Scaling Management of Storage and Fabrics
Questions & Answers from our January 2023 Webcast: Storage Trends in 2023 and Beyond
These questions were asked and mostly answered during our webcast, Storage Trends in 2023 and Beyond. Graphics included in this article were shown during the webcast, and several of the questions refer to the data in the charts.
Thank you to our panelists:
Don Jeanette, Vice President, TRENDFOCUS
Patrick Kennedy, Principal Analyst, ServeTheHome
Rick Kutcipal, At-Large Director, SCSI Trade Association and Product Planner, Data Center Solutions Group, Broadcom
Q1: What does the future hold for U.3? (SFF-TA-1001) Was it included in the U.2 numbers?
U.2 should be U.X in the pie chart. There are some shipments out there today, customers are taking it, and it will likely grow — but all the efforts and priorities are really E3S, E1S and then, to some extent, E1,L.
Read More24G SAS: an Overview of the Technology & Products
Hyperscale and enterprise data centers continue to grow rapidly and to use SAS products as a backbone. Why SAS, and what specific SAS products are helping these data centers to grow? This article briefly discusses the technology evolution of SAS, bringing us to our latest generation of 24G SAS. We will examine recent market data from TRENDFOCUS, underscoring the established and growing trajectory of SAS products. We will highlight our latest plugfest, which smoothed the way for 24G SAS to seamlessly enter the existing data storage ecosystem. Finally, we will help the reader to understand the availability, breadth, and depth of 24G SAS products that are available today, and where you can get those products.
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