technology brief Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X/P4801X and Intel Optane SSD 900P/905P with Intel Memory Drive Technology Data Center Enabling Bigger, More Affordable Memory Solutions Intel Memory Drive Technology transparently integrates Intel Optane SSDs into the memory subsystem. Intel Memory Drive Technology can revolutionize your data center memory architecture. When combined with Intel Optane SSDs, Intel Memory Drive Technology transparently integrates the drive into the memory subsystem and makes it appear like DRAM to the operating system and applications. This can increase memory capacity beyond DRAM limitations, with no change required to the OS or applications. Intel Memory Drive Technology is highly beneficial in two primary IT scenarios: Displace a portion of more expensive DRAM to reduce overall memory cost Grow the memory pool beyond DRAM capacities to access or enable much larger memory datasets Displace Costly DRAM for More Affordable Memory Intel Memory Drive Technology enables data centers to deliver more affordable memory pools by displacing a portion of higher cost, higher power DRAM. By pairing a reduced amount of DRAM and replacing that capacity with the high-performing non- volatile memory of the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X, data centers can more cost- effectively execute memory-intensive workloads with much lower DRAM capacity installed, saving on both hardware procurement and operations cost. Extend Memory for a Bigger Memory Footprint Intel Memory Drive Technology enables data centers to grow the memory footprint beyond DRAM-only capacity. Together, DRAM and Intel Optane SSDs with Intel Memory Drive Technology emulate a single volatile memory pool. Additionally, Intel Memory Drive Technology intelligently determines where data should be located within the pool to maximize speed, enabling servers to deliver performance across many workloadseven when DRAM is only supplying one-third to one-eighth of the memory pool capacity. Enable New Possibilities for the Enterprise The combination of cost-efficiency and increased capacity means enterprises can break through todays memory limits, enabling new possibilitieslike accessing higher-capacity, in-memory datasets to deliver better, faster analytics insight. As an example, cloud providers can reduce capital cost for memory when enabled to oversubscribe workloads with greater overall capacity. Or, high-performance computing centers can increase large memory datasets to improve research and scientific results, and test new simulations quickly and cost-efficiently. About Intel Optane Technology Intel Optane technology is a unique combination of Intel Optane media with Intels advanced system memory controller, interface hardware and software IP. This revolutionary technology is offered in several form factors to unleash vast system performance in a range of products.Product Brief Intel Optane SSDs with Intel Memory Drive Technology HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 1,2 Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X/P4801X 100GB, 375GB, 750GB, 1.5TB Intel Optane SSD 900P/905P 280GB, 380GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.5TB Supported Processors Intel Xeon Scalable, Intel Xeon E5-x6xx v2 or later, E7-x8xx v2 or later IntelXeon D, Intel Xeon E Intel Core i7-98xx, i7-78xx, Intel Core i9-99xx, i9-98xx, i9-79xx Maximum Processor Sockets 16 Operating Systems RHEL / Centos 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 ,7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.0 SLES 11 SP4, 12, 12 SP1, 12 SP2, 15 Ubuntu 16.04-19.10 3 4 Intel Memory Drive Technology Software requires a bootable media Supported protocols: IDE, UHCI, EHCI SOFTWARE FEATURE SPECIFICATIONS 1,2 Memory Capacity 85GiB, 240GiB, 320GiB, 400GiB, 640GiB, 800GiB, 1.28TiB 1 Maximum Software-defined Memory 64TiB 5 Recommended DRAM Expansion Up to 8x Memory Media Mode Volatile (non-persistent) For more information, visit intel.com/ssd 1. GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes, TB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes 2. Total physical capacity is 375GB, 750GB, and 1500GB. Total usable capacity towards Intel Memory Drive Technology is 320 GB. 640GB, 1280GB 3. Technology licensed from ScaleMP* 4. Software boots from USB media, network image (PXE boot) or directly from Optane SSD in UEFI mode. 5. For example: 128GB DRAM can be expanded up to 1024GB based on the capacity of the non-volatile memory media installed. Higher expansion ratios may be supported, with possibly suboptimal performance. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. For more complete information visit www.intel.com/benchmarks. Performance results are based on testing as of July 5, 2018 and may not reefl ct all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary. Results have been estimated or simulated. Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Intel disclaims all express and implied warranties, including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, as well as any warranty arising from course of performance, course of dealing, or usage in trade. 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