SAS/SATA: What You Need to Know for 6Gbs and Beyond
By Chris Cicchetti, Finisar
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SAS–SATA: What You Need to Know for 6 Gb/s and Beyond
Summary of this excellent technical paper written
by Chris Cicchetti, Marketing Director
for the Network Tools area of Finisar:
New SAS-2 and SATA Gen-3 system protocols enable 6Gb link speeds between storage units, disk, optical and tape drives, and protocol HBAs. The author explains the challenges to maintaining signal integrity at 6Gb and how improper test setups degrade signals during development and test.