SanDisk FlashSoft Software Validated for NetApp Data Ontap

SanDisk Corporation announced that its
FlashSoft software has been validated by NetApp, Inc. as compatible with NetApp Data
ONTAP enterprise storage and data management technologies.

FlashSoft enables SSDs housed inside servers to act as a caching resource to
accelerate performance in enterprise computing environments. It reduces the I/O
bottlenecks between servers and storage systems to improve server and storage
performance and deliver an efficient virtual computing experience.

"We’re pleased to have been selected
by NetApp as one of the first partners whose software is fully tested and
validated for the NetApp platform," said Tom Shea, VP and GM, software
solutions, SanDisk. "The NetApp and
FlashSoft joint solution adds new, high performance capabilities to reliable
storage and data management for enterprise customers and extends the value of
NetApp to the server."

Used with vSphere, FlashSoft extends the performance of NetApp unified storage
by enabling SSDs to function as a cache for frequently accessed data. By
caching this ‘hot’ data for rapid access (measured in microseconds),
FlashSoft software reduces I/O latency that can slow application performance.
This enables customers to rapidly process data, while ensuring consistent and
reliable performance of their critical applications.

"Including SanDisk’s FlashSoft
software in NetApp’s Interoperability Matrix will allow our customers to
enhance the performance of their servers by deploying a tested and validated
solution," said Tim Russell, VP, data lifecycle ecosystem group,
NetApp. "We manage our customer’s most important asset – their data. With our compatible server caching
partners, we know that they can target performance enhancement to specific
servers and VMs."

With FlashSoft, NetApp customers will be
able to:

• Confidently run key applications in virtual environments;
• Improve application performance by three to five times or more (Based on internal testing. Results from an OLTP workload test. System
  under test: Dell R720. Performance numbers are tpmC scores;)
• Target performance enhancement to specific servers and VMs;
• Reduce I/O overhead on storage systems to balance utilization of server and
  storage resources; and,
• Deliver I/O performance without disruption to existing storage
  systems or data protection implementations.

FlashSoft reduces storage I/O latency and helps primary storage systems to run
faster and efficiently. This also allows previously idle computing
resources to be used more fully. As server processor and memory utilization
increases, performance and virtual memory density targets are achieved, while
overall performance is enhanced to better meet expectations regarding ROI.

FlashSoft is available for Windows Server, Linux, and vSphere platforms.

SanDisk works with NetApp data management and data
protection solutions so that FlashSoft may be deployed without disruption to
existing storage infrastructure and policies.