PMC has announced the release of its 12Gb/s SAS protocol controllers, RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controllers, and expanders to enable advanced performance and scalability for server and networked storage. High-performance SSDs can deliver upwards to 100 times more IOPS than HDDs, creating the need for a new class of storage controller. PMC’s SAS controllers are capable of 12GB/s and are optimized for performance to satisfy this need by unleashing the full potential of SSDs. PMC’s 12Gb/s solution delivers 40 percent more drive connectivity than its competitors with the addition of the industry’s highest port count expanders; this enables a new generation of scalable tiered storage for corporate and cloud data centers.
PMC has announced the release of its 12Gb/s SAS protocol controllers, RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controllers, and expanders to enable advanced performance and scalability for server and networked storage. High-performance SSDs can deliver upwards to 100 times more IOPS than HDDs, creating the need for a new class of storage controller. PMC’s SAS controllers are capable of 12GB/s and are optimized for performance to satisfy this need by unleashing the full potential of SSDs. PMC’s 12Gb/s solution delivers 40 percent more drive connectivity than its competitors with the addition of the industry’s highest port count expanders; this enables a new generation of scalable tiered storage for corporate and cloud data centers.
Demonstrations of PMC’s Tachyon 12Gb/s SAS controllers have shown well over two million IOPS with a single 16-port controller running small block sequential reads connected to 6Gb/s SAS drives through PMC SAS expanders. PMC’s controllers offer more than double the performance of competition, enabling OEM storage solutions to fully deploy the capabilities of the latest SSDs and improve the performance of large-scale HDD topologies.
Additionally, PMC’s 16-port controller provides twice the port density compared to other solutions. OEMs can double overall storage system capacity when combined with PMC’s 68-port SXP 12G expander, and in doing so, it also reduces components and saves board real estate and power. PMC’s expanders have 40 percent more SAS ports with the ability to scale to support double the number of drives than its competitors’ products. This enables customers to build solutions that can span from entry-level to high-end markets. 12Gb/s SAS delivers the throughput needed for these scale-out architectures.
Tachyon SPCv 12G Protocol Controllers
PMC’s 12Gb/s SAS protocol controllers support all enterprise-class features of the 6Gb/s devices that make them the most adopted controllers in external storage systems, such as line-rate encryption and hardware acceleration for INCITS industry-standard T10 DIF data protection.
- PM8070: Tachyon SPCv 12G eight-port SAS/SATA controller
- PM8071: Tachyon SPCve 12G eight-port SAS/SATA controller, with integrated StorClad encryption technology
- PM8072: Tachyon SPCv 12G 16-port SAS/SATA controller
- PM8073: Tachyon SPCve 12G 16-port SAS/SATA controller, with integrated StorClad encryption technology
SXP 12G Expanders
The SXP 12G expanders use PMC’s advanced silicon integration techniques and leading-edge mixed signal design to provide high port density and best-in-class signal integrity.
- PM8053: SXP 12G 24-port SAS/SATA expander
- PM8054: SXP 12G 36-port SAS/SATA expander
- PM8055: SXP 12G 48-port SAS/SATA expander
- PM8056: SXP 12G 68-port SAS/SATA expander
SRCv 12G RoCs
The SRCv 12G RoCs incorporate the latest in host, drive, and memory interface standards by using RAID hardware acceleration and an advanced multi-core processor subsystem.
- PM8060: SRCv 12G eight-port SAS/SATA RoC
- PM8063: SRCv 12G 16-port SAS/SATA RoC
Availability
PMC’s 12Gb/s SAS protocol controllers, RoCs, and expanders are now available.
