Pivot3

Pivot3 was founded in 2003 on the idea that today's stack of servers, storage and networks could be radically simplified, consolidated and cost-reduced.

Pivot3 built a seasoned team of industry veterans from the server, storage and virtualization disciplines to bring this vision to reality and now has over 400 customers across the globe deploying the Pivot3 storage and compute STAC™.

Pivot3 products are deployed in the data protection, digital surveillance and rich media markets and have seen particular success in the public sector, transportation, education and retail vertical segments.

The Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform has arrived

Pivot3 is the first and only vendor to provide failover-protected virtual machines inside an IP SAN, eliminating the cost, power and rackspace of physical servers, as well as dedicated failover hardware. The result is a radical new cost point for high-capacity installations and an integrated approach to high-availability protection for both ISV applications and SAN storage.

Product Families

Pivot3 CloudBank™ - 2u 12 drive storage appliances with virtual servers
Pivot3 DataBank™ - 2u 12 drive storage-only appliances
Pivot3 vBank™ - 2u 12 drive stackable VM multi appliances
Pivot3 vSTAC™ VDI - Runs 100+ desktops per STAC

High Availability

Fault tolerance is distributed across appliances so that no single point of failure exists. Consolidated server and storage resources are virtualized to provide server failover and advanced RAID functionality with no single point of failure. The Pivot3 scale-out platform provides these features without the complexities and cost normally associated with high availability architectures.

Value

Pivot3 x86-based appliances ensure the lowest possible hardware costs and Pivot3 software ensures the lowest total cost of ownership. Pivot3 delivers configuration ease with a 30 minute deployment window combined with dynamic load balancing and a management console that offers online maintenance, environmental monitoring, and diagnostic assistance. The unique integration of storage and server virtualization provides an instant return on investment and a step ahead in green project environments.

Simplicity

The Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform is readily scalable to meet changing server and storage needs. Built on a standards based architecture, tested by industry-leading technology partners and approved by discriminating customers, the Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform has arrived.

Performance

The Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform generates impressive performance results by federating hardware resources and the network connections of each Pivot3 commodity scale-out appliance. This provides scalable bandwidth using federated Gigabit Ethernet that exceeds proprietary Fibre Channel at a fraction of the cost.