Seagate ST1100FS0000 Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 8

1.0 INTRODUCTION The Seagate® X8 Accelerator for VMware ESXi line of solid state storage devices is a revolutionary product family that utilizes the industry standard PCIe bus interface, along with an innovative hardware and software architecture to deliver highest sustained application performance over its lifetime and enterprise-class reliability. Seagate X8 Accelerator enables enterprises to tackle performance-intensive applications such as databases, business analytics, virtualization and highperformance computing applications. This document explains how to install, configure and manage Seagate X8 Accelerator devices with VMware software version 3.2 on ESXi 5.0/5.1 based systems. 2.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To achieve full performance the X8 Accelerator requires a multicore processor system with an 8 lane Gen2 PCIe slot and good air movement. The table below shows host memory the X8 Accelerator will use based on capacity. The DRAM requirements mentioned above are only meant for each X8 Accelerator device. OS and other applications will need additional DRAM. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 4