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company_name = BlueArc Corporation | |
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company_logo = [[Image:BlueArc logo.png|center|221px]] | |
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company_type = [[Private company|Private]]| |
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foundation = [[1998]]| |
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location = [[San Jose, California]] | |
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industry = [[Data storage devices]] | |
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products = Titan 1100, 2100, 2200, 2500, 3100 and 3200 | |
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key_people = [[Mike Gustafson]], President and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] <br> [[Rick Martig]], [[Chief financial officer|CFO]] <br> [[Shmuel Shottan]], [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] <br> [[Chris McBride]], Sr.VP Global Customer Operations <br> [[Bridget Warwick]], VP Marketing <br> [[Carlo Garbagnati]], VP Engineering <br> [[Robert Harvey]], VP Operations |
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homepage = [http://www.bluearc.com/ www.bluearc.com] | |
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'''BlueArc Corporation''' is a network storage device manufacturer headquartered in [[San Jose, California]]. BlueArc was founded in 1998 by [[Geoff Barrall]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/1550365.stm BBC News - Web Without the Waiting]</ref>, Jeff Pinkham and Jon Meyer. Initially based in the UK, BlueArc transitioned its HQ to the US (Mountain View) in 2000 and became a US corporation at that time although still maintains a sizable engineering facility in England. The company moved to San Jose in July 2001<ref>[http://bluearc.com/html/news/press_releases/pr_headquarters_070201.shtml BlueArc Announces New Corporate Headquarters in San Jose, Calif.]</ref>. BlueArc was acquired by [[Hitachi Data Systems]] on September 7th, 2011<ref>[http://www.hds.com/corporate/press-analyst-center/press-releases/2011/gl110907.html Hitachi Data Systems Announces Acquisition of BlueArc]</ref>. |
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BlueArc's products are network attached storage ([[Network-attached storage|NAS]]) systems that are sold either as appliances bundled with storage, or as NAS heads supporting third party SAN connected storage. The current product line includes the low-end 1000 series, midrange 2000 series and high-end 3000 series. The products are differentiated by their performance, capacity and host port connectivity. |
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The primary differentiating feature of the BlueArc's NAS products in comparison to their competition is BlueArc's heavy reliance on [[FPGA]]'s, or field programmable gate arrays. The FPGA's provide hardware acceleration of processing which typically occurs in software running on general purpose CPU's on competing products. As a result, BlueArc is able to provide high performance for a single system or node. Another feature of BlueArc's products is their ability to be clustered together into groups of up to 8 nodes. Some competing systems from Isilon, and NetApp offer similar clustering capabilities. |
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BlueArc competes with offerings from companies such as [[EMC Corporation|EMC]], [[NetApp]], [[Sun Microsystems]] and smaller companies including [[Isilon]]. The company distributes its products on a direct basis, through third-party resellers, and by OEM partners, including a 5-year global agreement with Hitachi Data Systems<ref>[http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=112520 HDS, BlueArc in Big NAS Deal]</ref>. |
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BlueArc's product line is differentiated through its hardware architecture, founded on [[Field-programmable gate array|FPGA]] technology. BlueArc holds the world record for single system and dual system performance on SPECsfs<ref>[http://www.bluearc.com/html/news/press_releases/pr_performance_061708.shtml BlueArc Titan 3200 Storage System Sets New Record for Network Storage Performance]</ref>, an [[Network File System (protocol)|NFS]] test provided by SPEC.org<ref>[http://www.spec.org/sfs97r1/results/sfs97r1.html All SPEC SFS97_R1 Results]</ref>. |
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In June 2011, BlueArc filed with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url = http://www.renaissancecapital.com/ipohome/news/High-performance-storage-vendor-BlueArc-re-files-for-a-$100-million-IPO-9849.html |
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|title = High-performance storage vendor BlueArc re-files for a $100 million IPO |
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|work = [[Renaissance Capital]] |
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|date = 24 June 2011 |
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|accessdate = 27 June 2011 |
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}}</ref> |
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On September 7th, 2011, BlueArc, Inc. was officially acquired by Hitachi Data Systems (HDS.) |
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==References== |
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hitachi-data-systems-announces-acquisition-of-bluearc-2011-09-07 |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.bluearc.com/ BlueArc Corporation Website] |
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*[http://communities.bluearc.com/ BlueArc Community Forums] |
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