SAS Roadmap Hits Speed Bump As NVMe Cruises In
Enterprise Storage Forum, Wednesday, November 22,2023
NVMe is becoming the standard high speed storage drive interface, but SAS will endure for many years because of its massive installed base.
The STA (SCSI Trade Association) looks after the SAS standard, and its Forum Chair, Cameron Brett, spoke of the issue in a presentation at a TechLive event in London. The STA has to develop a roadmap that progresses from the current 24G SAS standard but recognizes that NVMe is taking over from SAS as the high speed storage drive interface.
How did we get to this situation?