Product Features / Benefits Nytro XD BLP4-800 Application Acceleration Storage Solution
A solution designed to dramatically improve application performance in SAN and DAS storage environments by intelligently caching the most frequently accessed data on flash storage. The LSI® Nytro™ XD solution includes host-based software designed to detect hot spots of frequently accessed data and store them in a LSI Nytro WarpDrive™ application acceleration.
Features
- Hot spots are automatically detected and placed in LSI PCIe flash storage
- Accelerates all logical volumes in a SAN or directly attached (DAS)
- Analyzes access patterns as they change and migrates new "hot" data to LSI PCIe flash storage over time
- Support for Windows 2012 and MSCS clustering
- Reports perfmon counters for real-time statistic and performance monitoring in Microsoft tools (SQL Server, Powershell, Systems Center)
Product Specifications
| Product | Ordering Part Number | Description | Capacity | NAND | | LSI Nytro XD BLP4-800 | LSI00352 | Retail Kit including low profile, small form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card and caching software, drivers and documentation | 800GB | eMLC | | Usable Capacity | 800GB using eMLC flash technology | | Average Latency | < 50 microseconds | | End of Life Data Retention | >6 Months | | Interface | x8 PCI Express 2.0 | | Form Factor | Low Profile (half-length, MD2) | | Brackets included | Full height and low-profile brackets | | Environmental Compliance | RoHS, WEEE Halogen and lead free | | Product Health Monitoring | Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands, plus additional SSD monitoring | | Emission Compliances | CE mark, C-Tick mark, Canadian Compliance Statement, KCC, HF, Taiwan BSMI, Japan VCCI, and FCC Class B | | Environmental | Operational at 5 to 45 C | | Operating Systems | RHEL : RHEL 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.1
SUSE Linux: SLES 11 SP1
OEL: OEL 5.6 / OEL 6
KVM Hypervisor: Single VM
Windows versions: Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows server 2008 R2 SP1 | | LUN Support | SAN: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SAS
DAS: SAS
| | Maximum number of HDD LUNs that can be cached | 64 | | Maximum number of WarpDrives used for Caching | 8 | | End of Life Data Retention | >6 Months | | Average Latency | < 50 microseconds | | End of Life Data Retention | >6 Months |
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Product Brief (1)
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LSI® Nytro™ XD Application Acceleration
A solution designed to dramatically improve application performance in SAN and DAS storage environments by intelligently caching the most frequently accessed data on flash storage.
Version: Feb 2013
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Case Study (1)
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LSI® Nytro™ XD Caching Solution Evaluation from Demartek
The LSI Nytro XD solution performed in an outstanding manner, increasing database application performance by at least 500% and as much as 800%, depending on the specific workload.
Version: September 2012
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Compatibility Document (1)
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LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Cards Compatibility List
LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Cards Compatibility List
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FAQ Document (1)
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LSI Nytro™ XD Caching Solution - Frequently Asked Questions
The Nytro XD application acceleration solution is an advanced caching solution designed to accelerate IO and application performance for storage area network (SAN) and direct attached storage (DAS) environments by using PCIe attached flash storage.
Version: Mar 2013
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Product Guide (3)
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Storage Adapter Product Selector Guide
Storage Adapter Product Selector Guide
Version: December 2012
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Storage Solutions Product Guide
Storage Solutions Product Guide 2012
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LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Product Selector Guide
LSI Nytro application acceleration solutions are designed to be faster because they’re smarter. Through the intelligent use of solid-state storage technology, LSI enterprise storage solutions deliver high performance while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).
Version: December 2012
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Product Sell Sheets (1)
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LSI® Nytro™ XD Application Acceleration
The Nytro XD solution has been designed to improve performance in systems that have
Nytro WarpDrive cards installed.
