MILPITAS, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation
(NYSE: LSI), in collaboration with industry leaders Dell and Seagate, today
announced the companies have successfully achieved 6Gb/s SAS I/O throughput
and confirmation of data integrity in an interoperability demonstration. The
technology demonstration used LSI 6Gb/s SAS RAID-On-Chip (ROC) controller ICs
and 6Gb/s SAS high-port count expanders, performing read/write I/Os, at full
bandwidth. The end-to-end interoperability demo is a critical milestone toward
achieving a complete SAS ecosystem.
"A successful demonstration of 6Gb/s SAS interoperability by three storage
industry leaders will be a clear indication that product engineering,
validation and interoperability testing is progressing well, and paves the way
for production volumes in late 2009," said Dave Reinsel, vice president of
storage and semiconductor research at IDC.
The demo environment validates RAID functionality, and shows advanced
interoperability and backward compatibility operating within a standard
Windows Server(R) OS environment. Interoperability demonstrations are being
offered by LSI in a hosted suite prior to the SCSI Trade Association SAS
Solutions Open House today at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.
"To help accelerate the maturity of 6Gb/s SAS and deliver the enhanced
functionality customers need, it is critical for us to work closely with our
silicon and hard disk drive partners in early interoperability and validation
testing," said Howard Shoobe, senior manager, Dell storage product management.
"We want to help customers by bringing end-to-end 6Gb/s throughput as well as
the security and reliability which come along with this next generation of
SAS."
LSI engineers verified interoperability using a Dell prototype server with
the LSI SAS2108 PCI Express(R) 2.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID-On-Chip and the LSI
SAS2x36 6Gb/s SAS expander, and Seagate 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS and 3Gb/s SATA
hard disk drives. The demonstration showcases execution of I/Os -- both
direct-connect and through an expander, at 6Gb/s speed. Read/write comparisons
were validated, confirming data integrity over millions of I/O operations.
IT professionals will expect a complete ecosystem of servers, hard disk
drives, and IC and board components to be tested and broadly available prior
to wide-spread industry adoption of 6Gb/s SAS solutions. Proven
interoperability is a critical step on the path toward marketplace deployment
of a complete ecosystem.
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon,
systems and software technologies that enable products, which seamlessly bring
people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad
portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product
ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known
brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More
information is available at http://www.lsi.com.
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