SANTA CLARA, USA: PMC-Sierra Inc. has announced its maxRAID architecture and the first product in the family, the BR5225-80 RAID adapter designed for solid state disk (SSD) storage in x86 servers.
Based on PMC-Sierra’s market-leading, multi-core SRC 8x6G RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controller and multi-threaded, performance-optimized RAID stack software, the maxRAID BR5225-80 connects PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 to eight SAS/SATA ports at up to 6Gb/s and targets data- and transaction-intensive applications requiring highest IOPS and throughput.
The maxRAID architecture currently delivers 136,000 IOPS in a single RAID controller and can achieve up to 300,000 IOPS, as shown in simulations of PMC-Sierra’s next-generation 6Gb/s SAS RAID solution. PMC-Sierra’s RAID platform includes the maxRAID Storage Manager, a web-based graphical application with an intuitive user interface that allows users to manage their server storage efficiently from a standard browser on any console within the company or VPN.
“The market is ready for a RAID adapter solution that is optimized for solid-state storage, especially in transaction-oriented applications where today’s servers have to wait for storage.”
PMC-IBM joint development agreement
PMC-Sierra entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) with IBM to collaborate on breakthrough RAID solutions integrating PMC-Sierra’s industry-leading storage protocol controller family and IBM’s industry-hardened RAID software.
Results from the JDA project enabled PMC-Sierra to be first to market with its maxRAID multi-core, multi-threaded RAID solution optimized for superior SSD storage performance.
“PMC-Sierra and IBM engineering teams worked together to bring to market a high-performance enterprise RAID solution for x86 servers,” said Jan Janick, vice president, Blades and System x Server Development. “The maxRAID BR5225-80 offers customers of our newly announced eX5 servers the application performance they require in a RAID solution with solid state disks. The PMC solution enables IBM to offer a RAID adapter that takes full advantage of SSD-enabled system performance.”
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