ATTO Technology Announces Industry’s ONLY 16Gb/s Fibre Channel
Quad-Channel Host Bus Adapter
First-to-market
Technology for High Performance Computing and Virtualization
ATTO Technology Inc. today introduced its Celerity 16Gb/s
Fibre Channel Quad-Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA), the first of its kind in the
market. These new HBAs provide the highest bandwidth and lowest latency
available, as well as reliable and scalable connectivity, at twice the maximum
throughput of previous solutions. They address the needs of Linux and
Windows platforms in high performance computing, virtualization, and other high
IOP environments typically found in enterprise data centers.
“ATTO is excited to kick off our 25th year of
providing the market’s most innovative portfolio of storage and network
connectivity solutions, with the launch of this industry-first quad-channel 16
Gb/s adapter,” said Wayne Arvidson, vice president of marketing at ATTO
Technology, Inc. “These products deliver the highest bandwidth and port density,
providing original equipment manufacturers and system integrators with an
unprecedented solution when designing state-of-the-art data infrastructures.”
Currently available for OEMs, Celerity 16Gb/s Quad-Port Fibre
Channel HBAs are designed to support higher IOP capabilities, allowing users to
handle the increasing storage requirements seen in more robust virtualized
workloads. Additionally, ATTO’s target mode drivers enable OEMs to develop
unique 16Gb/s storage and server solutions.
Celerity 16Gb/s HBAs currently support VMware 5.1 and Windows
Hyper-V Server 2008R2, with Server 2012 updates scheduled for late Q1 2013. The
Celerity product line features ATTO’s Advanced Data Streaming (ADS), which
manages latency in real-time environments resulting in higher application
performance, better transaction processing, and the ability to handle larger
workloads and client counts. They also incorporate ATTO's MultiPath Director, a
proprietary technology that allows not just servers, but also high-performance
Windows and Linux workstations direct connection to enterprise class storage.
ATTO has been a pioneer in the high-performance data storage
industry for a quarter of a century. The addition of this industry-first
quad-channel 16Gb/s card is further proof of their commitment to deliver
innovative storage and network connectivity solutions that solve the toughest
challenges facing enterprises today, and in the future.