Sun recently published a Sun BluePrints article and a white paper on its new Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array. The article shows how to apply the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array as storage for database indexes in order to accelerate application performance. The white paper describes the array’s architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations.

Accelerating Databases With the Sun Storage F5100 Array

This BluePrints Reference Architecture explains that storing indexes on flash storage can improve performance in two ways:

• Given a fixed workload, indexes on flash storage can reduce application response time
• Given a fixed desired response time, indexes on flash storage can increase the maximum supportable workload

The 32-page piece includes practical examples of storage systems augmented with the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array for index storage. The architecture described offers a practical balance of performance and capacity for cost-constrained online transaction processing (OLTP) and very large database (VLDB) applications.

Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array Storage Considerations for Accelerating Databases

The white paper offers the following content:

• Database Performance: Accelerating database performance (storage system design); Applications for the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array (Performance and Software Considerations)

• Sun Flash Module Design: Module components, Enterprise-quality NAND flash for reliability, Low power consumption and fast I/O

• Architecture: Array architecture (Sun Flash Modules, LSI 36-port expanders, Energy storage modules); Enclosure features (Front and rear perspectives, Chassis design innovations); Array management - Sun StorageTek CAM Software; RAS features; Flash technology considerations (Supercapacitors)

• Deployment Considerations: Database acceleration deployment considerations (Assessments including performance improvement, RAS requirements, and system deployment); Configuration examples (Simple availability configurations, performance tuning, and index mirroring, migration, operation, and validation)

• Flash Basics: Flash memory gates NOR and NAND

More Information

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Sun StorageTek Common Array Management Software

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