14 DAY TRIAL // During the CeBIT 2011 fair, which was held last week in Hannover, Germany, LSI has showcased its second generation of SAS6 devices as well as the company's first PCI Express solid state disk which goes by the name of Warpdrive.
At the heart of all the solutions presented during the fair is the company's new SAS6 controller, which features dual IOP cores and is supposed to minimize the response times of the cards.
The first solution available with the new chip is called the SAS 9265-8i and offers 8 internal SAS6 RAID ports. This installs inside an open PCI Express x8 slot and is compatible with low-profile server chassis as it uses a half-height PCB.
LSI's new controller chip was also spotted inside a 16-port SAS6 switch, that was labeled as the DVT-1.
Thanks to the point-to-point serial protocol that stands at the heart of the SAS standard, each port has 4 SAS6 lanes available to it, allowing users to install up to 64 drives to the switch.
In addition, the SAS standard support cable lengths of up to 6 meters for passive cables, and LSI's switch also packs a pair of Active Cable ports that allows for cables up to 25 meters in length to be connected to it (LSI will have a 20-meter cable available in a short while).
Finally, the last product to be showcased was the LSI Warpdrive, the company's first PCI Express solid state drive.
The card on display uses a half-height printed circuit board, features a storage capacity of 300GB and, according to LSI, is capable of reaching 240K IOPs thanks to the SLC flash installed and to the PCI Express x8 interface.
Sadly, no details regarding pricing or market availability of the cards are available at this time. (via SemiAccurate)
