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
subject surface form:
HP ProLiant