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August 12, 2010

Providing Battery-Free, FPGA-Based RAID Cache Solutions

by Bryon Moyer

RAID adapter cards are critical data-center subsystem components that ensure data storage and recovery during power outages. Battery-backed designs have hazardous waste disposal, shelf life, and maintenance issues, but recent advances in FPGA and flash-memory technologies support lower power memory backup designs that are powered by ultra capacitors. This paper provides an overview of the supporting component technologies that support such environmentally-friendly data recovery solutions.

Author: David McIntyre, Senior Business Unit Manager, Computer and Storage Business Unit, Altera Corporation

David McIntyre manages the Computer and Storage Business Unit at Altera Corporation. His responsibilities include driving top tier customer growth with initiatives and solutions. With 20 years of experience at leading semiconductor and systems companies, he has held various engineering and marketing management positions including a Director of Strategic Marketing post for the IBM Storage Systems Division.

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