Standardization Process Supports Product Deployment in 2004
San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. May 6, 2002 - The SCSI Trade
Association (STA) and the InterNational Committee for Information Technology
Standards (INCITS) announced today that the Serial Attached SCSI proposal
presented to INCITS Technical Committee T10 at their May 2 meeting was accepted
and that T10 voted to develop a Serial Attached SCSI standard. T10 is
responsible for developing and maintaining all SCSI standards for INCITS.
STA's ultimate goal is the acceptance of Serial Attached SCSI as an
international technology standard.
The proposed Serial Attached SCSI standard is a device level interface which
builds on the foundation of the SCSI protocol while bringing the advantages of
a serial point-to-point interconnect. The serial interface will enable dense
storage solutions as well as the migration to smaller form factors. A key
objective of Serial Attached SCSI is to offer unprecedented customer choice by
allowing a single infrastructure to support both enterprise class Serial
Attached SCSI drives and Serial ATA drives for cost-sensitive applications.
Harry Mason, President of the STA Board of Directors and Director of Industry
Marketing at LSI Logic, stated, "Serial Attached SCSI provides the foundation
for a long-term SCSI roadmap, continuing the 20-year history of SCSI's
strengths in the enterprise. Once adopted, Serial Attached SCSI will offer the
reliability, availability, scalability and performance required in robust
storage environments."
As chair of INCITS Technical Committee T10, John Lohmeyer, Principal Engineer,
LSI Logic, commented, "I am pleased that the SCSI Trade Association has
selected INCITS' T10 as the group to work on this project. The committee voted
to approve the Serial Attached SCSI project proposal, which is reflective of
their long-time association with SCSI. Anticipating INCITS acceptance, we have
scheduled two working group meetings in June to get a rapid start on this
important project."
Dan Tanner, Senior Analyst, Aberdeen Storage Group, said, "Serial Attached SCSI
promises to play a significant role in unifying future enterprise class storage
device connections. Legacy
compatibility, with two decades of enterprise-proven logical SCSI in a point-to-point topology aimed at meeting future subsystem requirements, makes Serial
Attached SCSI a very compelling interface."
The STA's charter is to define the marketing requirements for Serial Attached
SCSI and to promote the technology to the industry. In this capacity, STA
guides development of the standard, ensuring that it meets industry needs. STA
estimates that Serial Attached SCSI products will enter the market in 2004,
enabling customers to invest in technology that delivers a scalable feature
set, backward compatibility and cost-effective industry-standard storage I/O.
About STA
The SCSI Trade Association was established in 1995 to provide a focal point for
members to communicate the benefits of SCSI to the industry. STA also promotes
the understanding and use of SCSI technology and influences the evolution of
the standard to meet future industry needs. The Association has an
eight-member Board of Directors, which oversees the Marketing
Communications and Technology Committees. For more information, please visit
the web site at http://www.scsita.org, email info@scsita.org, call the STA
office at (415) 561-6273 or send a fax to (415) 561-6120.
About INCITES
The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) is
the forum of choice for information technology developers, producers and users
for the creation and maintenance of formal de jure IT standards. INCITS is
accredited by, and operates under rules approved by, the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI). These rules are designed to ensure that voluntary
standards are developed by the consensus of directly and materially affected
interests. Contact: INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry
Council, 1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
(www.incits.org).
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