LSI LSI00144 Leaflet
MegaRAID® Release 3.6 provides enhanced features and
functionality to existing MegaRAID SAS/SATA adapters. This
program bundles elements across four key cornerstones of
leadership, including Features and Usability, Data Protection
and Availability, Performance, and Green. Focusing on the
latest technology trends and customer requirements, these
four cornerstones reaffirm LSI’s commitment to customer
success and market leadership.
functionality to existing MegaRAID SAS/SATA adapters. This
program bundles elements across four key cornerstones of
leadership, including Features and Usability, Data Protection
and Availability, Performance, and Green. Focusing on the
latest technology trends and customer requirements, these
four cornerstones reaffirm LSI’s commitment to customer
success and market leadership.
MegaRAID
®
Release 3.6
Features & Benefits
• Solid State Drive Support
• SSD Guard™
• Dimmer Switch™
• VMware ESXi Virtualization Support
• SSD Guard™
• Dimmer Switch™
• VMware ESXi Virtualization Support
The new features and functions specifically related to
MegaRAID Release 3.6 include:
MegaRAID Release 3.6 include:
• UEFI 2.0 Support for New
Intel Platforms
• SAS Tape Drive Support
• OS Enhancements to Solaris X86
• OS Enhancements to Solaris X86
and FreeBSD Support
The MegaRAID SAS 87XX and 87XX series adapters are supported under Release 3.6 .
To download the latest MegaRAID Release, visit www.lsi.com/support.
To download the latest MegaRAID Release, visit www.lsi.com/support.
Solid State Drive Support
MegaRAID SAS 87XX and 88XX series
adapters now support Solid State Drives
(SSD), high-performance plug-and-play
data storage devices that contain no
moving parts. Advantages of using SSDs
adapters now support Solid State Drives
(SSD), high-performance plug-and-play
data storage devices that contain no
moving parts. Advantages of using SSDs
compared to Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are faster start-up, extremely low
latency, near zero noise pollution, greater temperature range, higher
reliability, and faster seek times. SSDs provide performance benefits
for applications with primarily random access patterns such as online
transaction processing, databases, and web servers.
latency, near zero noise pollution, greater temperature range, higher
reliability, and faster seek times. SSDs provide performance benefits
for applications with primarily random access patterns such as online
transaction processing, databases, and web servers.
With Release 3.6, MegaRAID management applications are able
to identify and manage SSD devices with ease. MegaRAID Storage
Manager (MSM) is a comprehensive set of management tools with the
ability to control and manipulate solid state drives just as is possible
with hard drives. MSM monitors for proper usage of SSD devices and
allows for any combination of SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs, and
SATA SSDs to be used in the same system.
to identify and manage SSD devices with ease. MegaRAID Storage
Manager (MSM) is a comprehensive set of management tools with the
ability to control and manipulate solid state drives just as is possible
with hard drives. MSM monitors for proper usage of SSD devices and
allows for any combination of SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs, and
SATA SSDs to be used in the same system.
The combination of MegaRAID adapters and SSDs are most effective
for server applications and server systems where I/O response time
is crucial.
for server applications and server systems where I/O response time
is crucial.
P e r f o r m a n c e
SSD Guard™
Solid State Drives are renowned for their
reliability and performance. SSD Guard™,
unique to MegaRAID, increases the reliability
of SSDs by automatically copying data from a
drive with potential to fail to a designated
reliability and performance. SSD Guard™,
unique to MegaRAID, increases the reliability
of SSDs by automatically copying data from a
drive with potential to fail to a designated
spare or newly inserted drive. A predictive failure event notification, or
S.M.A.R.T command, automatically initiates this rebuild to preserve the
data on an SSD whose health or performance falls below par. This new
feature will greatly benefit users employing a RAID 0 configuration due
to the added data protection.
S.M.A.R.T command, automatically initiates this rebuild to preserve the
data on an SSD whose health or performance falls below par. This new
feature will greatly benefit users employing a RAID 0 configuration due
to the added data protection.
D a t a P r o t e c t i o n a n D a v a i l a b i l i t y