InfoStor’s article on 6Gb/s SAS and 8 Gb/s FC is titled “The Need for Speed“. Aptly named, as unlike typical ’speed bumps’, this round of interface speed doubling may be needed right away. And from their interface forecast, it’s clear that SAS will play a much bigger role than FC going forward.
InfoStor Editor-in-Chief Dave Simpson points to server consolidation. Virtualization is driving up physical system size and increasing trunk bandwidth needs.
And the 6Gb/s SAS ecosystem is ready to roll. Once 6 Gb/s architectures are deployed, having 6Gb/sec components to fill the slots is critical.
Drive suppliers stand at the ready. Seagate has launched a full line of 6Gb/s SAS hard drives. There are now 6Gb/s versions of the Cheetah 15K, Savvio 15K, Savio 10K and Constellation drives.
Will the Constellation ES series ever see the light of day? Announced for Q3/2009, the product is now, in December, nowhere to be seen on the market.
An update as to actual release date would be much appreciated.
[...] see, for 6Gb/s SAS to work in the real world, we’ll need drives, controllers, enclosures, ready-to-use [...]
No date to share, but stay tuned.