EqualLogic innovation combines SAS and SATA Storage for Best Price and Performance

“Our research shows that end users want the support of different drive types within their storage systems,” said Tony Asaro, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “We believe that EqualLogic is an innovator and implementer, and their continued support of SAS is another proof point of this. They were one of the first storage system vendors that supported SATA drives and designed their architecture to support SAS when the time was right—and they wasted no time getting it into their products. SAS and SATA complement one another providing an excellent balance of price and performance. EqualLogic challenges the status quo via its iSCSI focus and using SAS drives, offering lower cost alternatives to legacy Fibre Channel."


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Tony Asaro
Senior Analyst
Enterprise Strategy Group
February 20, 2007