By now you have probably heard of, and perhaps even already bought, our new maxCrypto controller-based encryption enabled SmartRAID 3162 SAS/SATA RAID adapter.

The SmartRAID 3162-8i /e offers the most secure, high performance solution for data centers requiring maximum I/O connectivity and low latency. MaxCrypto^TM ensures that customer sensitive data is encrypted and protected by secure 256 bit AES, in-line encryption. As soon as the unique maxCrypto^TM key associated with a specific controller is removed, data is unreadable.

The SmartRAID 3162 adapter is kicking off our new Microsemi University School of Smart Storage Adapters series of “How-To” videos.

In our first training video, Getting Started with maxCrypto^TM, John Borz, Microsemi SmartRAID applications engineer, will demonstrate configuring maxCrypto.

The demonstration includes:

• Configuring a RAID-0 volume
• Writing a data block
• Verifying the plaintext data
• Encrypting the volume
• Verifying the encrypted data

Familiar tools available for configuration of maxCrypto^TM include arcconf, HII, and maxView.

To learn more about the Smart Storage Family, please visit: www.microsemi.com/smartstorage or contact sales.support@microsemi.com.

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Tags: Cloud Computing, Controller Based Encryption Adapter, Data Center, Data Security, Smart Storage, Storage