45Drives Expands Compact Hyperconverged Platform Born from Fortune 500 Challenge

45Drives, the enterprise infrastructure division of the Protocase Companies, has announced expanded market availability of its innovative Proxinator VM2 platform. This compact, high-performance hyperconverged virtual compute and storage solution was originally engineered to meet the bespoke requirements of a Fortune 500 e-commerce organization that needed open-source-based virtual compute, GPU support, and high-throughput NVMe storage in a system capable of operating outside traditional data center environments. The customer required a solution that could be deployed consistently across distributed global offices lacking dedicated data centers, necessitating a 1U, short-depth chassis specifically designed to mount in network switch racks while maintaining enterprise-grade performance.

Using its High-Velocity Mass Customization (HVMC) engineering methodology, 45Drives rapidly adapted its existing 2U Proxinator platforms into the new 1U architecture, preserving core performance characteristics while dramatically reducing physical footprint. Following successful production deployment, the company introduced the system to the broader market through a detailed performance video that generated more than 40,000 views and significant engagement from technical professionals. Consistent with 45Drives' open development model, community feedback was actively incorporated into subsequent iterations, optimizing the system for real-world virtualization workloads before expanding availability to enterprise organizations and SMBs.

The Proxinator VM2 offers approximately 33% of the storage capacity of the larger 2U Proxinator VM8 but is optimized for use cases where throughput, latency, and compute performance are critical. The system is particularly well-suited for edge deployments, branch offices, global enterprise rollouts, and space-constrained infrastructure environments where traditional hyperconverged systems are impractical. As Dr. Doug Milburn, President of 45Drives explained, the platform reflects how the company solves infrastructure problems that don't fit neatly into existing product categories by combining HVMC with direct feedback from both customers and the wider technical community. The Proxinator VM2 is available now as part of the 45Drives Enterprise product lineup, and interested parties can view the original release on www.newmediawire.com for more information.