"With virtualization, I/O becomes extraordinarily random and this is driving IT professionals to embrace SSDs, but SSDs don't manage themselves, and manual data placement has limited speed benefits and squanders the SSD resource. Cache software is necessary, and ease of installation and maintenance is paramount. Proximal Data's AutoCache™ addresses these …

"The great thing about using AutoCache™ is that I can put a minimal amount of cache in each host and I am getting a 6x gain in average read throughput. During bursty periods such as with a boot storm, we saw an order of magnitude performance improvement — a 10x …