Enterprise RAID and Security With Accelerated NVMe® Performance
With the introduction of the new Adaptec® SmartRAID 4300 accelerator family, we deliver a fully featured and secure RAID-enabled, high-performance Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solution for NVMe deployments in server OEM, storage systems, data center and enterprise customers.
Leveraging Microchip's PCIe® storage controller as the underlying hardware to provide a supporting role for CPU o?oad and RAID acceleration the SmartRAID 4300 series separates the storage software stack to utilize the host PCIe infrastructure for more optimized data ?ows and connectivity. This new accelerator architecture overcomes bottlenecks inherent to traditional in-line storage solutions and enables the SmartRAID 4300 to deliver precise functionality and value when needed.
The SmartRAID 4300 maintains the enterprise-class features, functionality and hardware o?oad of our previous-generation in-line products, while delivering accelerated high performance that scales with the host, interconnect and CPU-attached NVMe endpoints. Management of the CPU-attached NVMe endpoints removes the dependencies that drive form factors, connector types and backplanes can create.
Our Trusted Platform support delivers a new level of compute and supply chain security based on a hardware root of trust that is aligned with the Open Compute Security Project.
Accelerated Enterprise NVMe RAID Storage
Our SmartRAID 4300 disaggregates our Smart Storage platform into separate software and hardware components for a new software-defined storage approach for NVMe RAID. With Smart Storage software operating on the host CPU, I/O data ?ows maximize performance with writes occurring directly to the NVMe endpoints, while parity-based redundancy (XOR) is o?oaded to the SmartRAID accelerator hardware.
Maximum Performance
With a software-defined approach to NVMe RAID storage, the performance boundaries shift back to the individual components such as CPU, interconnect and endpoints. Managing these components with an expanded infrastructure, the Smart Storage software is able to deliver a maximum-performance, robust enterprise-class RAID solution, while enabling the SmartRAID accelerator hardware to complement and accelerate the overall performance capabilities, as opposed to potentially becoming a bottleneck.
- Low profile, MD2 form factor
- 16-lane (x16 "Ultra") PCIe accelerator adapter
- Secure boot, secure update and attestation
- Support for 32 NVMe devices and up to 64 LD/RAID arrays
- RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50
- RAID online capacity expansion
- Pre-boot UEFI management
- maxView tool support
- SED management software
| Brand | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Microchip Technology Inc. |
| Storage | |
|---|---|
| RAID Supported | Yes |
| RAID Levels | 50 |
| Size / Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | Plug-in Card |
| Card Height | Low-profile |
| General Features | |
|---|---|
| Controller Type | NVMe |
| Manufacturer | Microchip Technology Inc. |
| Misc Ports | |
|---|---|
| Host Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |