6Gb/s SAS — Industry Rollout
Marty Czekalski
(September 2008 – pdf)
Industry Objectives:
- Preserve 3Gb/s SAS usage models
- Maintain 1.5Gb/s & 3Gb/s SATA/SAS compatibility
- Improve storage system RAS attributes
- Reduce the number of cabling connections options
- Double transfer rate
- Improve cost/performance & power/bandwidth ratio
- Reduced # of connections per Gb/s
- Eventual compatibility with 6Gb/s SATA
- Improved link utilization
- Improve rack-to-rack distances