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Dell Announces Support for Serial Storage Architecture

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Dell, a leading computer manufacturer, has announced its support for the Serial Storage Architecture Industry Association (SSA IA) and the new technology, Serial Storage Architecture (SSA). This open standard for connecting computers to peripheral products offers fast data throughput and high fault tolerance, making SSA-connected peripherals highly reliable and performant.

Key Takeaways:

  • Dell has announced its support for the Serial Storage Architecture Industry Association (SSA IA) and the new technology, Serial Storage Architecture (SSA).
  • SSA technology provides fast data throughput and high fault tolerance, making SSA-connected peripherals highly reliable and performant.
  • SSA is planned to bring faster performance, higher reliability, and increased functionality to Dell PowerEdge server products.
  • SSA technology will have built-in redundancy and will provide high performance with transfer rates of up to 80 megabytes per second.
  • SSA will allow Dell PowerEdge customers to connect up to 127 devices to a single storage controller channel, giving them flexibility and scalability in their existing server investment.
  • Dell is a founding member of the SSA Industry Association and plans to continue to support its SSA standard.
  • SSA is designed to meet the requirements of a wide variety of storage and peripheral products, each SSA device can independently "talk to" all of the other devices in the chain.
  • In the event an SSA connection fails, the system continues to operate, an important improvement over earlier technologies such as SCSI.

Statistics:

  • The Serial Storage Architecture Industry Association (SSA IA) was formed in January 1995.
  • Dell expects to offer SSA technology first with its line of PC servers.
  • Dell is the world's leading direct marketer of personal computers and one of the top five personal computer vendors in the world with annual revenues of nearly $3 billion.

Sources:

  • "Dell Computer Corporation", PR Newswire, Feb. 13, 1995 15:01 EST.
  • Dell Computer Corporation official website, http://www.us.dell.com/.

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