Intel RAID Product Matrix

INTEL® RaId
INTEL® RAID PREMIUM FEATURES
ThesefeaturesareavailableasanupgradeforallLSI*SAS2108processor-basedIntel®RAIDproducts.Toidentifyproductswiththisprocessor,pleaserefertotheProcessorrowofthe
precedingfeaturetables.ThePremiumFeatureKeysaredescribedbelow.
PREMIUM FEATURE SSD CACHE WITH FAST-PATH I/O DRIVE ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT RAPID RECOVERY SNAPSHOT
KeyBenefits •SSDCacheallowsSolid-StateDrivestobeutilizedas
additionalcachefortheRAIDController.Thecache
can be used for both reads and writes to assist stor-
age performance.
•Fast-PathI/OacceleratescommunicationwithSSDs
providingupto150,000I/Oreadspersecondfor
small,randomblock-sizeI/Oactivity.Thisisadra-
maticincreaseoversolutionsnotusingFast-Path.
•Driveencryptionmanagementenablesauthentica-
tionkeymanagement,auto-lock,andinstanteraseof
self-encryptingdrives(SED).
•Alldriveseventuallyleavethedatacenterandthe
useofSEDshelpsreduceriskofdatabreaches.
•Instanterasesignificantlyreducesthecostandtime
of repurposing or retiring drives.
•RapidRecoverySnapshotallowsuserstocapture
source volume data changes and either restore files or
rollbackapplicationstoapreviousPointinTime(PiT).
•Rapidrecoveryoflostdatafromdiskcanoccurwithin
minutes,minimizingthedowntimeexperiencedby
users and eliminating the lengthy process of restoring
data from tape.
•Byisolatingaserver’sbootvolumetoaseparate
virtual drive and enabling the auto snapshot feature,
users can be guaranteed that bootable snapshots
exist,shouldoperatingsystemcorruptionoccur.
OrderCode AXXRPFKSSD AXXRPFKDE AXXRPFKSNSH
Availability Now Now Now
ThesefeaturesareavailableasanupgradeforallLSI*SAS2208processor-basedIntel®RAIDproducts.Toidentifyproductswiththisprocessor,pleaserefertotheProcessorrowofthe
precedingfeaturetables.ThePremiumFeatureKeysaredescribedbelow.
PREMIUM FEATURE SSD CACHE WITH FAST-PATH I/O DRIVE ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT RAPID RECOVERY SNAPSHOT
KeyBenefits •SSDCacheallowsSolid-StateDrivestobeutilizedas
additionalcachefortheRAIDController.Frequently
accessed information is stored in the cache, allowing
rapid access.
•Fast-PathI/OacceleratescommunicationwithSSDs
providingupto465,000I/Oreadspersecondfor
small,randomblock-sizeI/Oactivity.Thisisadra-
maticincreaseoversolutionsnotusingFast-Path.
•Driveencryptionmanagementenablesauthentica-
tionkeymanagement,auto-lock,andinstanteraseof
self-encryptingdrives(SED).
•Alldriveseventuallyleavethedatacenterandthe
useofSEDshelpsreduceriskofdatabreaches.
•Instanterasesignificantlyreducesthecostandtime
of repurposing or retiring drives.
•RapidRecoverySnapshotallowsuserstocapture
source volume data changes and either restore files or
rollbackapplicationstoapreviousPointinTime(PiT).
•Rapidrecoveryoflostdatafromdiskcanoccurwithin
minutes,minimizingthedowntimeexperiencedby
users and eliminating the lengthy process of restoring
data from tape.
•Byisolatingaserver’sbootvolumetoaseparate
virtual drive and enabling the auto snapshot feature,
users can be guaranteed that bootable snapshots
exist,shouldoperatingsystemcorruptionoccur.
OrderCode AXXRPFKSSD2 AXXRPFKDE2 AXXRPFKSNSH2
Availability Now Now Now