Coming in 2014, Dell will be offering Dell Fluid Cache for SAN, a fully integrated server and SAN compute layer caching application acceleration solution which allows multiple servers to leverage an ultra-high speed caching pool and access data from a Dell Compellent SAN. The end-to-end solution can delivers fast application response time while producing stable, unprecedented I/O performance for heavy to power read/write workloads such as OLTP, databases, and VDI.
This complete scale-out caching solution can be deployed with little to no disruption to existing IT environments and will require Fluid Cache software; a minimum of three compatible Dell PowerEdge Servers supporting PCI Express Flash SSDs or Micron P420m cards; connection to a 10/40 GbE low latency private network; and connection to a Dell Compellent SC 8000 controller and Compellent Expansion storage.
Delivering stability and ease of use that Dell customers have come to expect, this highly available
write-back caching solution can dramatically reduce latency in a SAN environment by migrating active data up and passive data down through multiple tiers of storage, and will feature unified management and snapshots.
Dell Fluid Cache for SAN enables scaling of the cache pool to help you meet computational demand. Combining eligible cache from Cache Contributor servers to create the cache pool, this is the computational amount of cache available for all servers. Cache can be increased by either adding more cache to existing Cache Contributor servers; or by adding additional Cache Contributor servers into an existing cache pool. For each cache pool, a minimum of three licenses will be required for Dell Fluid Cache for SAN. One additional license will be needed for each server added to the cache pool.
Performance: Utilizing Dell Express Flash PCIe SSDs and Dell Compellent storage technologies, Dell Fluid Cache for SAN brings the most frequently accessed data closer to compute resources minimizing data travel from storage through the network, improving response time and accelerating both reads and write performance.
Flexibility: Adaptive, the solution offers database and virtualization performance which can be scaled on the fly. Interoperability options can allow compatible server inclusion in the cache pool, revitalizing your existing servers and running virtually any application.
Stability: Maintain confidence that cache pool data is highly available and safeguarded by unique write-back caching technology with full coherency to Compellent storage and no single point of failure from server to SAN.