To better support server OEMs, storage systems, data centers and enterprise customers, Microchip Technology has launched the Adaptec SmartRAID 4300 series of NVMe RAID storage accelerators. The new family is a feature-rich, secure, RAID-enabled, high-performance Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solution for NVMe deployments. The accelerators are especially suited for modern AI data center environments where accelerating access to NVMe storage is critical for supporting demanding workloads and maximizing overall system performance.

The SmartRAID 4300 family takes a new approach to NVMe RAID by disaggregating Microchip's Smart Storage platform into separate software and hardware components. Leveraging Microchip's PCIe storage controllers as the underlying hardware to provide a supporting role for CPU offload and RAID acceleration, the accelerators separate the storage software stack to utilize the expanded host PCIe infrastructure for optimized data flows and connectivity. In extensive internal testing, the SmartRAID 4300 family has shown up to 7x increase in input/output (I/O) performance gains compared to previous generation offerings.
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