LSI targets Hyperscale data centre market

LSI Corporation  has extended the Nytro™ portfolio of PCIe flash cards to include the Nytro XP6200 series. The Nytro XP6200 series provides hyperscale cloud datacentres with accelerated performance for read-intensive application s, optimised power and thermals, and an overall lower cost per gigabyte PCIe flash solution.

Hyperscale datacentres require cost-effective scaling to thousands of servers to meet the compute and storage demands of Web 2.0, cloud computing and big data analytics applications. Hyperscale infrastructures are often built using lower-cost, highly efficient servers, assembled from off-the-shelf, standard components, and generally require higher-density architectures and more efficient power and cooling.

“Many hyperscale datacentres run read-intensive workloads over large numbers of servers that can be scaled quickly and cost-effectively as needs evolve and data volumes increase,” said Tom Swinford, senior vice president and general manager, Datacentre Solutions Group, LSI. “Due to their immense scale, the operators of these datacentres are highly focused on getting the most work out of their IT investments while reducing operating expenses and space requirements. The Nytro XP6200 series fits the bill by providing users with low-cost flash acceleration, enterprise reliability, high performance and efficient system-level power consumption.”

The Nytro XP6200 cards are purpose-built to meet the requirements of Open Compute and other hyperscale servers. They combine LSI SandForce® flash controllers, delivering leading endurance and reliability using low-cost flash, with a new design optimised for low power and thermal characteristics. The Nytro XP6200 series requires up to 30 percent less power than existing Nytro flash cards. Nytro cards use a host offload architecture for I/O and flash management which results in consistent performance and low host CPU and memory utilisation. With Nytro cards, valuable host resources are reserved for maximum application performance.

Hyve Solutions, a division of SYNNEX Corporation, is one of the leading Open Compute Project (OCP) solutions providers with years of experience building servers and racks for many leading Web 2.0, social media and hyperscale computing companies.

“Hyve Solutions’ OCP Open Rack creates a new, open standard for server rack design that provides an innovative platform for rack infrastructure, while lowering TCO in the scale compute space,” said Steve Ichinaga, senior vice president and general manager, Hyve Solutions. “LSI Nytro cards integrated into the Hyve Solutions OCP platform can help customers to take full advantage of the efficiency, affordability, serviceability and reduced TCO benefits of the OCP platform without sacrificing performance.”