Last updated: September 14, 2021 Notes: This roadmap shows the availability of prototypes and end-user products for each generation of SAS. Plugfest is an event where industry participants test their prototype products to confirm interoperability. End-user products typically become available approximately 12-18 months after the first Plugfest. View / download the PDF version of… Read more »
Article by: Demartek, July 2018 24G SAS increases performance with double the effective speed and optimizations for SSD and SMR. SAS, or Serial Attached SCSI, has been in use for more than 10 years, starting with 3.0 Gb/s SAS in 2004 and then doubling in effective bandwidth with the release of each new generation. The… Read more »
STA and SNIA co-hosted a webcast titled “What’s Next in Storage: Analysts and Experts Share Their Predictions” on May 2, 2018. To listen to a recording of the webcast and/or download the presentation, please see the links below. About the Webcast You won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear leading data storage experts provide… Read more »
On January 23, 2018, Cameron Brett, STA Board Member, presented a brief SAS industry update as part of the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) at the SNIA Annual Members’ Symposium in San Jose, CA. Topics covered include: STA Technology Roadmap 24G SAS Highlights The Pillars of SAS The Modern IT Infrastructure Hyperconvergence Disaggregation SAS as… Read more »
STA and SNIA co-hosted a webcast titled “Build a Better Data Center with 24G SAS” on December 5, 2017. To listen to a recording of the webcast and/or download the presentation, please see the links below. Presenters were: Rick Kutcipal, President, SCSI Trade Association; Product Planner, Broadcom Ltd. Dennis Martin, President, Demartek Bill Martin, Co-chair,… Read more »
The MultiLink SASTM initiative’s purpose is to improve how slot-oriented Solid State Drive (SSD) devices can be configured to improve I/O performance. The externally-accessible backplane slot-based drive architecture will be fully compatible for use with existing SAS/SATA storage devices as well as new devices designed to achieve higher performance. A new form-factor compatible connector will… Read more »
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) burst upon the storage scene in 2004 as a serial replacement for the once ubiquitous parallel SCSI interconnect. While much attention is often given to the capabilities of the protocol and to the silicon and software required to implement these systems, it is often the physical interconnections that influence the adoption… Read more »
Blog post by: Rick Kutcipal, President, SCSI Trade Association; Marketing Manager, Data Center Storage Group, Broadcom Limited; Oct 20, 2017 In case you missed Flash Memory Summit (FMS), you not only missed the unfortunate exhibit hall fire, you missed the panel discussion on Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). SAS has been a topic of panels and… Read more »
SAS experts in Booth #708 discuss how the architecture continues to add new features such as improved support for SSDs and takes a look forward to 24G SAS performance SANTA CLARA, Calif., Flash Memory Summit, August 8, 2017 — In a step towards satisfying the need for tremendous bandwidth as well as increasing IOPS requirements… Read more »
Santa Clara, CA January 31, 2017 — Teledyne LeCroy, a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, will showcase the world’s first Serial Attached SCSI 4.0 (SAS) live technology demonstration at DesignCon 2017. The next evolution of the enterprise storage standard, SAS 4.0 doubles the effective bandwidth over the current 12Gb/s SAS specification yet preserves… Read more »