QLogic 10000 Series Mt. Rainier Technology Accelerates the Enterprise - Manual (Page 8)

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the hCLi, aPi users have the opportunity to provide the Mt. rainier caching
system with application-intimate cache hints. that is, when applications or
operating environments are performing specific operations, they can give
the Mt. rainier caching system specific directives to optimize performance
for upcoming operations. For example, if a database application “knows”
that it is about to make heavy use of a specific index, it can direct the Mt.
rainier cluster to pre-fetch and lock the hot areas in the cache. Similarly,
to maximize overall storage infrastructure performance, cache control
software running on storage arrays can use the Mt. rainier aPi to coordinate
“who-caches-what” with the caches running in Mt. rainier-enabled hosts.
Summary and Conclusion
the Mt. rainier technology from QLogic provides a reliable, efficient, and
effective architecture that delivers the key benefits of server, appliance,
and array SSD caching as a standard feature of i/O-intensive servers. this
new technology ensures that cache coherence is guaranteed, even in the
most demanding active-active clustering environments, and simultaneously
ensures efficient utilization of SSD cache resources through QCOP. With
Mt. rainier, QLogic delivers the key that unlocks the benefits of smooth-
scaling, available, and cost-effective SSD caching that can be applied
uniformly across the enterprise.
to stay up to date on Mt. rainier technology news, please go to
www.QLogic.com .