PCIe Flash LSI Nytro MegaRAID Cards Available for Channel

LSI Corporation announced worldwide channel availability of the PCIe flash LSI Nytro MegaRAID cards, providing application acceleration for DAS.

They are integrate PCIe flash technology and intelligent caching software with enterprise RAID data protection using LSI dual-core ROC technology.

LSI demonstrated VMware I/O acceleration using Nytro MegaRAID cards at the VMworld conference, August 26-30, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

The increased availability of the Nytro MegaRAID product family coincides with a growing data deluge that is challenging data centre managers to reassess ways to balance application performance, storage and data protection requirements in the most cost-effective way possible.
    
Nytro MegaRAID cards’ benefits:

• Reduce latencies by up to 47x for faster application response time
• Enterprise flash performance and reliability from LSI SandForce flash storage processors with DuraClass technology
• Enterprise data protection from LSI dual-core ROC technology
• Lower administrative overhead and TCO savings
• Compatibility with existing infrastructure through use of LSI SAS and MegaRAID drivers featuring extensive OS and management support

"Our worldwide channel partners are seeing pent-up demand for affordable application acceleration solutions given the daunting amount of data stressing the capacity and data protection capabilities of storage infrastructures," said Brent Blanchard, director, worldwide channel sales and marketing, LSI. "With its unique integration of technology on a single card and sub-$2K price point, we believe the Nytro MegaRAID family is a game-changer that can make the dramatic application acceleration benefits of PCIe flash solutions accessible and economical for all types of data centres."

Nytro MegaRAID cards use intelligent caching algorithms to identify application hot spots of frequently accessed data and automatically move the data between integrated flash storage and HDDs to blend performance and capacity storage, resulting in improved cost per gigabyte and cost per transaction.

They are built upon the standard RAID controller technology drivers and management support, enabling compatibility with existing storage infrastructures and delivering transparent application acceleration.

"Nytro MegaRAID cards provide the performance of flash with proven RAID data protection and intelligent caching software," said Ken Hostetler, director of product management with Silicon Mechanics, Inc. "This is an ideal solution for customer applications that require performance, capacity and reduced operational costs. The extensive compatibility and driver support out-of-the-box make it a solution I can offer to all my customers."

Pricing and Availability
(Estimated MSRP. Actual prices may vary):

• Nytro MegaRAID NMR 8100-4i $1,795: 4 internal ports; 100GB eMLC flash capacity
• Nytro MegaRAID NMR 8110-4i $2,795: 4 internal ports; 200GB eMLC flash capacity
• Nytro MegaRAID NMR 8120-4i $6,995: 4 internal ports; 800GB eMLC flash capacity

Nytro MegaRAID cards feature a low-profile MD2 form factor, PCIe 3.0 compliance and support 6Gb/s SAS or SATA devices.

The products are available through the LSI worldwide network of distributors, integrators and VARs.