Serial Attached SCSI - 3 (SAS3r06)

SAS is a scalable serial interconnect used to move data to, from and within storage devices and systems. 12Gb/s SAS is raising storage performance for I/O-intensive applications, virtualized, and big data environments. It provides double the data transfer rate of 6Gb/s SAS solutions and enables the SAS infrastructure to deliver bandwidth that exceeds that of PCI Express® 3.0. Single drive, single port tests have shown sequential read performance topping 150,000 IOPS and 1,000MB/s. These single lane performance levels are very similar to those of the PCI Express-based storage cards emerging today, while x8 12Gb/s SAS host bus adapters (HBAs) based on this technology are achieving in excess of 1M IOPS. These results are further pushing the limits of extremely scalable platforms and enabling a higher performing class of tiered storage, ranging from mega datacenter scale-out architectures to ultra high-performance solid state solutions. 12Gb/s SAS provides the added performance, scalability, and reliability required for enterprise storage.