Quick Integration Guide

Intel® RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX Quick Installation Guide 1
1 Overview of Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache
Controller
RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX
The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX is a
combination of Intel
®
proven MegaRAID controller technology coupled with built-in
Flash modules to be used as data cache devices with the help of Intel
®
SSD Cache 2.0
software. The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX is a
direct-attached storage (DAS) device designed to accelerate application storage
performance by using intelligent caching through the Nytro Flash modules directly
attached to the RAID controller. The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller
RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX increases the storage performance up to 30x, but retains
the current investment in DAS. Using intelligent caching algorithms to help identify
application hot data, the frequently accessed data is stored and accessed from Flash,
enabling the lowest possible latency.
The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX combines Flash
with HDD storage to provide application acceleration with economical storage. The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX uses latest ROC
technology, which is PCIe 3.0 compliant. The intelligent caching implementation can
provide high performance when using SATA or SAS hard drives. The card provides a 4-
lane mini-SAS connector for disk connection. In addition, caching lightens the HDD load
so that HDD RAID rebuilds complete faster and removes traditional HDD head wear from
accessing small block requests typical in database environments.