SCSI Express: The Smart Path to PCIe Storage
Ron Noblett HP -‐ Vice President, Infrastructure & Storage Industry-‐standard Servers & Software, Hyperscale
Barry Luck IBM -‐ Director, Next Generation Platforms, Ecosystems
Keeping up in a cloud-enabled world
Respond to increasing demands for data
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The world is changing
The best of the best prevail
SCSI
SCSI EXPRESS
Accelerate and streamline data storage Unlock the full potential of solid state devices
Enterprise server and storage systems Solutions balancing SAS and SCSI Express
SCSI command optimizations PCI Express enhancements
MISSION TARGET METHOD
What is SCSI Express?
SCSI EXPRESS
Unlimited opportunity for SCSI
HDD HDD + Solid State Solid State Capacity
Bulk Storage
High Frequency Trading
OLTP
Analytics
Most Applications
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The Future is bright with Express Bay
SCSI Express, 3/6 Gb/s SAS, & 12Gb/s SAS with a single multifunction connector
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