Configuring the MaxIQ Cache

The MaxIQ cache is a global read cache pool. It uses the Solid State Drives (SSDs) in your system as fast cache memory for read-intensive operations.

You can configure the MaxIQ cache only if you have one or more MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives installed on the RAID controllers in your system.

Note! For MaxIQ caching applications, you can use any Solid State Drive on the compatibility list, including Adaptec MaxIQ SSDs and, with some controllers, select SSDs from other manufacturers. See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives.

Adaptec Storage Manager assigns all compatible SSDs to the MaxIQ cache pool, by default. Use the procedures in this section to add or remove SSDs, to configure the MaxIQ cache fetch rate, and to enable MaxIQ caching for a logical device.

To check the status of the SSDs in the MaxIQ pool, including wear-level and longevity indicators, see Maintaining Solid State Drives. To check the MaxIQ cache statistics for a logical device, see Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis.

Note! Before you can enable the MaxIQ cache for a logical device, you must enable read caching.