Adaptec unveils fastest Serial Attached SCSI controller
Adaptec unveils fastest Serial Attached SCSI controller
Storage systems provider Adaptec has raised the bar in the Serial Attached SCSI market through the release of its ASIC controller, which powers 4.8 gigabytes per second performance - seven times that of Ultra320 SCSI - for large database, video, online transaction processing (OLTP) and other data-intensive applications.
"Organisations are demanding higher bandwidth solutions that enable them to optimise the price-performance of storage infrastructures used for data-intensive applications," said Ahmet Houssein, vice president and general manager of Adaptec's Storage Solutions Group. "Adaptec's Serial Attached SCSI controller chip delivers unprecedented performance at a cost comparable to today's SCSI solutions to meet these needs."
The Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI chip enables the new data speeds on the strength of eight ports, and also delivers storage configuration flexibility, allowing organisations to easily and cost-effectively configure both internal and external storage.
The chip's eight ports will also give organisations an easy way to scale to 100-disk drive configurations to meet their expanding storage needs.
The chip will feature Adaptec's integrated HostRAID technology to protect customer data and provide a smooth migration path to Adaptec's direct-attached and networked storage arrays. The ASIC also will be the core of a family of microprocessor-based RAID controllers that deliver data protection.
"As storage requirements continue to escalate, demand is growing for higher data transfer rates, greater scalability and fault tolerance, and flexible, easy to deploy systems that accommodate both low cost bulk storage and the performance and reliability demands of mission critical applications," said Paul Perez, vice president, storage, networking and infrastructure, Industry Standard Servers, HP. "Devices like Adaptec's 8-port Serial Attached SCSI controller chip will help enable systems with these capabilities."
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