ATTO
Announces immediate availability of a line of 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters
Delivering 3rd generation SAS/SATA
RAID Adapters
ATTO
Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure
solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today announced the
immediate availability of its ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters,
delivering significant advancements in performance and flexibility with
enterprise-class features. The ExpressSAS R60F (16 port internal), R680 (8 port
external), R608 (8 port internal), and R644 (4 port external/4 port internal)
feature ATTO’s industry-proven RAID stack and incorporate Marvell Technology
Group’s 88RC9580 RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor technology. By working with
Marvell, customers will see a significant increase in application performance in
media and entertainment and general IT environments.
Leveraging over 18 years of experience delivering
high-performance RAID-based storage connectivity products, the ExpressSAS 6Gb/s
SAS/SATA RAID adapters provide superior read/write performance for a broad range
of application workloads including digital content creation, streaming video,
transactional databases and email and Web servers. With the immediate
availability of its 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters in 4 different port
configurations, along with the first-to-market 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HBAs available in
5 different port configurations, ATTO is now delivering the most extensive
portfolio of SAS/SATA-based storage connectivity solutions.
ExpressSAS RAID adapters are engineered for real-time,
bandwidth-intensive workflows that require managed latency for maximum
performance. With ADS™, DriveAssure™, Guaranteed Latency and CacheAssure™
technologies, ATTO’s ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters offer businesses
the highest consistent RAID performance and maximize the availability of data in
storage and server environments.
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ADS Technology - controls the acceleration of data
transfers to move large amounts of data more efficiently
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DriveAssure Technology - prevents premature drive failure
to ensure uninterrupted access to data
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Guaranteed Latency – proactively reacts to non-responsive
drives in a RAID group
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CacheAssure Technology – Battery-less NV cache data
protection module that maintains cached data during a power or system failure
“Our ExpressSAS 6Gb/s RAID cards are the latest products in
our broad portfolio of SAS and SATA RAID and host bus adapters,” states Tim
Klein, president and CEO of ATTO Technology. “By incorporating Marvell’s
innovative RAID-on-Chip technology, ExpressSAS 6Gb/s RAID adapters allow our
customers to implement a high-performance hardware RAID solution that
cost-effectively meets the needs of their bandwidth-intensive applications.”
ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters support
high-performance SAS drives, high- capacity SATA drives and low-latency SSDs, as
well as major operating systems such as Windows®, Linux and Mac® OS X. In
addition to industry standard RAID levels 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 40, 50 and 60,
ExpressSAS RAID adapters offer exclusive DVRAID™ protection for high-performance
streaming environments.
“Marvell has a long history of providing industry-leading
enterprise storage controllers and SAS/SATA chipset solutions,” said Dr. Alan J.
Armstrong, VP of Storage Marketing, Marvell. “We are pleased that ATTO has
chosen our 88RC9580 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller for their ExpressSAS 6Gb/s
SAS/SATA RAID adapter family to deliver superior performance and advanced
features to their customers.”