How will Serial Attached SCSI benefit the storage industry?
SAS leverages the proven SCSI technologies that customers expect in data center environments, providing robust solutions and generational consistency. It is based on a serial interface, allowing for increased device support and bandwidth scalability, as well as reducing the overhead impact that challenges today’s SCSI storage environments. It utilizes SATA development work on smaller cable connectors, providing customers a downstream compatibility with desktop class ATA technologies. Simplified routing enables a new generation of dense devices such as small form factor (SFF) hard drives, permitting storage solutions to scale externally. 3. What are the end-user benefits of Serial Attached SCSI? Key end-user benefits include enterprise class robustness, investment protection in compatible SCSI software and middleware and the choice of direct-attach storage devices (SAS or SATA) in a single SAS system. In addition, longer cabling distances, smaller form factors and greater addressability
