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LSI SAS Controller IC Chosen by Dot Hill

For its 2530 RAID

LSI Corporation announced that Dot Hill Systems Corp. has selected the LSISAS1068 3Gb/s SAS controller IC to power its 2530 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID storage solution. The selection underscores the broad market acceptance of LSITM SAS technology among enterprise storage OEMs at a time when market demand for SAS external storage offerings is accelerating.

"With its combination of low-cost and high-performance, SAS has gained traction as an attractive external storage solution," said Cooper Cowart, vice president of marketing, Dot Hill. "As we aggressively enter the SAS external storage market with our 2530 array, our OEM customers can be assured we have chosen both a proven and interoperable SAS controller from a leading provider of SAS technologies."

The 2530 is Dot Hill’s first SAS offering for the external storage market. It features a 12-drive array housed in a 2 rackunit (2U) enclosure. The integrated eight-port LSISAS1068 controller provides 1.5 and 3Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates per port to SAS or SATA-II disk drives. Supporting both SAS and SATA drive connectivity, the 1068 controller offers customers the flexibility to mix drives within a single enclosure – eliminating the need to choose between cost and performance for an optimum tiered storage solution.

"Since the inception of SAS, LSI controller ICs and software have been the solutions of choice among many of the industry’s leading external storage providers," said Bill Wuertz, vice president and general manager, Storage Components Group, LSI. "With enterprise demand for SAS external storage systems accelerating and forecasted for continued growth, LSI is bringing its SAS expertise and industry-leading technologies to OEM providers such as Dot Hill to help boost their entrance into this fast-growing market opportunity."

As a market leading provider of SAS technologies with over ten million SAS ICs shipped, LSI offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of SAS solutions, including controller ICs, expanders, host bus and MegaRAID® adapters, RAID-on-Chip and RAID-on-motherboard solutions, and storage systems.

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