High-density DRAM-Flash Hybrid Architecture

Gear6 Web Cache introduces a substantial advantage in Memcached density by allowing high-speed DRAM and economical flash memory to be used in hybrid configurations. Advanced software memory management enables this hybrid operation, providing DRAM or near-DRAM performance for prices far below those of an all-DRAM solution, and without latency related to the use of flash memory.

The very high density of flash memory also means that 5-10 times as much Memcached memory can be deployed per “U” of rack space, reducing power consumption and cooling requirements as well as the cost and time involved in provisioning and managing hardware.