Intel selects LSI's Direct-Attached Storage Solutions for RAID Portfolio

“Data growth and consumption have fueled the need for high-availability server systems where shared storage and uptime are especially critical,” said David Brown, director of marketing, Intel Enterprise Platforms and Services Division. “Intel RAID HA-DAS solutions powered by LSI technology will provide those benefits found in traditional high-availability systems, while at the same time being easier to manage and more cost-effective.”

Highly available computing systems are designed to ensure that applications and data are continuously available even in the case of component failure. Traditional high-availability solutions combine servers into clusters and share storage across a storage area network to ensure continuous application availability and eliminate single points of failure. LSI pioneering HA-DAS solutions lower the cost and complexity of HA solutions by providing:

-Fully redundant, shared-node storage
-Application failover to guarantee uptime and availability
-Simple, easy-to-manage storage without complex storage networking hardware

“LSI HA-DAS solutions are an exciting new option for system architects and IT managers that deliver shared storage application failover with the cost-effectiveness of DAS,” said Kelly Bryant, vice president of marketing, RAID Storage Division, LSI. “LSI is excited to collaborate with Intel as they have taken a leading position in offering these new solutions to the marketplace.”

LSI is showcasing the benefits of its HA-DAS solutions as well as several other products this week at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, including:

-HA-DAS two-server cluster configuration (Booth #714)
-12Gb/s SAS I/O performance with Intel SSDs (Booth #813)
-LSI SandForce Flash Storage Processors in mobile computing technology demonstrations, including Ultrabooks currently shipping with LSI SandForce Driven SSDs and a Windows To Go-compatible USB 3.0 flash drive powered by LSI SandForce FSPs (Booth #718)
-LSI will also participate in the NVM Express Showcase displaying its PCIe flash-based LSI Nytro application acceleration products with forthcoming NVM Express support (Booth #438).