SAS and SCSI Technology Advancements

SCSI has been the standard for enterprise storage for many years. Reliability, performance and compatibility are at the heart of SCSI and SAS, and why OEMs and IT managers trust it with enterprise data. The past year has brought advancements and innovations for SAS and SCSI, including: 12Gb/s SAS, SCSI Express (SCSI Over PCIe), enhanced commands for SSDs and extended copy. This talk will also include a SAS standards and roadmap update.

Learning Objectives

Attendees will learn the status of 12Gb/s SAS in the standards, testing & plugfest plans and the expected launch schedule for 12Gb/s SAS products
SCSI Express is a new project running SCSI commands over PCI Express, and attendees will learn what it is, what it isn’t and how it will improve the use of flash storage in the enterprise
Attendees will learn how about SCSI commands being created for use with SSDs to better manage and improve usability in servers and storage systems