Configuring the Flash and Caching Features : Controller Settings for Nytro Cache Drive

Controller Settings for Nytro Cache Drive

Current Write Policy

Write Policy: Write Back, RAID 1 (optimum controller settings (default))/Write Through, RAID 0.

A virtual drive property that indicates whether the virtual drive currently supports Write Back mode or Write Through mode.

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In Write Back mode, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all of the data in a transaction.

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In Write Through mode, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the drive subsystem has received all of the data in a transaction.

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Nytro Write Back Caching

RAID 1 Write Back caching: Delivers high application performance acceleration for write-intensive random I/O workloads (mirroring of Flash and losing half the total Flash capacity).

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Nytro Write Through Caching

RAID 0 and RAID 1 Write Through caching: Delivers high application performance acceleration for read-intensive random I/O workloads. In RAID 1 Write Through caching, the application does not receive confirmation of the write completing until the HDD is written.