Seagate leads the serial attached scsi (sas) transition
March 4th, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 21 times, 1 so far today
Seagate leads the serial attached scsi (sas) transition
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—02 March 2005— Seagate (NYSE: STX) today announced its new SAS System Launch Program (SSLP) designed to support the industry transition from legacy parallel SCSI to trusted Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage solutions. Adaptec, nStor, and Xyratex are the first SAS solution providers to join Seagate’s SSLP. Finisar Corporation’s Medusa Labs Group, an organization specializing in the testing and training of storage networking protocols such as SAS, SATA, and Fibre Channel, will collaborate with Seagate on the SSLP with its Pre-Qualification Testing Program to support multi-vendor SAS solutions. Together, Seagate and these leading companies will deliver fully tested and validated SAS solutions to the marketplace helping ensure a smooth transition to the next standard in enterprise storage.
The storage solutions under the SSLP will undergo a set of test suites to monitor product functionality, SAS protocol compliance, stability, data integrity, and performance while being performed in optimal and error-induced states. The SSLP’s product testing will enable participating customers to deliver fully-compatible SAS solutions built on Seagate’s reliable SAS disc drives including the Cheetah 15K.4 and Savvio 10K.1. Finisar’s Medusa Labs will conduct qualification tests to verify proper functionality and operation between all SAS components. Error and recovery work will verify that the products are up to par for the heaviest enterprise application and workloads.
“Finisar’s Medusa Labs understands the importance of verifying vendor solutions so that customers can be assured of getting the highest degree of quality and reliability built into their SAS solutions,” said Kevin Cornell, senior vice president and general manager Finisar Network Tools and Finisar’s Medusa Labs. “With Seagate providing the foundation of future SAS storage solutions and its collaboration with Finisar’s Medusa Labs, we will help assure IT professionals that SSLP-verified products can be trusted right out of the gate.”
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