Cache acceleration software (CAS) enables the implementation of media aware storage architectures through intelligent storage caching that effectively combines a layer of fast media and a lower-cost storage pool to deliver affordable, high performance storage.
Today's data centers are held back by storage I/O that cannot keep up with ever-increasing demand, preventing systems from reaching their full performance potential. Traditional solutions, such as increasing storage, servers, or memory, add huge expense and complexity.
Cache acceleration software was designed to use a relatively small capacity of very fast media, such as Intel® Optane™ SSDs, to modernize data center environments and accelerate storage performance. Storage I/O can be balanced with other system components, so resources are utilized more effectively. CAS has a variety of customizable options that go beyond caching the most recently accessed I/O:
Several implementations of CAS exist:
Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC), Intel’s enterprise integrated RAID solution for Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is adding support for intelligent integrated caching.
Built on Open CAS
RAID + caching = redundancy + performance
Enterprise supported and validated
Flexible usage models
Eliminates single points of failure
Delivered through participating server vendors as a feature of the platform
Pre-validated solution vetted and documented by Intel for easy installation
Basic Open CAS support included when using an Intel® Optane™ SSD