Atto 6Gb SAS/SATA and RAID HBAs Interoperable With Enterprise HDDs

ATTO Technology, Inc. announced that its first-to-market 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapters and 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Host Bus Adapters have met compatibility requirements with enterprise-class of 6Gb/s SAS drives.

By meeting these standards, ATTO's HBA and RAID adapters are now officially recognized as FACT Lab compatible. When combined, ATTO 6Gb/s HBA and RAID adapters provide a range of benefits to system integrators and users by reducing testing time and costs.

"Our interoperability testing process allows customers to confidently deploy ATTO HBAs and hard disk drives in demanding enterprise server and storage environments." "Qualification of ATTO's technology offers customers a proven and reliable solution that, alongside enterprise-class drives using the 6Gb SAS interface, delivers outstanding performance for mission-critical business applications."

ATTO's ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA host bus adapters offer the ultimate in flexibility with five distinct port configurations and support for Windows, Linux, VMware and Mac platforms. Combining x8 PCIe 2.0 technology, SAS speeds and ATTO's exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADS) Technology, ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HBAs provide a cost-effective, direct attached storage connectivity solution. ATTO ExpressSAS RAID Adapters deliver cost-effective hardware RAID protection to direct attached SAS or SATA JBOD storage. ExpressSAS RAID Adapters are an affordable alternative to RAID arrays and allow users to add JBOD storage quickly and easily.

To achieve optimal performance in high bandwidth environments, ATTO combines hardware and software elements to effectively manage latencies and control the acceleration of data transfers. ATTO's proprietary technologies and software provide high data rates right out of the box.span>

"ATTO is an industry leader in developing new technology," said Mark Valentino, product manager, ATTO Technology. "Our experience with being first to market with ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HBAs, combined with high performance 6Gb/s SAS drives, provides a viable and flexible solution for the most demanding applications."