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ADAPTEC maxCacheTM 3.0Read and Write SSD Caching Solution

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THE DATA CENTER CHALLENGE

Today’s data centers and cloud computing environments must provide high I/O performance and low latency in order to support growing user bases and large-scale applications such as web serving, file serving, databases, online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft Exchange Server, and high performance computing (HPC).

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THE DATA CENTER CHALLENGE

Tight budgets compel data centers to increase the number of users hosted per server in order to reduce the cost of service (COS) as well as the Capital Expense (CapEx) and Operating Expense (OpEx) of additional hardware

But adding more users to a server causes an increase in latency and a decrease in I/Os per second (IOPS)

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IOPS

Latency

Users Hosted per Server


HOW CRUCIAL IS WEBSITE PERFORMANCE TO BUSINESS?

Akamai: 30%-50% of transactions that take over 4 seconds, bail out1

Shopzilla: 5-second speedup resulted in 25% pageview increase, 10% increase in revenue, 50% decrease in hardware, and a 120% increase in traffic from Google1

78% of site visitors have gone to a competitor’s site due to poor performance during peak times2

88% are less likely to return to a site after a poor user experience2

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in Latency costs

100ms

1% in sales1

1“Latency: The Achilles Heel of Cloud Computing”; Internap whitepaper

2“When more Website visitors hurt your business: Are you ready for peak traffic?”; Equation Research 2010

Amazon:


IMPACT OF LATENCY ON DATA CENTERS AND CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS

To maintain appropriate performance levels, data centers and cloud computing environments must add new servers to maintain appropriate levels of service, even if the existing servers have storage capacity for more users

This results in low storage capacity utilization and an increase in CapEx and OpEx (namely maintenance, power and cooling costs), as well as an increase in physical space requirements

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ADAPTEC maxCache 3.0 SSD CACHING SOLUTIONS – THIRD GENERATION

Improving I/O performance while also increasing the available server capacity can increase the number of users per server and lower the cost per user

Available on select Adaptec RAID adapters, maxCache SSD caching uses Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) to alleviate the bottleneck that can occur between server processors and hard drives, delivering increased IOPS and reduced latency

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Solid State Drives

SATA/SAS Hard Drives

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ADAPTEC maxCache SSD CACHING SOLUTIONS

Adaptec maxCache leverages its unique presence in the data path and utilizes an Adaptec-only algorithm that identifies frequently-accessed (“hot”) data, and optimizes "reads" and "writes" by copying this data into an SSD cache pool for faster retrieval of future requests.

Because maxCache works at the controller level, these processes are completely transparent and do not require any changes to storage architectures, application software or operating systems.



ADAPTEC maxCache 3.0 – READ AND REDUNDANT WRITE BACK CACHING

Introduced with 6GB/s Adaptec Series 7Q RAID adapters, maxCache 3.0 features additional optimizations to the algorithm that improve read caching

By caching writes to a redundant SSD cache pool (either RAID1E or RAID5), maxCache 3.0 leverages the performance and latency capabilities of SSD technology for both read and write workloads

Adaptec maxCache 3.0 supports up to 8 SSDs with up to 2TB of SSD cache



ADAPTEC maxCache 3.0 OPTIMIZED DISK UTILIZATION

Also new to maxCache 3.0 is the inclusion of the Optimized Disk Utilization (ODU) feature, which allows the SSDs to be partitioned into both a cache pool and logical device

The logical partition, unlike the cache pool, is exposed to the operating system and can be used to install an OS to it or store other data that requires fast, low-latency access



ADAPTEC maxcache 3.0 READ CACHING PERFORMANCE VS. HDD-ONLY SOLUTIONS

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SAS HDDs SAS HDDs w/ maxCache

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SAS HDDs SAS HDDs w/ maxCache

25X

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RAID 0 performance comparison under 100% Random Read IOmeter workload Eight 15k rpm SAS HDDs, 300GB capacity each; maxCache enabled with two 100GB SATA SSDs

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25X


LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

By accelerating IOPS and reducing latency, maxCache allows data center and cloud computing environments to host more users and perform more transactions per second using less server hardware

The reduction in servers reduces CapEx for server hardware purchases

The reduction in servers also reduces OpEx by lowering power, cooling, and maintenance costs

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*Using an estimated unit H/W cost of $15,000 and zero S/W license fees

**Using system Power Estimator @ 800W per server, and a National DOE average of $0.11 per kWH


ADAPTEC maxCache 3.0 RAID ADAPTERS

Adaptec 71605Q: 6Gb/s PCIe Gen3, 16 internal ports, low profile, SAS/SATA RAID Adapter with SSD caching support, ZMCP, IPM, advanced data protection, and maximum scalability. SSD not included.

Adaptec 7805Q: 6Gb/s PCIe Gen3, 8 internal ports, low profile, SAS/SATA RAID Adapter with SSD caching support, ZMCP, IPM, advanced data protection, and maximum scalability. SSD not included.

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Product FamilyHost Interface

5 = PCIe

7 16 0 5 Q

Internal Port Count

External Port Count

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ADAPTEC Maxcache RAID ADAPTERS

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Adaptec RAID 71605Q 7805Q 6805Q 6805TQ

Order Part Number 2274600-R (single) 2274300-R (single) 2270700-R (single) 2273600-R (single)

maxCache Level maxCache 3.0 maxCache 3.0 maxCache 2.0 maxCache 2.0

RAID Levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

Form Factor MD2 – Low Profile MD2 – Low Profile MD2 - Low Profile MD2 - Low Profile

Ports 16 internal 8 internal 8 Internal 8 Internal

Connectors 4 SFF 8643 (Internal)

2 SFF 8643(Internal)

2 SFF-8087(Internal)

2 SFF-8087 (Top-mounted)

Bus Interface 8-Lane PCIe Gen 3 8-Lane PCIe Gen 3 8-Lane PCIe Gen 2 8-Lane PCIe Gen 2

Processor PM8015 PM8015 PM8013 PM8013

Cache 1024MB 1024MB 512MB 512MB

ZMCP Kit Included (AFM-700) Included (AFM-700) Included (AFM-600) Included (AFM-600)


INTEROPERABILITY AND COMPATIBILITYWORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS

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Adaptec by PMC engages with over 25 ecosystem partners Tested with over 300 disk drives, systems, entry-level storage devices, and

other devices Ongoing effort – will test new devices when available

Seamless integration into any server design Less hassle for system integrators


CONCLUSION Data center operators and cloud applications are challenged to

implement cost-effective performance improvements to meet the demands of high-throughput applications and growing user bases

Adaptec maxCache 3.0 SSD caching is available on Series 7Q RAID adapters and improves application performance up to 25x and reduces latency by 25x compared to HDD-only solutions

These performance gains allow data center operators and cloud applications to host more users and perform more transactions with less server hardware, and greatly reduce their CapEx and OpEx

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