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Dot Hill Launches Next Generation 6Gb SAS End-to-End Storage Arrays: Page 2 of 3

The new offerings are the latest additions to Dot Hill's 3000 Series introduced in February 2010 -- feature-rich, entry level storage solutions that rival more costly midrange products, providing small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and data center managers with access to cost-effective and energy-efficient storage options. The hallmark high throughput and I/O performance of the 3000 Series makes it ideal for performance-intensive applications such as server virtualization, server backup, video and media, as well as databases and email. Dot Hill's 3000 Series also offers 8Gb Fibre Channel arrays, and dual-protocol 8Gb Fibre Channel/1Gb iSCSI RAID storage arrays.

Dot Hill's 3520 and 3530 arrays feature full 6Gb SAS end-to-end connectivity throughout the entire system, including the drives, backplane and host connections, addressing the industry's need for higher bandwidth connections between servers and directly attached storage to support faster application data access speeds. With SAS 2.0 capability, each server connection can deliver up to 24Gb/second data throughput, significantly higher than Fibre Channel and iSCSI alternatives.

Additionally, the 3530 and 3520 are NEBS Level 3- and MIL STD 810F-compliant and offer the requisite level of ruggedization to meet the most stringent requirements. The arrays also include a number of eco-friendly features, including drive-spin-down to reduce power consumption during non-peak hours and Bronze-rated, 80+ efficient power supplies.

"High performance storage solutions that also lower the overall cost and complexity of management and deployment are most needed by businesses today," said Jim Jonez, senior director of marketing of Dot Hill Systems. "The addition of SAS host-attach to our 3000 Series storage arrays delivers scalability and reliability to a larger audience with the most transaction-intensive and demanding computing environments, and supports deployment flexibility and configuration agility to address emerging requirements and improve storage ROI."

Additional features of the 3000 Series include: