Latest generation of Fibre Channel HBAs strengthen connectivity to tape storage libraries

AMHERST, NY – December 7, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage, network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments for nearly 30 years, is happy to announce the successful testing and certification of its new Celerity™ 16Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) in Quantum®’s StorNext/ Xcellis Workflow Storage and Scalar tape libraries.

The newest generation of ATTO’s Fibre Channel HBAs build on more than 20 years’ worth of experience in Fibre Channel, a protocol designed specifically for storage. With faster reads and writes than previous generations and greater throughput, ATTO’s 16Gb Gen 6 HBAs support twice the number of commands in flight, providing maximum performance for flash arrays and digital media. Celerity HBAs also unleash the full potential of the latest workstations, servers and storage arrays and are compatible with Mac®, Windows® and Linux® platforms.

As a result, ATTO is uniquely positioned to provide a high-performance connectivity solution for Quantum’s scale-out storage, archiving and data protection solutions. These solutions enable high-throughput and uninterrupted access in a variety of environments including big data, data backup and recovery, archiving and virtualization.

“We’re pleased to be expanding our partnership with Quantum through certification of our 16Gb Gen 6 Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs, adding to the long list of ways in which ATTO and Quantum work together,” said Tom Kolniak, director of products for ATTO.

Among the features and benefits offered by ATTO’s Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs:

  • Proprietary Advanced Data Streaming (ADS™) technology, ensuring the smoothest data transfers
  • MultiPath Director™, another proprietary feature from ATTO, providing failover and failback protection in addition to load balancing
  • Out-of-the-box compatibility with many operating systems

ATTO’s broad portfolio of connectivity solutions, including Thunderbolt™ 2 and 3 enabled ThunderLink® devices, ExpressSAS® HBAs and RAID adapters, FastFrame™ network interface cards for connection to 10Gb and 40Gb Ethernet networks and XstreamCORE™ storage controllers help users build reliable storage solutions ready to withstand the most data-intensive environments.

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ABOUT ATTO
For nearly 30 years, ATTO Technology, Inc., has been a global leader across the IT and media and entertainment markets, specializing in storage and network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for the most data-intensive computing environments. ATTO works collaboratively with partners to deliver a wide range of end-to-end, customized solutions to better store, manage and deliver big data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance and with a dedication to working as an extension of customer’s design teams, ATTO manufactures host and RAID adapters, network adapters, storage controllers, Thunderbolt-enabled devices, switches and software. ATTO solutions provide a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces, including Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, 40/10GbE, FCoE and Thunderbolt. Distributing its cutting-edge products worldwide through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, value added resellers (VARs) and authorized resellers, ATTO is the Power Behind the Storage.

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Amber Healy
ATTO Technology, Inc.
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