9286-8E Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Built on MegaRAID

LSI^® Syncro^™ CS 9286-8e Solution
Built on MegaRAID^® Technology
Affordable High Availability Solution Brings Shared Storage and
Controller Failover to Direct Attached Storage Environments
Product Brief
LSI Syncro CS 9286-8e Solution
Key Benefits
n High availability at fraction of the cost
and complexity of existing HA solutions
n Failover and shared storage capabilities
of SAN at DAS price point
n Designed to deliver seamless application
failover and increased performance
under failure
n Makes high availability an affordable and
viable option for SMB, SME and ROBOs
SAN Features of Syncro CS
at Lower Total Cost
n Shared Storage
n High Availability
n Lower Cost / Power
n Ease of Deployment
LSI Syncro CS solutions are designed to provide continuous application uptime at a fraction
of the cost and complexity of traditional high availability solutions. Built on LSI MegaRAID
technology, the Syncro CS 9286-8e solution allows a system administrator to build a cost-
effective, easy to deploy and manage server failover cluster using volume servers and an off-
the-shelf JBOD. Syncro CS solutions bring shared storage and storage controller failover into
DAS environments, leveraging the low cost DAS infrastructure, simplicity, and performance
benefits. Controller to controller connectivity is provided through the high performance SAS
interface, providing the ability for resource load balancing, helping to ensure that applications
are using the most responsive server to boost performance and help prevent any one server
from being overburdened.
Cost-effective High Availability DAS Solutions for SMB, SME and ROBO
High availability is essential to all businesses today, regardless of size or industry. When
systems running business-critical applications such as transaction processing, web server or
electronic commerce are not accessible, the results can be lost revenue, lost productivity, and
reduced customer satisfaction. Syncro CS solutions are designed to provide small and medium
sized businesses (SMB) and remote and branch offices (ROBO) with fully redundant shared
storage and application failover without requiring costly or complex storage area networks –
putting high availability within the reach of organizations that once considered it impractical.
A New Paradigm for High Availability Storage
LSI has collaborated with OS and server industry leaders to enable cost-effective
high availability server clustering solutions for SMBs and remote and branch offices
(ROBO). These solutions bring shared storage and storage controller failover into DAS
environments, leveraging the low
cost DAS infrastructure, simplicity
and performance benefits. For SMBs
Server 1
Server 2
running local applications, Syncro CS
solutions offer a cost-effective and
easy to deploy and manage solution to
reduce application downtime and the
associated lost productivity and revenue.
The solutions can also help to increase
storage utilization and reduce power,
ESM 1
ESM 2
cooling and space requirements for a
lower total cost of ownership.
JBOD Enclosure
Syncro CS in a 2-system Deployment Model