Exar has expanded its enterprise storage applications portfolio with the launch of a new data reduction and encryption processor Hifn 9725 PCI-Express Applied Services Processor (ASP).
The company said that the 9725 ASP, powering its Express DR 1600 cards, offers compression, hash acceleration for deduplication, and encryption in a power-efficient, small footprint device. The 9725 software development kit (SDK) utilises a new unified API that provides complete software failover capabilities and end to end data protection.
According to Exar, the new 9725 ASP provides power efficient CPU offload with a throughput of up to 1,800MB/sec and can simultaneously perform data compression, encryption and hash functions on data. The new product, which supports Windows and Linux operating systems, is suitable for applications and market segments, including Network Attached Storage (NAS), Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Storage Area Networks (SANs), replication, and backup.
Zack Mihalis, senior director of marketing at Exar, said: The 9725 ASP coupled with its comprehensive software suite enables OEM development of leading-edge storage capacity optimization and data encryption solutions. The chip’s CPU offload capability enables better utilization of valuable CPU resources to improve overall system performance and maximize overall performance per Watt.
