LSI HBAs Enable new SAS Solution from SUN
Sun customers to benefit from LSI HBAs in new SAS solution that enables growing businesses to leverage external storage
STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD, San Diego, Calif., April 17, 2007 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that it has been chosen as the sole SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) HBA provider for the new ST2500 storage array introduced today by Sun Microsystems. The ST2500 array provides an ideal solution for growing businesses by leveraging 3 Gb/s SAS technology. When combined with LSI SAS HBAs and Sun servers, the ST2500 array enables Sun customers to create an external Direct Attached Storage (DAS) infrastructure that can grow beyond internal solutions and realize the benefits of shared storage.
"Serial Attached SCSI is opening up new doors in the storage arena, and Sun is delivering a complete SAS solution comprised of servers, HBAs, and arrays that enables growing businesses to capitalize on this opportunity," said Nigel Desseau, senior vice president of storage marketing and business operations, Sun. "With the integration of the LSI SAS HBAs, we have taken the steps to provide our customers with a shared external DAS solution that delivers the highest levels of performance and reliability for fast-growing storage environments."
The Sun StorageTek SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z and SG-XPCI8SAS-E-Z SAS HBAs from LSI are designed for servers featuring PCI-X or PCI-Express host bus interfaces, enabling Sun customers to achieve maximum system performance in their SAS storage environment. The robust feature set of the HBAs, combined with comprehensive testing and support from Sun ensures that the HBAs provide the flexibility and interoperability needed for tape attach.
"The integration of LSI HBAs into the new SAS solution from Sun is a natural fit," said Dan Roehrich, vice president, Storage Components Group marketing, Network and Storage Products Group, LSI. "As the industry's leading provider of SAS building blocks, we understand what it takes to create a SAS environment that optimizes features and functionality. The combination of our HBAs with Sun's ST2500 and server platforms will provide growing businesses with a tremendous opportunity to leverage a robust external storage solution."
The LSI equivalents of the SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z and SG-XPCI8SAS-E-Z HBAs are the LSISAS3801E and LSISAS3801X respectively. LSI has been shipping the SAS3801E and SAS3801X models since the fourth quarter of 2006.
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