IBM DS4000 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 18
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ATTO
ATTO Technology, Inc.
Value Proposition
ATTO Technology is a leader in storage and connectivity solutions. In business since 1988, ATTO has
maintained a consistent strategy of technical innovation by continually creating new and exciting Host Bus
Adapter (HBA) products that are on the leading edge of the storage market. Throughout the years, ATTO has
maintained a reputation for providing high-performance products in a variety of storage connectivity technologies
for a wide variety of market segments.
ATTO‟s customer base for host bus adapter solutions continues to grow each year from both our OEM and
channel partners through various market segments. ATTO has been manufacturing and shipping Fibre Channel
host adapters since 1997 with an installed based of over 1,000,000 Fibre Channel ports. With a solid customer
base and comprehensive line of HBA products which are augmented by complimentary storage-centric products,
customers can be assured that ATTO is a capable business partner fully versed in the HBA market.
ATTO bases all host adapter products on a common architecture with the goal of delivering consistent, industry
leading performance solutions to market.
The current 8-Gb Celerity line is the 6
th
generation of host adapters.
ATTO‟s Optimization Cores are a collection of internally developed, industry-tested solutions designed for
the low-latency, high-bandwidth demands of high-performance streaming storage applications.
ATTO's Exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADS™) Technology provides the ultimate in I/O
performance
o Controlled acceleration of large and small blocks of data provides faster, more efficient data
transfer Accelerated PCI Bus management
o Efficient Full Block Buffering
o Optimized SCSI-3 Algorithms for Streaming Media applications
o Improved Data Interleave Architecture
ATTO designs are based upon extensive knowledge and experience on what it takes to move data for the
video market. ATTO firmware and drivers are written with the specific goal of managing latency so that
customers are able to move multiple streams of uncompressed and compressed video with alpha
channels and audio.
The storage industry continues to advance at an unparalleled pace, and solutions are becoming more complex
and more intelligent. ATTO is an industry leader at incorporating the solutions for tomorrow‟s storage needs in
today‟s products.