Coraid on Wednesday unveiled EtherFlash Cache, a flexible programmable cache that uses solid-state drives (SSDs) to accelerate read performance for demanding server virtualization, web, database and email applications. Users can provision and then rapidly re-assign application priorities in the cache to provide a performance boost to the applications that need it most.
“The explosive growth of dynamic virtualized and cloud architectures has made ensuring application service levels ever more challenging,” said Doug Dooley, vice president, product management, at Coraid. “Software-defined storage platforms combine smart software and scale-out commodity hardware like SSDs to get the right resources to the right application at the right time. EtherFlash Cache allows operators of cloud infrastructures to dynamically apply policies and priorities to applications.”