Version: Dec 2012
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Quick Installation Guide (3)
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LSI Nytro XD Solution Installation on Linux Quick Installation Guide
LSI Nytro XD Solution Installation on Linux Quick Installation Guide
Version: Version 1.0, January 2013
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LSI Nytro XD Solution Quick Installation on Windows Quick Installation Guide
LSI Nytro XD Solution Quick Installation on Windows Quick Installation Guide
Version: Version 1.1, January 2013
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LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution Quick Installation Guide
Version: Version 1.0, September 2012
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User Guide (3)
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LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution for Linux User Guide
LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution for Linux User Guide
Version: Version 1.0, January 2013
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LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution for Windows User Guide
LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution for Windows User Guide
Version: Version 1.1, January 2013
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LSI Nytro XD Application Acceleration Storage Solution User Guide
Version: Version 1.0, September 2012
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White Paper (10)
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Considerations for Using Solid-State Storage as an Intelligent Cache to Accelerate Applications
Solid-state disk (SSD) technologies are top of mind in most discussions of enterprise storage infrastructure today. Considerable attention has been focused on the idea of leveraging cost-effective, PCIe-attached solid-state memory to speed transaction processing, augment the speed and throughput of traditional hard disk drives, and reduce overall IT infrastructure power demand.
Version: May 2013
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May 14, 2013 |
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Using the Nytro XD Solution to Accelerate SQL Server 2012
Database administrators today are faced with the task of making their systems perform at high levels with an existing hardware infrastructure. Storage subsystems are often the limiting factor and costly to upgrade.
Version: April 2013
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Greater VMware ROI with PCIe-attached SSD (by Storage Switzerland)
Server virtualization has delivered a significant return on
investment (ROI) for those companies that have embraced
it, and most data centers have.
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Using the LSI® Nytro Predictor™ Software Tool to Determine Whether Storage Caching Will Accelerate an Application
Providing acceptable response times from applications often uncovers a storage bottleneck due to accessing hard disk drives (HDDs).
Version: October 2012
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Managing the Data Deluge: Enhancing Big Data Analytics in Financial Services with Solid-State Storage (A UBM Techweb White Paper)
Learn how flash-based solutions, such as the LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Architecture, can help financial services users improve big data modeling capabilities to enable fast, compliant real-time decision making.
Version: 9/27/2012
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The LSI® Nytro™ XD Solution Enables Companies to Stay Within the Critical 3-Second Response Time forOLTP Applications
One of the major factors in limiting response times is disk-based storage. The delays in accessing data are due to the latency of a rotating disk and result in many companies
considering flash technology-based storage.
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Improving Database Performance by Using the LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Solution with Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
Supporting high transaction rates with minimal response times is frequently a requirement for today's enterprise databases, but many Database Administrators (DBA) don't have the time to successfully tune the database to meet these requirements.
Version: May 2012
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Using DuraWrite™ Technology to Accelerate Flash Performance and Extend Write Lifetimes on the Nytro™ WarpDrive™ Application Acceleration Card
Using a patented and patent-pending technique, DuraWrite technology is designed to provide significant performance improvements over typical enterprise flash offerings
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Determining if an Application is I/O Bound
Based on flash memory technology, solid-state storage provides performance levels that are
much higher than hard disk drives (HDDs).
Version: April 2012
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Improving Database Performance by Using the LSI® Nytro™ XD Application Acceleration Solution with a Storage Area Network (SAN)
The LSI Nytro XD solution includes host-based software that is designed to detect hot spots of frequently accessed data on a SAN and cache them on a LSI Nytro WarpDrive™ application acceleration card for faster response times from databases.
Version: April 2012
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Webinar (6)
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Using LSI Nytro Solutions with NetApp Flash Accel Architecture
Learn how Nytro WarpDrive cards validated with NetApp® Flash Accel™ software can deliver complete solutions to help maximize application performance and minimize cost.
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Boost Oracle® Database Performance with LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Solutions
Learn how LSI market segment leading flash technology can dramatically improve database performance. This webinar discusses how to take advantage of Oracle Smart flash Cache, how to meet performance SLAs during constant data growth and how to get up to a 10x improvement in performance, while reducing overall costs.
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Delivering on the Promise of Virtual Desktop Infrastructures
Learn how flash and flash caching solutions can be used to navigate a complex set of VDI requirements, optimize investment in VDI environments and serve custom desktop images to individual end users while retaining central gold master control.
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Optimizing MS SQL 2012 for Performance and Availability with LSI Nytro Products
Learn how to use flash technology to increase performance and reduce the response times of MS SQL databases and discover how to get more from your existing infrastructure to save on capital expenditures.
