Dot Hill in new storage working group
20 Mar 2006
Dot Hill is involved in a new working group which aims to drive standardisation in entry-level external storage.
The Storage Bridge Bay Working Group (SBB) sees 13 storage vendors team up to look at developing and rolling out specifications for standardising external disk subsystems, hoping to accelerate the delivery of new technologies such as internet small computer systems interface (iSCSI).
Bill Dawkins, chairman of the working group, explained to Techworld: "With the advent of an SBB standard, a wider base of customers will have the opportunity to deploy advanced storage capabilities previously limited to enterprise-class solutions.
"This collaborative effort among industry leaders marks the next advancement in storage - one in which standardised storage products are available quicker, giving customers more choice, value and a wider range of technology features."
It is hoped that the standardisation processes mapped out by the group serve to simplify the engineering and design processes undertaken by independent hardware and system vendors, reducing costs in the process.
The group's website itself explains: "Standardisation based on the SBB specification will benefit both IHVs and system vendors. IHVs can create a single controller design, based on the SBB specification, which is compatible with a number of disk enclosures, resulting in lower development costs."
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