SanDisk® DAS Cache: Product specification sheet

SanDisk DAS Cache is a server-level caching solution for direct attached storage (DAS), which accelerates application performance. Brought to you by for use in select 13th generation, FX2 and R920 Dell PowerEdge™ servers, the solution can enable substantial performance increases for workloads such as OLTP; OLAP; HPC; and Business Analytics.

SanDisk DAS Cache is a cost-effective and stable solution Reach greater performance supporting both Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®*, Novell® SUSE® Do more in less time using accelerated data analytics, which Linux Enterprise Server and ® Windows® applications provide increased performance for high-IOPS Linux and that caches reads as well as writes, while ensuring data integrity Windows Server® applications, while realizing a lower cost per for writes via write-back caching technology. user, greater transactions per second (TPS), with a reduced Flexible in deployment, SanDisk DAS Cache supports various average response time (ART). media as cache devices: SATA, SAS and PCI Express® (PCIe) SSDs; flash drives, such as Dell PowerEdge™ Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSDs, and PCIe-based cards within the server, such Deploy with flexibility as Fusion-io®. Select from a variety of connected media as cache devices, Rotating storage can be internal to the server, or external using storage controllers and operating systems. With options to select Dell PowerVault™** storage, or a combination of both deploy on R920 as well as next generation Dell PowerEdge servers and storage to allow maximum versatility. rack and tower servers, a wide assortment of density and drive options are available.

Maximize resource utilization Leverage SSDs to meet your needs: combine SSD resources across the entire server-storage infrastructure, use a single SSDs cache group to accelerate multiple local storage groups or volumes, or expand local cache with hot plug drives as new cache for new server devices.

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® SanDisk DAS Cache software

HDDs SSDs or SSDs

SAS Interconnects

Dell Storage Dell Storage PowerVault MD PowerVault MD Feature SanDisk DAS Cache validated components

Supported cache interfaces and devices SATA and SAS SSDs All SSDs must be supported within the platform PowerEdge Express Flash and other NVMe PCIe SSDs Fusion-IO PCIe-based SSD cards

Supported operating systems Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Hyper-V RedHat® Enterprise Linux® 6.5, 7.0* Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 VMware vSphere® ESXI™ 5.5 U2**

Supported storage controllers Chipsets Host Bus Adapters (HBA) Dell PowerEdge Raid Controller (PERC) Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)

Supported servers Dell PowerEdge FC430 and FC630 in FX2 Dell PowerEdge M630 in VRTX Dell PowerEdge M630 in M1000e Dell PowerEdge R920, R430, R530, R630, R730, R730xd, R930 Dell PowerEdge T430, T630

Supported external storage Dell PowerVault*** MD JBOD (as optional external JBOD storage)

In addition to the hardware listed above, SanDisk DAS Cache software licenses will be required.

License License information

Perpetual license Per server required

Evaluation license 90-day evaluation available, free and per server

Software support Dell ProSupport with hardware purchase

Software maintenance 3, 4 and 5 year maintenance available required at software purchase

Global services and support

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*XFS on Red Hat 7.0 Operating System is not supported by SanDisk DAS Cache at this time. Other file systems are supported in Red Hat. ** VMware vSphere® ESXI™ 5.5 U2 is supported in Write-Through cache mode only. ***Dell PowerVault MD with JBODS, SAS must be connected as DAS only and cannot be shared storage. The total capacity cannot exceed 256TB, and the number of volumes cannot exceed 2048. THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ©2015 Dell Inc. Dell, the DELL logo, the DELL badge, PowerEdge, and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Inc. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the and other countries and are used here under license. Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server and Hyper-V are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Fusion-io is a registered trademark or of Fusion-io, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are property of their respective owners. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. FY16Q2_268_SanDisk_DAS_Cache_Product_Specification_Sheet_051215

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