Aristos Logic Announces Availability Of The Industry's First Multi-Protocol RAID Storage Processor Device
Foothill Ranch, CA - Aristos Logic, the industry leader in RAID Storage Processor (RSP) technology, announced recently availability of the AL3450 UltraSlice-MPx, the industry's first single chip RAID solution supporting multiple host and disk protocols including Serial ATA (SATA), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Fibre Channel. The AL3450 is Aristos Logic's third-generation product based on the company's breakthrough RAID Storage Processor technology first introduced in 2002.
Developed in response to some of the fastest growing segments of the market such as blade servers, the AL3450 features enterprise class performance and reliability while delivering low power consumption in a small footprint. "The industry is clearly moving towards cost effective, power efficient, high density storage that also delivers enterprise class Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS)," said Vipul Mehta, VP Marketing of Aristos Logic. "With the AL3450 device and Aristos RAID Software, we are able to offer our OEM customers a highly competitive solution that addresses these requirements without compromising performance. Integration of interfaces that support SATA, SAS and Fibre Channel protocols enables our customers to offer multiple storage platforms using a single underlying architecture," added Mr. Mehta.
The AL3450 integrates the multi-processor RSP engine, 3Gb/s SAS and 4Gb/s Fibre Channel host and disk interfaces and a PCI-X interface on a single chip. The RSP is composed of multiple, pipelined RISC processors and compute elements designed to automate and accelerate the storage data path. Aristos Logic has also doubled the number of host and disk ports, thus providing greater connectivity with twice the throughput. In conjunction with Aristos Logic's industry-leading RAID Software, the AL3450 delivers advanced functionality while providing OEMs a framework for customizing their storage management capabilities. The combination of silicon, software and reference designs from Aristos provide customers the necessary building blocks to significantly reduce development costs and accelerate time to market.
"With simplified management, dramatic reduction in floor space and cabling and significantly lower power consumption, blade severs such as IBM BladeCenter are already changing how clients integrate their IT," commented Doug Balog, Chairman of Blade.org and vice president IBM BladeCenter. "Aristos Logic's offerings will help to further enhance storage solutions for blade platforms by delivering strong storage performance along with cost efficient RAID capabilities in a smaller, more power efficient package."
"Companies adoption of blade server technology continues to accelerate as large companies look to boost data center efficiency and server manufacturers roll out new blade server solutions for mid-sized companies," said Richard Villars, Vice President of Storage Systems at IDC. "Products like Aristos Logic's AL3450 that focus on reducing power consumption and footprint will play a critical role in helping suppliers deliver storage solutions that match the needs of the blade server customers."
A number of OEM customers are already shipping current generation RSP-based systems as well as designing storage systems based on the new AL3450 UltraSlice MPx device. It is available immediately in sample quantities to Aristos Logic's OEM partners.
Aristos is an active member of Blade.org, a collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of blade server solutions.
SOURCE: Aristos Logic