Pernixdata FVP 3.5 & Infinio Accelerator 3.0 released
Both Pernixdata and Infinio released a new version of their Server Side Caching products yesterday!
Having used previous versions of them both in production environments and compared them very recently here, I'm thrilled to see the evolution here! Both still only support VMware, so no change there.
Pernixdata FVP 3.5
What are the new features FVP 3.5 brings to the table?
- Pernixdata 3.5 Management Appliance
- Support for RDM LUNs (with some limitations)
- Some nifty GUI enhancements, like a search box and performance views.
Also check out [this](nice video video, a nice short video/discussion explaining all new features!
Pernixdata Appliance
The appliance is probably the biggest change in this release, it is used for both FVP and Architect and comes in 4 "flavours" or "sizes" if you will. These are almost the same as the vCenter appliance sizes. The appliance comes in OVA form-factor, is linux-based (CentOS 7) and can only be used in fresh installations (no upgrade from windows management server possible). But the Windows Management Server is also still available and the only viable upgrade path from 3.0 up to 3.5.
| Appliance Configuration | Environment Size | vCPU | RAM | DISK Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny | 1-5 hosts or 1-50 VMs | 2 vCPU | 4 GiB | 100 GiB |
| Small | 5-100 hosts or 50-1000 VMs | 4 vCPU | 8 GiB | 100 GiB |
| Medium | 100-400 hosts or 1000-4000 VMs | 8 vCPU | 12 GiB | 100 GiB |
| Large | more than 400 hosts or more than 4000 VMs | 16 vCPU | 16 GiB | 100 GiB |
The appliance is really easy to install, just deploy the OVF, put in some network configuration and power-up the VM. After which you have to setup the vCenter with it's credentials on the appliance configuration page which can be found at https://<applianceFQDN/IP>/config/. When that's finished the Pernixdata Portal will be up and running at https://<applianceFQDN/IP>:60002/, just like in 3.0. I created a short video showing the appliance first setup, check it out!
Infinio Accelerator 3.0
Now on to Infinio, the biggest news I think is the use of VAIO in their 3.0 product. Very cool!
What are the changes according to the Infinio Blog?:
- Support for block devices (SSDs and Flash) in the caching layer in a tiered fashion combined with RAM; a “memory-first” architecture.
- VM-level acceleration. This is something we did miss in the past. Some workloads just don't cache well and/or polute the cache by consuming a lot due to their high change rate and/or random read rate..
- And Infinio we'll be certified as VMware Ready!
- Support for many datastores types; NFS, VMFS, VSAN, and VVOLs are supported!
- VAIO Support, last but not least! "vSphere APIs for IO Filtering" integrates with VMware Storage Policy-Based Management and has the potential to lower in-kernel/software latency. Infinio states they can deliver 1,000,000 IOPS and 20GB/sec throughput per host, and response times under 100 microseconds.
Also check out the white paper!