{"product_id":"lenovo-7y37a01086-raid-controller-pci-express-x8-3-0-12-gbit-s","title":"Lenovo 7Y37A01086 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit\/s","description":"\u003cp\u003e- MegaRAID FastPath SSD performance acceleration - MegaRAID FastPath software provides high-performance I\/O acceleration for SSD-based virtual drives by using a low latency I\/O path to increase the maximum I\/O per second (IOPS) capability of the controller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis feature boosts the performance of applications with a highly random data storage access pattern, such as transactional databases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- MegaRAID flash cache protection - MegaRAID flash cache protection uses NAND flash memory, which is powered by a CacheVault Power Module supercapacitor, to protect data that is stored in the controller cache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis module eliminates the need for a lithium-ion battery, which is commonly used to protect DRAM cache memory on PCI RAID controllers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo avoid the possibility of data loss or corruption during a power or server failure, flash cache protection technology transfers the contents of the DRAM cache to NAND flash using power from the offload power module.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the power is restored to the RAID controller, the content of the NAND flash is transferred back to the DRAM, which is flushed to disk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Auto-resume on array rebuild or array reconstruction after the loss of system power - Auto-resume uses non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) to save the rebuild progress during a host reboot or power failure to automatically resume from the last checkpoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuto-resume ensures that data integrity is maintained throughout the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card supports a number of features that can be implemented without rebooting the server.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplications, such as email and web server, benefit from avoiding downtime during the transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Online Capacity Expansion - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) allows the capacity of a virtual disk to be expanded by adding new physical disks or making use of unused space on existing disks, without requiring a reboot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Online RAID Level Migration - Online RAID Level Migration (RLM), which is also known as logical drive migration, can migrate a virtual disk from any RAID level to any other RAID level without requiring a reboot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSystem availability and application functionality remain unaffected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Fast initialization for quick array setup - Fast initialization quickly writes zeros to the first and last sectors of the virtual drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis feature allows you to immediately start writing data to the virtual drive while the initialization is running in the background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Consistency check for background data integrity - Consistency check verifies that all stripes in a virtual disk with a redundant RAID level are consistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe consistency check mirrors data when an inconsistent stripe is detected for RAID 1 and re-creates the parity from the peer disks for RAID 5 or RAID 6.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistency checks can be scheduled to take place periodically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Extensive online configuration options and advanced monitoring and event notification - Management tools provide convenience for the configuration of logical volumes and alerting when errors have occurred or are about to occur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Patrol read for media scanning and repairing - Patrol read is a background sentry service that pro-actively discovers and corrects media defects (bad sectors) that arise normally as a disk drive ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe service issues a series of verify commands, and if a bad block is discovered, the card's firmware uses RAID algorithms to re-create the missing data and remap the sector to a good sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe task is interruptible based on controller activity and host operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe firmware also provides an interface where the patrol read task can be initiated, set up for continuous operation, and terminated from a management application.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrol read can be activated by a manual command or automatically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support - A hot spare rebuilds data from all virtual disks within the disk group in which it is configured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can define a physical disk as a hot spare to replace a failed drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHot spares can be configured as either global or dedicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA global hot spare allows any physical drive to be designated as a hot spare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dedicated hot spare allows the user to assign a hot spare drive to a particular array of the same drive type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Drive roaming - Drive roaming occurs when the physical disks are changed to different ports on the same controller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the drives are placed on different channels, the controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- MegaRAID SafeStore support for self-encrypting drive (SED) services - MegaRAID SafeStore encryption services offer instant secure erase and local key management for self-encrypting drives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis technology represents a step forward in securing data on a disk drive from any unauthorized access or modification resulting from theft, loss, or repurposing of drives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstant secure erase permanently removes data when repurposing or decommissioning SEDs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafeStore local key management provides the necessary management and protection of SEDs by using a simple pass phrase, security key identifier, and security key file that can be set and applied to all SEDs that are assigned to a RAID adapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis feature removes the complexity of managing each SED’s unique encryption key, and it essentially relieves the administrator of most of the daily tasks of securing data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- XClarity Provisioning Manager for pre-boot array configuration and management - 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