MegaRAID CacheCade Software
  • Accelerates I/O performance of existing HDD arrays using SSDs as high-performance cache
  • Read caching of hot spot data for significant reduction in I/O latency
MegaRAID CacheCade Software
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Features

  • Read caching software for 6Gb/s MegaRAID® SATA+SAS controller cards
  • Leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance controller cache pools
  • Automatic "Hot" classifications of data being read
  • Configuration through MegaRAID Storage Manager™ with standard virtual drives 

Benefits

  • Accelerates performance of existing HDD arrays with small upfront investment
  • Read caching of hot spot data for reduced latency and improved performance in read-intensive applications such as file, web, OLTP and databases
  • Simple, intuitive management tools to assign and manage CacheCade™ software SSD pool
LSI MegaRAID® CacheCade™ Software
   
Software License Ordering PN LSI00265 - Compatible with MR SAS 9260/9265/9280/9285 series controllers
Physical Key Ordering PN
 LSI00290 - Compatible with MR SAS 9265-8i, 9285-8e
LSI00248 - Compatible with MR SAS 9260 (-4i, -8i, - 16i), 9280 (-4i4e, -16i4e, -24i4e)
Supported Operating Systems
 All operating systems supported by MegaRAID controller card
Supported SSDs
Please visit www.lsi.com/channel for a complete list of tested SSDs
Max. Number of SSD in a CacheCade SSD Pool
 32
Max. Number of SSC VD Supported per Controller

Up to 64

(The total number of HDD VDs plus CacheCade VDs must not exceed 64)

Max. CacheCade Capacity per Controller
 512GB
Optimum Controller settings for CacheCade Software
 Write Policy: Write Back
IO Policy: Cached IO
Read Policy: No Read Ahead
Stripe Size: 64KB
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