ATTO/Hitachi shake hands on 6Gbps SAS
ATTO/Hitachi shake hands on 6Gbps SAS
April 21, 2009:ATTO Technology and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) have announced interoperability of their respective 6Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) products designed for use in high-performance server and storage applications.
The combination of ATTO ExpressSAS host bus adapters with Hitachi Ultrastar C10K300 hard drives deliver fast 6Gbps data transfers for high I/O enterprise environments. The new 6Gbps SAS interface delivers 100 percent faster data throughput than previously available using a 3Gbps SAS interconnect.
ATTO 6Gbps ExpressSAS host adapters are available in five models, in both 8- and 16-port configurations, providing 600MB/s connectivity per port with support for up to 512 physical devices.
Dual-ported Hitachi Ultrastar C10K300 hard drives are offered in 147GB and 300GB capacities.
The new serial interface also offers backward compatibility with existing 3Gbps products.