The Technology Behind the Products

Schooner's next-generation data access appliances are purpose-built for information-intensive Web 2.0 and cloud computing datacenters. These fully integrated, application-specific appliances incorporate leading-edge technology to deliver breakthrough performance and cost-effectiveness. Features include:

• The Schooner Operating Environment (SOE) is the core technology for all Schooner appliances. SOE comprehensively manages all system resources, including threads, cores, interconnect, DRAM, and flash memory, as well as optimizing key performance metrics, including transactions/sec/watt, transactions/sec/core, and transactions/sec/$.
• 512 GB Schooner-optimized Intel® X25-E enterprise-class flash memory offers outstanding performance and reliability, delivering the highest capacity per watt for servers and storage.
• Intel® Xeon™ 5500 "Nehalem" processors deliver maximum multi-threading performance with the latest processor innovations, resulting in dramatic increases in performance and energy efficiency.
• High-speed, scalable interconnect technology supports multi-appliance traffic and accelerates system performance.

Schooner's Higher-Level Datacenter Building Blocks

By leveraging Schooner's fully integrated, higher-level datacenter building blocks, IT managers are freed from the complex, inefficient integration projects that ordinary servers require. They can now take advantage of the advanced technology in Schooner appliances to quickly and easily manage data growth, decrease administrative complexity, and cut TCO.

The Schooner Appliance Family

Schooner currently offers two product families: the Schooner cache family, which features the Schooner Appliance for Memcached; and the database family, featuring the Schooner Appliance for MySQL Enterprise™. Both appliances are 100% compatible with existing applications and management tools.