LSI Nytro flash accelerator cards help optimize performance of SQL Server 2014

SAN JOSE, USA: LSI Corp. announced that LSI Nytro flash accelerator cards have been tested to help amplify the performance of SQL Server 2014. The development efforts between LSI and Microsoft bring together technologies to help businesses overcome I/O bottlenecks, accelerate SQL Server 2014 database transactions and extract the full value from data.

LSI Nytro flash cards are also being utilized in conjunction with the new SQL Server 2014 Buffer Pool Extension feature to provide the low latency, high throughput and reliability required to fully enable the benefits offered by BPE technology.

"SQL Server 2014 enables customers to build mission-critical applications and big data solutions using high-performance, in-memory technology," said Tiffany Wissner, director, Product Marketing, SQL Server Product Marketing, Microsoft. "By using SQL Server 2014 with LSI Nytro cards, our joint customers can achieve the performance requirements of their most demanding workloads in the cloud."

"Microsoft tested LSI Nytro flash cards as a core component of SQL Server 2014 development, which is a strong endorsement of the performance and reliability of Nytro technology," said Jas Tremblay, VP of Marketing, Datacenter Solutions Group, LSI. "Through our strategic relationship with Microsoft, we're helping customers achieve the highest application performance for their most intensive I/O workloads."