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Introducing Lenovo AnyRAID

– Advanced midplane design

–Doesn’t use a PCIe Slot

– Modular upgrades

– 12Gbps Options

– Read-only and Power Protected Read/Write Cache options

Simplified RAID segmentation

– Three tier approach (Entry, Value, Advanced)

– Simplifies choices between performance, cost, reliability

– Adapters support SAS/SATA/SSD

– Supports wide variety of storage intensive workloads including OLTP, e-mail, database, video streaming, web content, video-on-demand, security and surveillance, and reference data storage

RAID Product Directions

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ThinkServer AnyRAID Technology

RAID510i 6Gb 8 Drive SATA/SAS

RAID720ix 12Gb 26 Drive SATA/SAS

RAID720i 12Gb 8 Drive SATA/SAS

RAID110i 6Gb 6 Drive SATA

1GB Read

Cache

AND

Supercap

SC

RAID5 Upgrade

RAID5 Upgrade Unique RAID mid-plane mounts just behind backplane

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1GB R/W

Cache

4GB R/W

Cache

2GB R/W

Cache

OR

OR Includes:

CacheCade

FastPath

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ThinkServer RAID Offerings

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Positioning Category Product Name Product Description

Host based SATA

(Software RAID)

110i

Series

Lenovo ThinkServer RAID110i AnyRAID Adapter

Lenovo ThinkServer RAID110i Raid 5 Upgrade

Embedded SATA RAID

RAID 5 upgrade key for RAID 110i

Value / Hybrid 510i

Series

Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 510i AnyRAID Adapter

Lenovo ThinkServer Raid 510i Raid 5 Upgrade

IOC1 Based SAS/SATA

RAID 5 Upgrade Key for RAID 510i

Advanced 720i

Series

Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720i AnyRAID Adapter

Lenovo ThinkServer Raid 720i 1GB Modular DRAM Upgrade

Lenovo ThinkServer Raid 720i 1GB Modular Flash and Supercapacitor



ROC2 Based SAS/SATA

1 GB Read Only Cache with no data protection

1, 2, or 4 GB Flash protected Cache with SuperCap

LSI CacheCade Pro 2.0 included with Flash modules

LSI FastPath included with Flash modules

Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720ix AnyRAID Adapter with Expander

Options shared with RAID 720i

ROC Based SAS/SATA up to 24 Drives

External

RAID

Lenovo ThinkServer 9286CV-8e PCIe 6Gb 8 Port External SAS RAID Adapter

by LSI

Lenovo ThinkServer CacheVault Data Protection Upgrade

Lenovo ThinkServer FastPath Key

Lenovo ThinkServer CacheCade Key

Supports RAID 710 options

Flash Cache protection with Supercap

LSI FastPath

LSI CacheCade

1I/O Controller (IOC) 2Raid on Chip (ROC)

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RAID Features (Summary Table)


ThinkServer RAID 110i ThinkServer RAID 510i

AnyRAID adapter

ThinkServer RAID 720i

AnyRAID adapter

ThinkServer RAID 720ix

AnyRAID adapter

Lenovo ThinkServer 9286CV-8e

PCIe 6Gb 8 Port External SAS

RAID Adapter by LSI

Description Software RAID IOC based SATA/SAS

Controller

ROC Based SATA/SAS

Controller

ROC Based SATA/SAS Adapter

with Expander

External ROC Based

SATA/SAS Adapter

Host bus I/F N/A PCIe 2.0 PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x 8

Data transfer I/F 6 Gbps 6 Gbps 12 Gbps 12 Gbps 6Gbps

Connectors (Internal /

External) 2x Internal SFF-8087 Direct Backplane connect Direct Backplane Connect Direct Backplane connect 2x External SFF-8088

RAID levels1 0, 1, 10 0, 1, 10,JBOD 0, 1, 10,5,6,50,60,JBOD2 0, 1, 10,5,6,50,60,JBOD 0, 1, 10,5,6,50,60

Upgrade Key RAID Levels 5 5,50 - - -

Form factor AnyRAID AnyRAID AnyRAID AnyRAID Low Profile MD2

I/O Processor CPU / PCH IOC LSI 3108 Dual-Core ROC LSI 3108 Dual-Core ROC LSI SAS 2208 Dual-Core ROC

