The combined solution provides enterprise IT architects with a new option for storage in hyperscale data centers – one that's equipped with the low-latency RoCE support.

Combining Excelero's NVMesh software with the Broadcom BCM57414 NIC enables a solution with exceptionally low-latency performance suitable for Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data analytics and Artificial Intelligence applications as well as web-scale enterprise loads.

With the availability of the Broadcom BCM58800, a new family of 100G Smart NIC SOCs, hyperscale data center architects will be able to design an OS-agnostic, turnkey storage solution running on the SmartNIC, avoiding the need for software installs.

"There's a massive, untapped market for enterprises that want to build hyperscale data centers like Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Amazon have,” said Lior Gal, CEO and co-founder of Excelero.

Gal added, “the combined Broadcom BCM57414 and Excelero NVMesh solution provides a storage option for them, where they take full advantage of shared NVMe across a network at local performance."

"Our joint validation has proven that together Broadcom and Excelero can provide a solution for shared NVMe storage, which will be enhanced further as our collaboration expands on new platforms such as our BCM58800 SmartNIC," said Dan Harding, vice president of marketing of the Compute and Connectivity Division at Broadcom Limited.

"This is a pioneering development in integrating silicon and software that enterprises need to expedite the deployment of NVMe-over-fabrics," said Ryan Quick, CEO and chief architect at Providentia Worldwide, an enterprise hyperscale computing consultancy.

"By using Broadcom's new NetXtreme Ethernet NIC with Excelero's server SAN, enterprises can make sure their applications can enjoy the latency, throughput and IOPs of a local NVMe device while getting the benefits of centralized, redundant storage," said George Crump, president and founder of Storage Switzerland.