VIAVI Solutions launches Xgig 1000 24 Gbps SAS Analyzer

NEW DELHI: Test instrumentation specialist VIAVI Solutions said that it has launched Xgig 1000 24 Gbps SAS Analyzer, the first solution available for validating and ensuring 24G Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) network performance in a fully integrated, stand-alone system.

This versatile storage network testing solution helps equipment manufacturers improve R&D efforts, as well as support data center deployment and troubleshooting in the field.

VIAVI’s Xgig 1000 24 Gbps Analyzer enables simultaneous analysis and error injection for SAS protocol traffic at all layers of the stack, delivering one of the most powerful monitoring and analysis systems available for SAS applications. The system not only captures and analyzes live data traffic to verify performance, it also provides traffic jammer capabilities to simulate errors in real time for testing the responsiveness of error recovery processes.

The latest SAS 4.0 protocol standard introduces significant technological changes in response to demands for increased storage capacities and faster data speeds, supporting a number of important optimizations for solid-state drives. This new industry standard doubles the effective bandwidth previously possible, from 12 to 24 Gbps. Network equipment manufacturers need optimized testing capabilities to ensure their next-generation 24 Gbps storage systems do not become a bottleneck.

“The ability to test network storage equipment and identify how and when a system fails is key to developing the most robust, high-performance solutions possible for data-intensive applications, ranging from unified communications and large internet content providers to gaming platforms,” said Tom Fawcett, Vice President and General Manager, Lab and Production Business Unit, VIAVI Solutions.

“We have refined the Xgig 1000 24 Gbps Analyzer to address the specific characteristics of the SAS 4.0 protocol at high speeds so that every data bit is passed through exactly as it was received, and allowing users to see the same signal that the device under test sees," added Tom.