Invention

Reinventing the datacenter to deliver a better cloud

 
Reinventing the datacenter to deliver a better cloud
 
 
Cloud-based storage continues to dominate the discussion among technology leaders. Its value drivers have the potential to transform business strategy, enabling companies to be more agile, respond more quickly and efficiently to market changes, and manage costs more closely and effectively. But there are risks in making the move to the cloud.
 
For starters, picking the right partner from today’s many cloud storage providers isn't easy.  How do you validate claims and come to a defensible conclusion that a cloud storage provider can deliver the data protection, high speed access, resource flexibility, manageability, and cost containment they promise – and that you require? From the perspective of an end user or business executive responsible for investigating, vetting, or selecting a cloud storage vendor, this presents a real challenge.
 
Cloud computing
 
 
LSI storage technologies in a cloud storage provider’s solution is one strong indicator that their products and services will live up to expectations – and that your company’s data will be available whenever it is needed. Our storage offerings are designed to help providers deliver the core cloud storage value proposition of data security and line of business requirements for cost control, scalability, manageability and flexibility. They are built on a foundation of 30 years’ experience delivering leadership technologies to some of the most important companies.  
 
Our storage products for the cloud include:
 
6Gb/s SATA+SAS RAID controllers – These RAID controllers are tuned to get the best results from traditional SATA or SAS hard drives, and when combined with MegaRAID Advanced Software Options offer an additional performance boost and the possibility of “tiered performance” becomes available.
 
SAS6160 Switch – Extends the capabilities of SAS in direct-attached storage (DAS) environments by allowing multiple servers to connect to one or more independent external storage systems.
 
WarpDrive SLP-300 – Designed to accelerate transactional I/O performance for many cloud-friendly applications such as Web serving, data warehousing and analytics, online transaction processing (OLTP), and high-performance computing (HPC).
 
For more information on LSI solutions for the cloud, read the full solution brief.
 
For more information on our portfolio of storage solutions, visit, www.lsi.com/channel.