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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
LSI Launches Nytro Flash-based Accelerator Cards
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LSI on Monday introduced the Nytro portfolio, a family of solutions that combines PCIe flash technology with intelligent caching and management software to achieve accelerated application performance in datacenters and cloud environments.
Nytro solutions allow datacenters to contend with massive
data growth and speed the ability of databases and other
applications to access data and provide real-time
analytics and reporting.
According to LSI, the Nytro products offer up to 30x
faster database transaction performance, over 4.0GB per
second sustained throughput, automatic, intelligent read
and write caching of hot data to high-performance flash
storage, power, cooling and physical footprint savings,
the reliability of LSI SandForce flash storage processors
with DuraClass technology along with compatibility with
existing infrastructure through use of LSI SAS and
MegaRAID drivers.
The Nytro product portfolio includes the LSI Nytro
WarpDrive Application Acceleration Cards, the LSI Nytro
XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution, the LSI
Nytro MegaRAID Application Acceleration Cards and the LSI
Nytro Predictor Software Tool.
The LSI Nytro WarpDrive Application Acceleration Cards
are the company's second-generation family of PCIe flash
adapters. Nytro WarpDrive cards range in capacity from
200GB to 3.2TB of MLC or SLC flash memory, and combine
the characteristics of LSI SandForce flash storage
processors with LSI SAS controller ICs.
The LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage
Solution combines the LSI Nytro WarpDrive card with
Nytro XD intelligent caching software for out-of-the-box
application acceleration for storage area networks (SAN)
and direct-attached storage (DAS) environments. The Nytro
XD solution automatically and transparently caches
frequently accessed data reads and writes to PCIe flash
storage, delivering up to a 30x performance improvement
over HDD-only storage systems.
The LSI Nytro MegaRAID Application Acceleration Cards
provide cost-effective acceleration of SAS-connected DAS
storage by combining the RAID performance and data
protection capabilities of LSI MegaRAID controllers with
on-board flash and intelligent caching software. Nytro
MegaRAID cards automatically move data between integrated
flash storage and hard drives to blend high-performance
storage without requiring expensive software tuning or
rewrites.
The LSI Nytro Predictor Software Tool provides an
intelligent guide for choosing the right Nytro
application acceleration solution. Nytro Predictor
software helps IT managers and database administrators
identify and analyze application "hot spots" of
frequently used data to determine which applications can
be accelerated and make recommendations on which LSI
Nytro product is best-suited for their specific
application requirements.
LSI Nytro solutions are currently sampling with LSI's
OEM customers, and are expected to be generally available
beginning in the second quarter. Pricing for Nytro
WarpDrive cards starts at a manufacturer's suggested
retail price (MSRP) of $6,600 MSRP2, pricing for Nytro XD
solutions starts at $9,400 MSRP3, and pricing for Nytro
MegaRAID cards starts at $1,799 MSRP. |
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