Introduction; System Requirements - Seagate ST1100FR0000 User Manual

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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 high-
performance 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.
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YSTEM EQUIREMENTS
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.
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