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Blog post on TRENDFOCUS.com by: Don Jeanette, TRENDFOCUS; June 2, 2015

SAS Hard Disk Drives made their way to the market back in 2004. It has been 11 years and these storage devices have, and continue to see a healthy product life cycle. SAS HDDs are seen in multiple segments of the market, including Nearline, 10KRPM, and 15KRPM. Customers who have implemented with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) devices like the dual port functionality and robust protocol that comes with SAS.

STA President Marty Czekalski presented "SAS: The Fabric for Storage Solutions" on April 7, 2015, at SNIA's Data Storage Innovation Conference in Santa Clara, CA. Topics in this presentation included:

• SAS Market Overview, including basics of SAS architecture and deployment
• SAS Technology Update, including 12Gb/s SAS, 24Gb/s SAS, and Advanced Connectivity
• SSDs, MultiLink SAS™, and Express Bay
• New SAS Features, including Zoned Block Commands and Storage Intelligence

Download the presentation here: DSI-2015 SAS the storage fabric, r4.pdf

Attendees will learn the value proposition of SAS and details on recent enhancements

SAN FRANCISCO - April 2, 2015 -- Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is the backbone of nearly every enterprise storage deployment and is rapidly evolving. New features such as Zoned Block Commands enable more efficient use of Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) for increased density in hard disk drives (HDDs) as well as potential capabilities for more efficient use of solid state disks (SSDs) in storage applications.

The AL13SX delivers mission critical disk drive performance in up to 600GB

IRVINE, Calif. -- March 11, 2015 -- The Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed technology leader, announces the addition of 12.0 Gbit/s¹ SAS interface 512 native and Advanced Format models to its 15,000RPM Enterprise Performance Class HDD model line. These newest additions are specifically designed for mission-critical workloads, delivering the benefits of 12.0 Gbit/s SAS host transfer rate and enhanced power management features for integration with rack-optimized data centers. Customer applications such as OLTP and databases will see improved performance from faster host transfer rates using 12.0 Gbit/s SAS controllers. Also, new AL13SX series models supporting 4K native sector technology may further improve application performance in supported environments.

Representing the latest advancement in SAS Technology with internal and external connectivity

Amherst, New York (January 28, 2015) - ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage, network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments for more than 25 years, today announced it has further expanded its line of 12Gb ExpressSA™ Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) with three new models.

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is rapidly evolving with new Zone Block Command feature for enhanced capabilities in enterprise storage deployments

SAN FRANCISCO - January 27, 2015 -- The SCSI Trade Association (STA) (www.scsita.org/), a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, today announced its newly elected Board of Directors for 2015. The entire board roster was reelected.

On January 21, 2015, STA President Marty Czekalski gave a presentation titled "SCSI Continues to Evolve" at the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) meeting during the SNIA Annual Members' Symposium. In this presentation, Czekalski covered the following topics:

• New SCSI features for flash and performance
• Beyond 12Gb/s SAS
• Advanced connectivity
• Status of 24Gb/s SAS
• Zoned Block Commands (ZBC)

Download the presentation here: SNIA Annual Members' Symposium - STA update 012115 r2.pdf

STA President Marty Czekalski participated on a panel entitled "New Applications, New Technologies - What's Ahead for Content Storage" on January 5, 2015, at Storage Visions in Las Vegas, NV. During this session, Czekalski provided an overview of new zoned block devices and how this new SCSI command set will allow applications to better take advantage of new storage technologies such as Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) and enable continued decreases in storage costs.

Download the presentation here: Storage Visions 2015 MC r3.pdf

STA President Marty Czekalski will discuss Solid State Storage in a tutorial about the technology and lend his expertise to a panel discussion on evolving storage solutions

SAN FRANCISCO - December 22, 2014 -- Solid state storage technology provides an unmatched number of input/output operations per second, making it a powerful tool for content storage providers. As part of the 2015 Storage Visions® conference, Marty Czekalski, president of the SCSI Trade Association (STA), will highlight the advantages of using solid state disk drives (SSDs) in the enterprise and the role that the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interconnection standard plays in maximizing the capabilities of these devices.

High-Port HBAs Now Shipping to Provide Industry's Highest Performance, Maximum Connectivity With Nearly 2 Million IOPS to Meet Growing Demands for Software-Defined Data Centers, Web and Cloud Storage

SAN JOSE, Calif. and SINGAPORE, Dec. 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO) today announced expansion of its industry-leading family of 12Gb/s SAS host bus adapters (HBAs) by shipping new 16-port solutions. The new 9300-16i HBA will join the Avago family of high-port-count SAS HBAs. With the versatility of 16 ports using internal or external storage connectivity, 12Gb/s SAS bandwidth, and nearly 2 million IOPS of performance, the Avago SAS 9300 HBA family, which offers 4-, 8- and 16-port options, enables OEMs and system builders to deliver maximum connectivity for high-end servers and storage systems that exceed the most demanding requirements for data centers, web, and cloud.