Cache N/A N/A

1GB Read Only option

or

1/2/4 GB Read-Write option

with flash and supercap power

protection

1GB Read Only option

or

1/2/4 GB Read-Write option

with flash and supercap power

protection

1GB standard with optional

CacheVault power protection

Tape drives supported No No Yes Yes Yes

Utilities LSI MegaRAID

Management Suite

LSI MegaRAID

Management Suite

LSI MegaRAID Management

Suite


Suite


Suite

1RAID 6 and 60 require Optional Protected Cache Modules for 720i, 720ix 2JBOD supported only if Cache Module not installed

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Compatibility Matrix


Product Name

TD

350

RD

550

RD

650

ThinkServer RAID 110i ● ● ●

ThinkServer RAID 510i AnyRAID adapter ● ● ●

ThinkServer RAID 720i AnyRAID adapter ● ● ●

ThinkServer RAID 720ix AnyRAID adapter ● ● ●

Lenovo ThinkServer 9286CV-8e PCIe 6Gb 8

Port External SAS RAID Adapter by LSI

● ● ●

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Server RAID Segmentation


• Multiple Applications

• High CPU / Memory / Storage Utilization

• Virtualization environments

• Cache Protected

• Business-Critical Applications

• Premium Software options

• Single / dedicated application server or appliance

• Low utilization

• OS Protection

• Software RAID • RAID storage subsystem

managed at OS level • RAID 0, 1, 10, Optional 5

• RAID Processing: Dedicated I/O controller on RAID adapter (IOC) + Host CPU; Uses Host system resources for RAID 5 calculations

• RAID storage subsystem managed by controller independent of host OS

• RAID 0, 1, 10 Optional 5, 50

• Advanced Features - Advanced Power Saving Modes - Online RLM & Capacity Expansion

• RAID Processing: Dedicated CPU on RAID adapter (ROC) offloads Host;

• HW acceleration for RAID 5 & 6 • Cache: Dedicated R/W memory on

controller • RAID storage subsystem managed by

controller independent of host OS • RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60

• Advanced Features

- Power protected cache for data protection

- Advanced Power Saving Modes - Online RLM & Capacity Expansion - Advanced media error handling

Entry –

Host Based

RAID

(Software)

Value –

IOC Based

RAID

Advanced –

ROC Based

RAID

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RAID Selection Considerations


Key architectural differences between Host based (software) RAID and Hardware based RAID influence choices

Host Based (Software) RAID I/O Controller Based RAID (IOC) RAID On Chip (ROC) Controller Based RAID

Product ThinkServer RAID 110i ThinkServer RAID 510i ThinkServer RAID 720i ThinkServer RAID 720ix

Supported Drives 6 SATA 8 SATA/SAS 8 (720i) or 26 (720ix) SATA/SAS

Advanced RAID Features

Limited

Array migration, capacity expansion capabilities RAID 5,50 support with option key.

RAID 6, 60 (requires cache option); advanced data protection, array migration, capacity expansion capabilities

Price $ $$ $$$

Performance

Similar to H/W RAID in limited workload scenarios

Improved RAID performance in scenarios with increased workloads

Fastest RAID processing, Cache Options Advanced caching and SSD acceleration software options. 3 drive RAID 6 supported

Fault tolerance

Tolerate HDD failure, May not handle some O/S failures

Tolerate HDD failure, OS Failure, some I/O failures

Tolerate HDD, OS, I/O failures Read only and power protected cache options

Trouble-shooting Limited event logs – OS based Events logged to RAID controller Events logged to RAID controller

