SanDisk DAS Cache Compatibility Matrix
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Contents 1 SanDisk DAS Cache overview.......................................................................................... 4 Abbreviations......................................................................................................................................................................4 2 Compatibility matrix........................................................................................................ 5 General requirements...................................................
1 SanDisk DAS Cache overview SanDisk DAS Cache is a software application driver installed on a system primarily to accelerate the speed of storage input/output (I/O) operations, which in turn improves the performance of I/O intensive applications. SanDisk DAS Cache software is compatible with: • Linux—SanDisk DAS Cache software for Linux, version 1.5, is a kernel module that runs within the Linux operating system. • VMware vSphere—SanDisk DAS Cache software for VMware vSphere, version 1.
2 Compatibility matrix General requirements • SanDisk DAS Cache software for Windows requires less than 10 MB of disk space for installation, and typically less than 500 MB of system memory at runtime. • SanDisk DAS Cache software for Linux requires less than 2 MB of disk space for installation, and typically less than 500 MB of system memory at runtime.
– RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.5 – RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.7 – RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.0 – RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.1 – CentOS 6.5 – CentOS 7.0 – CentOS 7.1 • Windows: – Windows Server 2008 SP2 – Windows Server 2012 – Windows Server 2012 R2 Compatible cache interfaces and devices All SSDs must be supported within the platform.
– Dell PowerEdge FC630 – Dell PowerEdge FC430 • M1000e: – Dell PowerEdge M830 – Dell PowerEdge M630 • C6000: – Dell PowerEdge C6320 NOTE: The storage controllers (PERC, HBA, and so on) supported on the above listed PowerEdge systems, are also compatible with the SanDisk DAS cache software. NOTE: SanDisk DAS cache software is compatible with any directly attached SSD recognized as block device by Linux, including NVMe PCIe, AHCI PCIe, SAS, and SATA interfaces.
