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    Providing access to writeback cache is one of the many benefits of a hardware RAID controller card. Writeback cache improves application performance by storing write data to high performance cache memory during periods of heavy use. When there is a break in user requests the data is then written from the cache memory to the array.

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    Providing access to writeback cache is one of the many benefits of a hardware RAID controller card. Writeback cache improves application performance by storing write data to high performance cache memory during periods of heavy use. When there is a break in user requests the data is then written from the cache memory to the array.

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    MegaRAID CacheVault Technology

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    Providing access to writeback cache is one of the many benefits of a hardware RAID controller card. Writeback cache improves application performance by storing write data to high performance cache memory during periods of heavy use. When there is a break in user requests the data is then written from the cache memory to the array.

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    MegaRAID CacheVault Technology


    03May2012Source:Inhouse

    Providingaccesstowritebackcacheisoneofthe
    manybenefitsofahardwareRAIDcontrollercard.
    Writebackcacheimprovesapplicationperformanceby
    storingwritedatatohighperformancecachememory
    duringperiodsofheavyuse.Whenthereisabreakin
    userrequeststhedataisthenwrittenfromthecache
    memorytothearray.
    Duringnormalwritebackoperation,dataiswrittento
    cache(DRAM),theIOisacknowledgedas"complete"
    totheapplicationthatissuedthewrite,andlaterthe
    writeisflushedtodisk.Ifpowerislostwhilewritebackcacheisenabled,thewritesinDRAMmaybelost.And
    sincethecontrollerhasalreadyacknowledgedtheIOsascomplete,theapplicationisunawareofthedataloss.
    Tominimizethisrisk,EnterpriseRAIDcontrollersequippedwithcachetypicallyofferabatterybackup(BBU)
    option.Thepurposeofthebatteryistoprovidepowertothecontrollerintheeventthatthepowerfromthe
    serverisinterrupted.Thisprotectsthedatainthecacheuntilpowertotheservercanberestoredandcache
    datawrittentodisk.
    Whilegenerallyeffective,BBUsmayrequiremaintenance,specialhandlingandprotectcachedataforalimited
    time.CacheVaulttechnology,providingflashbasedcacheprotectionforLSIMegaRAID6Gb/sSATA+SASRAID
    controllers,offersagreener,lowertotalcostcacheprotectionsolutionwithoutthedrawbacksofaBBU.
    LSI6Gb/sMegaRAIDSATA+SAScontrollers,togetherwithCacheVaultflashtechnology,virtuallyeliminate
    hardwaremaintenanceassociatedwithLithiumIONbatteries,lowertotalcostofownershipoverthelifeofthe
    controllercard,andprovidemoreenvironmentallyfriendlycacheprotection,allwhilemaintainingoptimalRAID
    performance.
    CacheVaultTechnology
    CacheVaulttechnologyprovidesRAIDcontrollercacheprotectionusingNANDflashmemoryanda
    supercapacitor.Intheeventofapowerorserverfailure,CacheVaulttechnologyautomaticallytransferscached
    datafromtheDRAMcachetoflash.Oncepowerisrestored,thedataintheNANDflashiscopiedbackintocache
    untilitcanbeflushedtothediskdrives.ThistechnologyeliminatestheneedforLithiumIONbatterybackups
    thataretraditionallyusedtoprotectcachememoryonPCIRAIDcontrollers.
    GoGreenandSave
    UsingNANDflasheliminatestheneedtodisposeoftheLithiumIONbatteriestypicallyfoundintoday'sBBUs.
    Thesebatteriesareapotentialrisktotheenvironmentandmanycommunitiesrequirethattheybedisposedof
    properly.Thisissomethingthatwillhavetobedoneeverytimethebatteryisreplacedduringthecourseofthe
    controller'slife.Byeliminatingtheneedforthesebatteries,therisktotheenvironmentandthecostofdisposal
    canbeavoided.

    CacheVaultTechnology

    StandardBatteryBackup

    Maintenance
    Scedule

    Noneneededoverthelifeofthe
    controller

    Batteryshouldbereplacedevery12yearsBatterymonitoring
    required

    Maintenance
    Impact

    None

    Servermustbeopened(removedfromrack)andshouldbetaken
    offlinewhilethebatteryisbeingreplaced

    Data
    recoverable
    for:

    3+years

    Upto72hours,lessifbatteryisdegraded

    Chargetime

    Capacitorchargesinseconds
    whilethesystemboots

    4.59hours

    Timetocache

    Immediate

    2448hoursforinitialcapacitytest

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    CacheVaultTechnology

    StandardBatteryBackup

    protection
    Inventory
    Requirements

    None

    DisposalIssues None

    Needtomaintainatleastasmallinventoryofemergency
    replacements
    Needtosafelydisposeofhazardousbatterymaterial

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    Printedfromwww.boston.co.uk

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