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MillimeterATTO Technology Introduces SAS PCIe RAID Adapters
Sep 28, 2006 10:58 AM
ATTO Technology, a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announced a line of SAS/SATA RAID Adapters utilizing the 800MHz PCIe Intel IOP348 I/O Processors with integrated high-performance Intel XScale technology and advanced data protection. The ATTO ExpressSAS RAID Adapter family provides SAS/SATA II connectivity and delivers blazing fast performance with transfer rates of up to 3 Gb per second per port. It is the industry’s only low profile line of adapters offering user selectable port configuration options.
Featuring advanced fault-tolerant features that include hot swap, hot spares, online capacity expansion, battery back-up, and optimized disk utilization for SAS drives, SATA II drives, or any combination of the two, the ATTO ExpressSAS R348 and R380 adapters deliver an intelligent and robust low profile RAID solution. These adapters will support standard RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 and features ATTO’s exclusive DVRAID, making them capable of handling the most demanding applications such as 2K and 4K film, multiple layers of complex, uncompressed real-time effects, and high definition video editing.
The ATTO ExpressSAS RAID Adapters combine x8 PCI Express technology and SAS speeds for high performance server environments and applications. SAS is the next generation SCSI interface that delivers significant improvements in scalability, performance, reliability, and flexibility over parallel SCSI by leveraging a serial architecture for data transport. PCI Express is a low-cost, highly scalable serial technology that delivers added performance by increasing the I/O capacity while eliminating bus contention. This allows for faster and more efficient performance with reduced I/O bottlenecks.
“ATTO has significant experience as a pioneer in the storage market and today's announcement of its new SAS/SATA low-profile adapters with on-board RAID and flexible configuration options demonstrates our commitment as a trusted industry leader," says Ed Tierney, director of marketing at ATTO Technology. "As we did with our SCSI product lines, we have taken the lead in delivering multi-vendor interoperability including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. With the 800MHz PCIe Intel IOP348 I/O Processor and the Intel StrataFlash Memory 28F640J3, ATTO ExpressSAS RAID Adapters deliver blazing-fast throughput—the ideal solution for transactional database applications, email servers, large server farms.”
“ATTO’s latest generation of RAID Adapters exemplifies all the features and characteristics that the Intel IOP348 I/O Processor is designed for, such as an integrated SAS/SATA controller and IOP-based RAID 5/6,” says Mike Wall, general manager, Intel Storage Group Marketing. “The end result is a simpler, cost-effective design with fewer components. This next-generation Intel storage processor also allows ATTO to reuse the majority of its proven RAID stack with an easy migration from previous designs, resulting in faster time to market and increased product reliability.”
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