SAS

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SAS is a high-speed, point-to-point serial interface standard commonly used to connect enterprise storage devices like hard drives and solid-state drives to servers.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
American National Standards for SAS 1
SAS expanders 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus standard
serial interface standard
abbreviationFor Serial Attached SCSI
backwardCompatibleWith Serial ATA
surface form: SATA
basedOn SCSI
competesWith Fibre Channel
NVMe over PCIe
connects storage devices to servers
designedFor enterprise storage environments
enables high availability storage configurations
redundant data paths
fullName Serial Attached SCSI
governedBy INCITS T10 committee
hasVersion SAS-1
SAS-2
SAS-3
SAS-4
introducedApprox 2004
maximumLinkRate 12 Gbit/s for SAS-3
24 Gbit/s for SAS-4
3 Gbit/s for SAS-1
6 Gbit/s for SAS-2
physicalConnectorType SFF-8087
SFF-8482
SFF-8643
SFF-8644
standardizedBy ANSI
INCITS
supports SATA device compatibility
SCSI command set
daisy-chained devices via expanders
dual-port drives
enterprise storage devices
error detection and correction mechanisms
full-duplex communication
hard disk drives
hot-swappable drives
multiple initiators
multiple targets
out-of-band management
solid-state drives
zoned addressing
topology point-to-point
usedFor high-performance disk access
high-reliability storage
usedIn RAID storage systems
data center storage arrays
enterprise servers
storage area networks
uses SAS expanders
serial communication

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: American National Standards for SAS
SAS-3 supports SAS
this entity surface form: SAS expanders
subject surface form: HP ProLiant