Virtualization Support No Yes Yes

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Users 0-100 100-1000 1000+

Data Size <1TB 1TB-4TB >4TB <4TB >4TB <4TB >4TB

ThinkServer

Raid

RAID

Level

ThinkServer

RAID

RAID

Level

ThinkServer

RAID

RAID

Level

ThinkServer

RAID

RAID

Level

ThinkServer

RAID

RAID

Level

ThinkServer

RAID

RAID

Level

ThinkServer

RAID

RAID

Level

Database (OLTP) 510i 10 510i 10 720i 5 720i 10 720i 5 720i 10 CC1 720ix 5 CC1

File Server 110i 10 510i 5 510i 5 720i 5 720i 5 720i 10 CC1 720ix 5 CC1

Streaming Media

server 110i 10 510i 5 510i 5 720i 10 720i 5 720i 5 CC1 720ix 5 CC1

SQL Server Logging 510i 10 510i 10 - - 510i 10 - - 720i 1 FP - -

Mail Server 510i 10 510i 10 720i 5 720i 5 720i 5 720i 5 CC1 720ix 5 CC1

Web Hosting 110i 10 510i 10 510i 5 720i 5 720i 5 720i 5 CC1 720ix 5 CC1

Operating System Only ThinkServer RAID 110i RAID 1

Suggested Minimum Configurations by Workload


1 CC= LSI CacheCade (Included with Flash Cache Module) 2 FP = LSI FastPath ((Included with Flash Cache Module)

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Performance Ranking


1NR=Not recommended 2Flash and Supercap cache protection recommended 3Flash and Supercap cache protection required

ThinkServer

RAID 110i

ThinkServer

RAID 510i

ThinkServer

RAID 720i2,

RAID 720ix3

RAID Level 1 10 5 1 10 5 1 10 5

OS NR1 NR

1 NR

1

Virtualization NR1

NR1

NR1

NR1

NR1

NR1

NR1

Database NR1

File Server

SQL log NR1

NR1

Video on Demand NR1

NR1

Media Streaming NR1

NR1

Best Performance

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Combination of HDD capacity and SSD speed.

Read and Write Cache acceleration

Improve the performance of a server’s existing drive volume(s) by dynamically utilizing SSDs as a dedicated pool of RAID controller cache.

Useful for high volume low latency applications, random read intensive workloads:

– OLTP, web server, file server, data mining

Maximum of 512GB in CacheCade Pool1

Included with 1/2/4 GB Protected Cache for ThinkServer RAID 720i, ThinkServer RAID 720ix

Available for ThinkServer RAID 9286CV-8e Adapter by LSI

Includes FastPath license

CacheCade Pro 2.0


1Larger capacity drives may be used, only 512GB is available

in CacheCade pool

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A high-performance IO accelerator for Solid State Drive (SSD) arrays

Optimized version of LSI MegaRAID technology

All data on faster media (SSD) with optimized I/O

2 to 10 times performance improvement over SSD alone

Suitable for all workloads, maximum advantage in Random I/O

– OLTP

Included with 1/2/4 GB Protected Cache for ThinkServer RAID 720i, ThinkServer RAID 720ix

Available for ThinkServer RAID 9286CV-8e Adapter by LSI

All drives in Volume must be SSD

FastPath license included with CacheCade license

FastPath


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CacheCade

– Uses SSD for Cache

– Keeps “Hot” data in Cache

– Typically deployed as small number of SSD and large capacity rotating drives

– Can fit into existing deployments

– Less Expensive (Fewer SSD’s)

– Mix of performance and High Capacity

FastPath

– Optimized version of MegaRAID for SSD

– Accelerates an array of SSD only

– Typically new deployment

– More expensive (More SSD’s)

– Smaller capacity, higher performance

CacheCade / FastPath Comparison


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Data is written to flash memory in the event of an unexpected power outage

Super capacitor supplies power until cache is written to flash memory

Eliminates possibility of losing data due to battery backup rundown

Greener and Lower TCO

– No need for battery maintenance, replacement, and disposal

Lenovo 1/2/4 GB ThinkServer Modular Flash and Supercapacitor Upgrade Available for ThinkServer RAID 720i, ThinkServer RAID 720ix

Includes FastPath and CacheCade Licenses

Lenovo ThinkServer CacheVault Data Protection Upgrade available for 9286CV-8e (1 GB)

– does not include FastPath or CacheCade

Cache Data Protection


With Flash

AND

Supercap

1GB R/W

Cache

4GB R/W

Cache

2GB R/W

Cache

OR

OR

Includes:

