The result is a truly versatile, performance oriented storage solution that can be configured effortlessly into a very wide range of application environments. DBMS and OLTP operations are typified by the need to combine high transaction rates with quick response, usually dealing with small amounts of information. Caching boosts many database functions and each RAID set operates with complete independence providing linear increases in transaction rate performance as more sets are added. Fixed RAID stripe - there is no need to set the RAID stripe size or to align the stripe for particular applications.
Volume Partitioning - many applications have a limit on the maximum capacity of a disk volume.
This allows the user to make optimum use of the entire system and to have complete control over how array capacity is configured. Solid State Disk levels of performance - the large intelligent and flexible cache soaks up host write activity giving the impression of SSD levels of performance for updates, inserts and other write intensive operations. The cache also holds frequently used information, boosting database consistency checks, index rebuilds and other repetitive read operations. This enables performance to scale in a linear mode with additional controllers and RAID sets, especially important and effective with multi-user OLTP systems. This reduces the administration workload in setting up, commissioning and maintaining RAID configurations and makes life easier when it comes to using RAID in a multi-platform site.