SAS SSDs – Building Blocks for High-Performance Storage

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is becoming the preferred storage device interface for Enterprise applications. Its many benefits include comprehensive high-availability features, mature host software stacks with robust reliability features, and widely supported industry standards with a strong performance roadmap going forward. As Enterprise SSDs utilizing the SAS interface are becoming more and more available in 2011, SAS SSDs are emerging as the preferred building block in high-performance storage solutions for both server and storage systems in a variety of applications – from Web 2.0 infrastructure to traditional transacting processing and business intelligence.

Learning Objectives

Attendees will understand the key attributes and benefits for SAS SSDs and be able to identify key technologies implemented in SAS SSDs that are critical to meet the most demanding Enterprise requirements – for both SLC and MLC NAND configurations
Attendees will hear about recent data on performance scaling of SAS SSDs in industry standard systems. This data will provide valuable guidelines on how to reach a desired performance and availability point with a flexible and cost-effective solution by deploying the appropriate type and number of SAS SSDs
Attendees will gain insight into the future of SAS SSDs, including the transition to an interface speed of 12Gb/s and the opportunities for MultiLink SAS