LSI SAS to power over 100 new server models with Intel Xeon processor

SAN JOSE, USA: LSI Corp. announced that its 12Gb/s SAS storage solutions will power more than 100 new server models based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family.

Leading server manufacturers that have selected LSI 12Gb/s SAS and MegaRAID solutions to provide accelerated storage performance and enterprise data protection for their next-generation server platforms include Asustek, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Huawei, Intel, Supermicro and others.

LSI 12Gb/s SAS technology delivers 50 percent greater storage I/O performance. The Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v2 Product Family, based on 22nm process technology, delivers greatly reduced power consumption while at the same time providing increased performance. The combined solution enables a powerful platform for next-generation servers.

"Workload demands in IT datacenters and cloud environments have grown exponentially, and are driving the need for server systems that can balance performance, efficiency and cost," said Jim Pappas, director of Technology Initiatives, Intel. "With today's announcement of the new Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v2 Product Family, we are excited to see support from LSI 12Gb/s SAS technology, allowing customers to benefit from systems that can deliver the full performance potential of flash storage as well as address the needs of virtualized environments."

"This is an exciting time for the industry as 12Gb/s SAS technology has emerged to satisfy the ever-increasing demands for more storage performance and I/O bandwidth in the enterprise," said Kelly Bryant, VP of marketing, RAID Storage Division, LSI. "As the first-to-market leader in 12Gb/s SAS solutions, LSI has worked closely with Intel on the server platform supporting the new Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v2 Product Family, and is committed to helping ensure the solutions deliver their promise of world-class server performance and efficiency."

LSI announced the industry's first shipments of 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip and I/O controllers for server and external storage OEMs this year. In July, LSI announced its first-to-market family of 12Gb/s SAS host bus adapters.

Since the inception of SAS, LSI has delivered a leading portfolio of products. Offering best-in-class SAS technologies, assured interoperability and single-vendor support, LSI SAS solutions are deployed across the industry's broadest spectrum of server platforms.