HP B- Accelerators Linux manual Introduction, Overview, Product naming

Introduction

Overview

Designed around ioMemory, a revolutionary storage architecture, HP IO Accelerator is an advanced NAND flash storage device. With performance comparable to DRAM and storage capacity on par with hard disks, the IO Accelerator increases performance so that every server can contain internal storage that exceeds the I/O performance of an enterprise SAN.

HP IO Accelerator is the first data accelerator designed specifically to improve the bandwidth for I/O-bound applications.

In addition to the hardware driver, the IO Accelerator also includes a VSL. This hybrid of the RAM virtualization subsystem and the disk I/O subsystem combines the best features of both systems. VSL functions as a disk to interface well with block-based applications and software, while also running like RAM underneath to maximize performance. This feature produces the following benefits:

•Performance: The VSL offers direct and parallel access to multiple CPU cores, enabling near linear performance scaling, consistent performance across different read/write workloads, and low latency with minimal interruptions and context switching.

•Extensibility: The VSL enables flash-optimized software development, making each IO Accelerator module a flexible building block for creating a flash-optimized data center.

Product naming

HP IO Accelerator Generation 1 devices include:

•AJ876A: HP 80GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

•AJ877A: HP 160GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

•AJ878A: HP 320GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

•AJ878B: HP 320 GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

•BK836A: HP 640GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

IMPORTANT: Generation 1 IO accelerators for BladeSystem c-Class are only compatible with G7 and earlier server blades.

•600278-B21: HP 160GB Single Level Cell PCIe ioDrive for ProLiant Servers

•600279-B21: HP 320GB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive for ProLiant Servers

•600281-B21: HP 320GB Single Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for ProLiant Servers

•600282-B21: HP 640GB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for ProLiant Servers

•641027-B21: HP 1.28TB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for ProLiant Servers HP IO Accelerator Generation 2 devices include:

•QK761A: HP 365GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

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