Data Center Solutions
Adaptec Storage Board Solutions
www.microchip.comSmart Storage Solutions Overview
Smart Storage Performance, Power, Security and Reliability
With the massive growth of data centers, performance, power and industrys only data-at-rest controller-based encryption solution that,
reliability are more important considerations than ever. provides a superior solution over self-encrypting drives. Microchips
uni ed Smart Storage stack powers the entire family of products,
Performance requirements are driven by both the increased
leveraging core IP that has shipped in over 30 million servers.
adoption of ash-based SSDs and the increasing sizes of
Microchips Smart Storage stack delivers one of the industrys
HDD arrays. Data centers are looking to take advantage of the
most reliable and highest-performing storage controller software
performance that these ash-based drives promise, and require
platforms.
storage solutions that can deliver manageability and data availability
without compromising performance. Microchips Smart Storage adapters satisfy the most important
needs of the modern data center: power, performance, security
Power is a signi cant component of a data centers operating
and reliability.
expenses. Optimizing power for cold storage tiers in the data
center, for example, delivers substantial bene ts to the bottom line.
Data security has become one of the highest priorities for data
centers and cloud computing environments as enterprises seek to
safeguard customer information, classi ed company documentation
and communications, nancial records, employee payroll records,
and other con dential data.
As more mission-critical data nds its way to data centers, end
customers insist on reduced downtime, improved response times
to issues, and a more positive end-user experience overall.
The Adaptec SmartRAID 3100, SmartHBA 2100 and HBA 1100
product families are based on the latest 28 nm SmartIOC 2100
and SmartROC 3100 storage controller integrated circuits (ICs).
The SmartRAID 3162-8i /e adapter includes maxCrypto, the
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