The 12 Gbps SmartRAID 3100 Series Adapters satisfy the most performance-hungry transactional and database applications. The SmartRAID 3100 provides maximum read/write bandwidth and IOPS when coupled with 12 Gbps SSDs. In addition, the SmartRAID 3100 delivers acceleration and latency optimization when using HDDs through caching. Furthermore, the SmartRAID 3100, built upon the unified Smart Storage stack, unlocks all features and performance of the 12 Gbps HBA 1100 Series Adapters when the drives are configured as raw devices.