SAS Standards and Technology Update

SAS has become the backbone of enterprise storage deployments. SAS has rapidly evolved by adding new features, capabilities, and performance enhancements. This talk will include an up-to-the-minute recap of the latest additions to the SAS standard and roadmaps. It will focus on areas of enhanced connectivity solutions, MultiLink SAS, status on 12Gb SAS development status, and a new transport investigation of SOP (SCSI over PCIe).

Learning Objectives

Attendees will learn how SAS will grow and thrive, in part, because of the Advanced Connectivity Roadmap, which offers a solid connectivity scheme based on the versatile Mini-SAS HD connector in addition to SAS Connectivity Management support.
Attendees will learn that MultiLink SAS improves how slot-oriented Solid State Drive (SSD) devices can be configured to boost I/O performance. When running at 12Gb/s, a single slot will be capable of providing up to 96Gb/s of bandwidth (full duplex).
The latest development status and design guidelines for 12Gb/s SAS will be revealed
Attendees will learn the details of the standardization activity and architecture for SCSI over PCIe (SOP).