CacheCade

FastPath

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Storage Capability Chart

Bus Max

Drives Tape SATA SAS SSD

M.2

SSD RAID 5

DRAM

Cache

TFM

(Flash

Cache) w/

SuperCap

CacheCade

& FastPath JBOD mode

RAID 110i SATA

6Gb 6 No Yes No

SATA

Only Yes Optional No No No Yes

RAID 510i SAS

6Gb 8 No Yes Yes Yes No Optional No No No Yes

RAID 720i SAS

12Gb 8 No Yes Yes Yes No Yes

1GB

Optional

1,2,4GB

Optional

Yes (included

with Flash

Cache option)

Yes, without cache

No, with cache

RAID 720ix SAS

12Gb 26 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1GB

Optional

1,2,4GB

Optional

Yes (included

with Flash

Cache option)

Yes

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Notes:

• RAID 720ix requires a cache module

• RAID 720i must have a cache module installed to support RAID 6 & 60

• 2 max drives per interposer. RD550 supports 1 interposer, RD650 supports 2 interposers.

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Lenovo ThinkServer RAID110i AnyRAID Adapter RAID Support

0 / 1 / 10 JBOD standard Optional RAID 5 Upgrade with key

OS Support Windows, RHEL, SLES

Virtualization Support No

Features

• Up to 6 SATA drives supported • Mixed capacity drives in RAID array • Patrol Read (Sector scan and repair) • Global Spares with Auto rebuild • Auto Rebuild • Auto Verify & Repair (Consistency check) • >2TB HDD Support (Data Volumes Only, Boot Volume Support to be added once uEFI is available) • Bad block management • Staggered HDD spin-up

Alerts • Local logging

Cache • Not Supported

Tools • MegaRAID CTRL-M (Pre-boot) • MegaRAID Storage Manager (Operating System GUI Storage Management Application) • StorCLI (Operating System Command Line Interface tool)

Performance • Generally on par with hardware solutions for RAID 0/1 and “small” numbers of drives, “small” numbers of users. Hardware RAID required for performance applications. • RAID 5 performance Minimal impact on CPU resources (<3%)

Advantages • Inexpensive • Simple to use

Disadvantages • Runs on host (CPU & memory) resources • Potential for data corruption (OS or application crash or power loss) • SATA Only

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ThinkServer RAID 510i AnyRAID Adapter


RAID Support 0 / 1 / 10 / JBOD standard Optional RAID 5 / 50 Upgrade with key

OS Support Windows, RHEL, SLES, Vmware, Xen

Virtualization Support Yes

Features

• LSI SAS2008 IOC Controller • PCIe 2.0 • Dedicated and Global hot spares with auto rebuild • Mixed capacity drives in RAID array • Patrol Read (Sector scan and repair) • Auto Rebuild • Auto Verify & Repair (Consistency check) • >2TB HDD Support (Data and Boot volumes) • Bad block management • RAID Level Migration • Online Capacity Expansion (for RAID 0,5)

• Staggered HDD spin-up

Alerts • Local or remote Event notifications & Alerts via SNMP • Common Information Model (CIM) Provider

Write Back Cache • Not supported

Tools • MegaRAID WebBIOS (Pre-boot) • MegaRAID Storage Manager (Operating System GUI Storage Management Application) • StorCLI (Operating System Command Line Interface tool)

Advantages

• Low-cost Hardware RAID 0, 1, 10 • Competitive Software RAID 5, 50 upgrade option • Improved RAS

- “No battery write journal” plus NVSRAM on HBA protect most RAID IO’s - Persistent event logging for advanced debugging and trouble shooting

Disadvantages • RAID 5 performance acceleration for Windows runs on host resources (Software RAID) • No dedicated cache


ThinkServer RAID 720i AnyRAID Adapter RAID Support1 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 6 / 50 / 60 standard, JBOD if no Cache installed



Features

• 12 Gbps • LSI SAS 2208 ROC • PCIe 3.0 • Cache Backup options • Up to 8 drives supported • Dedicated and Global hot spares with auto rebuild • Mixed capacity drives in RAID array • Patrol Read (Sector scan and repair) • Auto Rebuild • Auto Resume on Power Failure during Rebuild/Reconstruction • Auto Verify & Repair (Consistency check) • >2TB HDD Support (Data and Boot volumes)

