Embedded Storage Gear

Primarily targeted to storage OEMs, the embedded products lineup from SANBlaze Technology consists of PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC), Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC), and AdvancedTCA Blades (including RTM--Rear Transition Module--components). The available gear ranges in capability and functions from disk controllers and networking ports to actual hard drives (including controller/drive combos) to 4 AMC slot carrier blades in AdvancedTCA environments.

As of this writing, 3 PMC modules are offered by the vendor, including a two channel 4 Gb/sec FC adapter, a one or two channel 2 Gb/sec adapter, and a one or two port Ultra320 SCSI adapter. On the FC cards in particular, SFP ports accommodate multi-mode fiber or Copper options.

For MicroTCA or AdvancedTCA environments, the vendor offers multiple AdvancedMC modules providing both controller functions and actual storage (included disks), including an options that join controllers with embedded drives. Among the HD AMC modules offered by the vendor are those with SAS, SATA, and Solid State drives; with capacities ranging from 4 to 400 GB (depending on module; one flavor supports dual 2.5 Inch SATA drives at a potential 200 GB each) at mid or full-height form factors. Adapter-wise, SAS, SATA (both the SAS/SATA controllers offer built-in RAID capabilities), and FC AMC controllers are offered, the SAS controller can be had with or without drives while the SATA controller includes a pair of 2.5 inch embedded drives. Also available in the AMC camp (and the newest entry in the vendor's embedded product family) is the SB-AMC56 card, an Ethernet controller with dual 10 Gb SFP+ ports and dual 1 Gb SFP ports.

On the blade side of the product family, the vendor offers both AdvancedTCA carrier boards as well as RTM modules supporting 10 Gb Ethernet and RAID (up to four mid-height AMC modules can be loaded on the boards, with several supporting RTM expansion), PCIe switching, and JBOD deployments. The 10 Gb RAID board in particular features on board SAS (RAID 1/0) and hot-plug support for SAS, SATA or SSD drives (via AMC.3 modules).

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