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 »
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 »
Article by: Demartek; July 2017 Serial attached SCSI, or SAS, has been an industry standard for more than ten years, and the underlying technology, SCSI, has been an industry standard for more than thirty years. SAS provides a reliable enterprise-grade interface designed specifically for computer storage. SAS technology is well established and offers a wide… Read more »
SAS Preservation & Innovation FOSE-SAS-Storage-Performance-V3-web.pdf
Company Unveils First Client SSD, Next-Generation Enterprise SSDs, and PCIe Accelerator Card CUPERTINO, Calif. May 7, 2013 — Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a worldwide leader in storage solutions, today announced its new portfolio of flash-memory solutions. The company took the wraps off its first client solid state drive (SSD) and its next-generation enterprise SSDs. Featuring… Read more »
New 1.2TB Ultrastar™ C10K1200 Provides 33 Percent More Capacity for Improved Storage Efficiency in Tier 1 Mission-Critical Cloud and Enterprise Servers and Storage Systems SAN JOSE, Calif, January 29, 2013 – HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and now a Western Digital company, NASDAQ: WDC) today announced the industry’s highest-capacity 10,000 RPM, enterprise-class hard drive… Read more »
New 3.5-inch Nearline Drives Provide Leading Capacity, Highest Reliability for 24×7, 100% Duty Cycle Operating Environments IRVINE, Calif. – Sept. 27, 2012 – WD®, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), and a leader in the mobile, desktop, high-capacity enterprise and consumer markets for hard drives today announced it is further expanding its enterprise-class storage offerings… Read more »
Industry Storage Event Highlights PMC Products in Key SAS Demonstrations SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 8, 2012 – PMC® (Nasdaq:PMCS), the semiconductor innovator transforming storage, optical and mobile networks, today announced its participation and sponsorship of the SCSI Trade Association (STA) Technology Showcase. PMC will demonstrate its industry leading 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SAS and SSD caching products… Read more »
Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, NEC and others select LSI 6Gb/s SAS and MegaRAID solutions for new datacenter servers MILPITAS, Calif., March 13, 2012 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that its SAS storage solutions will power more than 200 new server models based on the recently announced Intel® Xeon® processor… Read more »