• Bad block management • RAID Level Migration

• Online Capacity Expansion (for RAID 0,5,6) • SSD Support with SSD Guard™ technology • Staggered HDD spin-up • Advanced power management of configured drives


Write Back Cache • 1GB Read Only option 1/2/4 GB Read-write Power Protected option


Advantages

• HW acceleration for RAID 5 & 6 via Dual Core dedicated IO processor • Options for 1GB read only cache and 1/2/4 GB Flash protected cache wih Supercap • Advanced HDD power (green) management • CacheCade and FastPath options available

Disadvantages • Highest cost DAS RAID solution

1Flash protected Cache option required for RAID 6 and 60


ThinkServer RAID 720ix AnyRAID Adapter With Expander

RAID Support 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 6 / 50 / 60 JBOD standard



Features

• 12 Gbps • LSI SAS 2208 ROC • PCIe 3.0 • Cache Backup - CacheVault LSICVM01 • Up to 26 drives supported • Dedicated and Global hot spares with auto rebuild • Mixed capacity drives in RAID array • Patrol Read (Sector scan and repair) • Auto Rebuild • Auto Resume on Power Failure during Rebuild/Reconstruction • Auto Verify & Repair (Consistency check) • >2TB HDD Support (Data and Boot volumes)

• Bad block management • RAID Level Migration • Online Capacity Expansion (for RAID 0,5,6)

• SSD Support with SSD Guard™ technology • Staggered HDD spin-up • Advanced power management of configured drives


Cache • 1GB Read Only option 1/2/4 GB Read-write Power Protected option (Cache Required for 720ix)


Advantages

• HW acceleration for RAID 5 & 6 via Dual Core dedicated IO processor • Options for 1GB read only cache and 1/2/4 GB Flash protected cache wih Supercap • Advanced HDD power (green) management • CacheCade and FastPath options available

Disadvantages • Highest cost DAS RAID solution, Cache required

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Full Featured External RAID: MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8e


RAID Support 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 6 / 50 / 60 standard



Features

• LSI SAS 2208 ROC • PCIe 3.0 x8 HL / LP (MD2) • Cache Backup - CacheVault LSICVM01 • Dedicated and Global hot spares with auto rebuild • Mixed capacity drives in RAID array • Patrol Read (Sector scan and repair) • Auto Rebuild • Auto Resume on Power Failure during

Rebuild/Reconstruction • Auto Verify & Repair (Consistency check) • >2TB HDD Support (Data and Boot volumes) • Bad block management

• RAID Level Migration • Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)1

• SSD Support with SSD Guard™ technology • Staggered HDD spin-up • Advanced power management of configured drives • Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays

Alerts • Local or remote Event notifications & Alerts via SNMP

Cache • 1GB Read/Write Cache


Advantages

• HW acceleration for RAID 5 & 6 via dedicated IO processor • Dedicated R/W cache with Battery backup for data protection increases the number of operations running in parallel on a system • Advanced media error handling • Advanced HDD power (green) management

Disadvantages • Highest cost DAS RAID solution

1OCE only supported on RAID 0,5, and 6

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RAID Management Tools


Environment ThinkServer RAID 110i ThinkServer RAID 510i, 720i, 720ix

Pre-Boot Configuration CTRL-M

StorCLI

Web BIOS

StorCLI

Storage Management Console (OS-

level GUI)

MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows,

Linux)

MegaRAID Storage Manager (Windows,

Linux, VMware)

CLI (OS-level) StorCLI (Windows, Linux) StorCLI (Windows, Linux, VMware)

Capability Features StorCLI MegaRAID MSM

User Interface • Local / Remote access Command Line O/S GUI

Configuration

• Setup and view controllers, and attached devices

• Drive Groups and Virtual Drives Local Access Local or Remote Access

Monitoring

• Displays status of Virtual Drives, Hard disk drives, and

other devices

• View Event Log file and on-screen alerts

Local Access Local or Remote Access

Maintenance

• Start and view progress of initialization, Consistency

Check, Rebuild, Reconstruction, Patrol Read

• Updating adapter firmware

Local Access Local or Remote Access

Alerts • Provide notification of errors, warnings N/A Remote Access via SNMP

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