Pandora Personalized Internet Radio Deploys Fusion-io an Energy Saving Eco-Friendly Solution

In a press release from Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO), the company was please to say that leading personalized internet radio service, Pandora, will be using Fusio-io’s Fusion ioMemory to cache its music library. The new implementation should dramatically increase the server performance for Pandora.

The installation of the ioMemory system, according to the company, will allow Pandora to continue to support its growing listener base with an environmentally responsible data center. The center features fewer, smaller, lower-power servers for reduced server sprawl and energy consumption, saving money for Pandora and saving energy for the environment.

A leader in the industry for personalized internet radio services, Pandora currently holds more than a 69% share of all Internet radio listening in the U.S. today. The service blends attributes of over-the-air radio with a combination of proprietary personalization and Internet technology, enabling personalized music listening and discovery for listeners’ varying tastes and moods.

“Pandora is a pinnacle of innovation in online content delivery and its rapid growth had it facing similar challenges to other successful web leaders – scaling rapidly to meet booming growth,” said Neil Carson, Chief Technology Officer, Fusion-io. “When listeners tune in, they expect music without interruption, so Pandora’s team was committed to architecting a modern data center that would continue to deliver as the company grows. With Fusion-io, Pandora is able to meet these demands with a solution that uses far less energy, costing less for both Pandora and our planet.”

As its listener base continues to grow, Pandora was looking for a way to scale for present and future data demand while also reducing its infrastructural footprint and overall costs. With ioMemory integrated into its servers and the Fusion ioSphere management system, Pandora was able to replace existing disk-based content servers that cached its most frequently requested songs in the company’s music archive. The Fusion-io deployment ensures listeners consistent, high-performance for the entire Pandora content library, regardless of spikes in song popularity.

Pandora Vice President of Technical Operations Steve Ginsberg said, “We are pleased to announce our partnership with Fusion-io, which has allowed Pandora to create a more scalable and reliable storage strategy that better serves our more than 125 million listeners.”