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Cloud Acceleration Done Just Right
Learn how hot data, cold data and intelligent caching can benefit your applications and accelerate your virtual environments
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Intelligent Flash: Helping Enterprise Apps Run Faster
Helping Enterprise Apps Run Faster Enterprise datacenters are combining flash storage with existing servers to create cost-effective, yet extremely reliable and powerful, solutions to dramatically increase I/Os. Based on a study of flash usage, this webcast will delve into the growing impact of flash on enterprise IT and what it means for business applications, such as: virtualization, big data analytics, and databases (SQL, Oracle, etc).
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Video (1)
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Breakthrough Database Storage Acceleration
Shot at Oracle OpenWorld 2012, this video explains how the LSI Nytro™ family enables a smarter, faster way to accelerate database applications by combining solid-state storage with intelligent software solutions.
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Firmware (1)
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NXD BLP4 800 FW Update Package v08.00.00.00
Note: LSI Nytro XD binary firmware images will only load on LSI Nytro XD hardware (Nytro XD BLP4-800, Nytro XD BLP4-400). Please contact your LSI sales representative for additional information on how to buy LSI Nytro XD products.
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Management Software and Tools (5)
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Latest LSISAS2108/2208 MegaRAID Storage Manager
MR 5.7
Version: 13.04.03.01
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Linux 32-bit |
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Latest LSISAS2108/2208 MegaRAID Storage Manager
MR 5.7
Version: 13.04.03.01
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May 30, 2013 |
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Latest LSISAS2108/2208 MegaRAID Storage Manager
MR 5.7
Version: 13.04.03.01
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May 30, 2013 |
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Latest LSISAS2108/2208 MegaRAID Storage Manager
MR 5.7
Version: 13.04.03.01
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Solaris 11 32-bit |
May 30, 2013 |
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Latest LSISAS2108/2208 MegaRAID Storage Manager
MR 5.7
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Release Notes (2)
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Nytro XD Linux Release Notes
Nytro XD Application Acceleration Solution Linux Release Notes
Version: 1.0
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Nytro XD Windows Version 1.5 Release Notes
Nytro XD Windows Version 1.5 Release Notes
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Software (4)
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Nytro XD 1.0 Windows Release
Note: LSI Nytro XD binary firmware images will only load on LSI Nytro XD hardware (Nytro XD BLP4-800, Nytro XD BLP4-400). Please contact your LSI sales representative for additional information on how to buy LSI Nytro XD products.
Version: 1.0.0-4
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64-bit Windows 2008 SP2, 64-bit Windows 2008 R2 |
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Nytro XD 1.5 Linux Release
Nytro XD Application Acceleration Solution Release 1.5 for Linux
Version: 1.5.0.12
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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux - RHEL 5.4 to 6.3.
SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server - SLES 11, SLES 11 SP1, SLES 11 SP2,
Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) Hypervisor - Single VM,
Oracle® Linux — OL 6.1/ 6.2,
CentOS® 5.7,5.8,6.1,6.2 and 6.3
Ubuntu® 10.04/11.10/12.04
Debian® 6.0.5 |
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Nytro XD 1.0 Linux Release
Note: LSI Nytro XD binary firmware images will only load on LSI Nytro XD hardware (Nytro XD BLP4-800, Nytro XD BLP4-400). Please contact your LSI sales representative for additional information on how to buy LSI Nytro XD products.
Version: 1.0.0-6
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RHEL 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0 & 6.1
SLES 11 SP0, SLES 11 SP1
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Jun 15, 2012 |
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Nytro XD 1.5 Windows Release
Nytro XD Application Acceleration Product Release Version 1.5 for Windows
Version: 1.5.0.11
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Windows 2008 SP2,
Windows 2008 R2,
Windows 2008 R2 SP1,
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Using flash to acceleration applications is a no-brainer; its low latency provides almost immediate responses for users. But the challenge is selecting what implementation and what vendor. Replacing hard drives with SSDs to accelerate applications is possible, but not very economical for all your storage needs. Typically, applications will access only a small portion of storage frequently. Situating these “hot spots” on low latency flash can provide significant performance gains, but what caching software will locate these hot spots? Most applications generate “hot spots” of frequently access storage. Situating these “hot spots” on low latency flash can provide significant performance gains. Will caching data on flash accelerate my application? Even after you have added SSDs to your SAN or direct-attached storage, you are still disappointed with your application performance. You would like to use PCIe connected flash for the lowest latency, but how can you retain use your existing storage investment?
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LSI solid-state storage products are designed from the ground up for Web 2.0 applications, financial transactions, video production, and databases.
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