by 95%" by Kelly Masood, CTO of Intilop; and "Busting Through I/O bottlenecks with PCIe Flash Caching" by Steve Fingerhut, vice president of marketing at LSI.

WHO: Esther Spanjer is Director of SSD Technical Marketing at SMART Storage Systems. With more than 15 years of experience in the flash and storage industry, Miss Spanjer has gained valuable knowledge on the requirements for flash-based storage solutions in embedded, industrial and enterprise storage applications. Miss Spanjer has authored more than 20 articles in international publications and conference proceedings, and has been chosen to speak at a number of industry events, including IDEMA, DiskCon, Server Design Summit, Storage Networking World USA and Europe, and the Flash Memory Summit. Spanjer formerly worked for msystems and STEC, and holds a B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Technical University Amsterdam (Netherlands).

WHERE/WHEN: Server Design Summit will be held November 27-28, 2012 at the Santa Clara Marriott. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.serverdesignsummit.com/.

Esther Spanjer's session is scheduled for Tuesday, November 27 from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).

For more information on the Optimus SSD or SMART Storage Systems, please visit the company's website at http://www.smartstoragesys.com, the company's blog at http://www.smartstorageblog.com, find us on Twitter under the handle @SMARTSSD, or connect with us on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/smart-storage-systems.

About SMART Storage Systems

SMART Storage Systems is a technology leader in the design, development and deployment of current and next-generation enterprise solid-state storage products. Combining leading-edge, enterprise-class design and proven world-class support, SMART Storage Systems leverages its deep expertise in Flash and enterprise storage technology. SMART Storage Systems delivers high-quality, high-reliability solutions to a broad customer base including tier one storage and server OEMs. In support of these designs, SMART Storage Systems provides award-winning innovations in solid-state storage technology, such as NAND high-endurance Guardiantechnology, to a variety of customers in the enterprise storage, enterprise server, data center, defense and industrial markets. SMART Storage Systems is part of the SMART family of global companies.

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Source: SMART Storage Systems