Broadcom MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0

Features - Read and Write caching software for 6Gb/s MegaRAID® SATA+SAS controller cards - Leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance controller cache pools - Automatic, dynamic "Hot" classification of data being written and being read - RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 1 PRL 11 Cache protection - Configuration through MegaRAID Storage Manager™ with standard virtual drives Benefits - Accelerates performance of existing HDD arrays with small upfront investment - Read and Write caching of hot spot data for significant reduction in I/O latency - Simple, intuitive management tools to assign and manage CacheCade™ SSD pool - Faster I/O performance from SSD cache reduces need to short-stroke large number of HDDs, yielding lower TCO MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software Pack w/ FastPath - Enhance real world performance using less space and power compared to adding drive spindles and unneeded capacity - Up to 50x performance increase in frequently accessed files and data hot spot simulation benchmarks - Substantially reduce latency in small block, random read and intensive environments