Atto Showcases Fast Storage Controller

Atto Technology, Inc. showed its family of high-performance products at Supercomputing Conference.

Atto FibreBridge 7500

Atto highlight how by integrating the FibreBridge 7500 Storage Controller into their infrastructure, users can create a storage solution with level of performance. The live in-booth demonstration featured Atto’s new 7500 connected to a server via 16Gb Celerity FC HBAs. Additionally, to highlight the 7500’s high IO capability, the demo will use an industry standard JBOD configured with HGST, Inc.‘s enterprise Ultrastar 12Gb SAS SSDs .

“HGST has collaborated with Atto for many years as we have a shared vision of addressing the storage and data infrastructure needs of today’s complex enterprise environments,” said Ulrich Hansen, VP SSD product marketing, HGST. “We look forward to our continued relationship with Atto especially as they introduce even more unique technologies like the 7500, which helps our customers prepare their next-generation high-performance data center infrastructures.“

The addition of the 7500 into the FibreBridge storage controller line enables users to manage storage infrastructures with features not found in direct connect technologies. With up to 1.47 million IO/s with dual controllers, the 7500 serves as the key building block in a modular solution that forms an ideal platform for building out tiered high-speed SSD and high-capacity HDD solutions that aggregate up to 2.4PB of storage while using HGSTs’ upcoming 10TB drives. With less than 4?s of latency for transfers between storage and server platforms, the 7500 allows for data mobility and redundancy via multisite cluster installations up to hundreds of kilometers apart.

Atto’s 7500 leverages the reliable and proven technology introduced by the FibreBridge 6500 that storage companies have installed in thousands of data centers worldwide. Both products feature Atto’s Drive Map Director technology, which reduces support expenses by eliminating manual mapping of LUNs and the need to remap LUNs if a drive shelf is removed for maintenance or failure. The 6500, which adds integration of SAS tape storage into a FC SAN, is designed around intelligent controller architecture.

This combines powerful hardware with an efficient data engine to create a platform that delivers performance with a rapid IO ramp and low latency. Also included is Virtual Device Response (VDR) technology, which enables devices to queue and execute commands on behalf of busy or unresponsive tape storage, and reduces the number of failed or incomplete backups.

Other products showcased:

FastFrame Network Interface Cards (NICs): FastFrame 10GbE and 40GbE NICs deliver performance I/O connectivity and lossless Ethernet support where guaranteed data delivery rates are required. FastFrame product line has been designed for more rigorous data transfer and reliability, with driver support for Linux, Mac, Windows and virtualized file systems. Available in single, dual and quad-port configurations, the 10GbE NICs can be used anywhere in a performance infrastructure, including workstations, storage, servers and data center racked servers. Leveraging Atto’s ADS Technology, FastFrame products provide high bandwidth and managed latency for high-performance, enterprise iSCSI storage as well as standard 10GbE network infrastructures. (40GbE NICs to be available in 2015)
FastFrame Converged Network Adapters(CNAs) provide the performance and reliability of FC with the economy of utilizing standard Ethernet cabling. FastFrame CNAs are available in single, dual and quad port configurations, with Linux, Mac and Windows driver support ensuring interoperability for any application.
ExpressSAS HBAs leverage the performance and scalability enhancements of SAS technology to deliver the fastest available connection to SAS/SATA storage. The addition to the family, the 12Gb SAS/SATA HBA, provides users with the fastest storage connectivity. 12Gb/s ExpressSAS HBAs offer eight or 16 port configurations, allowing up to 1,200MB/s per port to enhance the performance of applications and enabling scalability for next generation platforms and infrastructures, all while using up to 70% less power than competitive HBAs. ExpressSAS HBAs expand system performance, extend processing capabilities and reduce overall infrastructure operating costs.
Celerity FC HBAs are designed to cover the performance spectrum from enterprise to workgroup, and server to workstation environments. The family of adapters is engineered to optimized data transfer using a combination of exclusive features. Multipath Director allows users to manage direct connections and multiple paths to enterprise storage systems, increasing the reliability of high performance Linux, Mac OSX and Windows applications, all while improving performance and protecting data through load-balancing and fail-over. Celerity Gen 5 powered 16Gb FC quad channel HBAs, the first of their kind in the market address the needs of Linux and Windows platforms in HPC, virtualization and other high-IOP and high-bandwidth environments.
Thunderbolt Desklink Devices: ThunderLink and Thunderstream Desklink Devices enable today’s small form factor platforms to connect to high performance storage and networks, including SAS/SATA, FC or Ethernet infrastructures. ThunderLink Desklink Devices provide Thunderbolt to FC, SAS or 10GbE connectivity, giving all-in-one systems and mobile computing platforms access to 16Gb or 8Gb FC SANs, storage devices, Ethernet networks and iSCSI storage at unprecedented speeds. ThunderStream Desklink Devices add RAID technology, creating a robust and embeddable RAID controller for professional and prosumer storage applications by protecting critical data in the event of a drive failure. With transfer speeds of 20Gb/s, Thunderbolt 2 ThunderLink Desklink Devices are ideal for the professional who needs access to external storage and networks for I/O demanding applications. Atto’s Advanced Data Streaming (ADS) provides the fastest, most consistent time-to-data, delivering best-in-industry aggregate bandwidth and predictable data transfers for high performance applications for mobile platform users.

“As an industry leader, Atto has provided unique products over the past 26 years, that meet the most demanding needs found in today’s scientific, medical, engineering and other high performance environments which are represented at SC14” said Wayne Arvidson, VP marketing and channels, Atto. “SC14 is the key venue for Atto to highlight our technology differentiators to the HPC community and share the innovations that have enhanced faster time to data, analytics, scientific research and critical business decisions worldwide.“