Catalyst Announces Industry's First Fully Integrated Serial Attached SCSI/Serial ATA Test, Evaluation System Family.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 STX-230, STX-430 Provide Most Portable Exerciser, Emulator, Analysis Solutions for Storage Industry; Single Solution Lowers Costs Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. a leading manufacturer of test tools for a broad range of serial and parallel bus technologies, today announced the STX-230 and STX-430, the industry's first fully integrated Serial Attached SCSI See SAS. (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ) and Serial ATA See SATA. Serial ATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. ) development systems. The single-solution STX-230 and STX-430 systems provide all functions - exerciser, emulator, protocol analyzer, performance monitor -- needed to test and evaluate data storage products, dramatically lowering overall equipment costs. The STX-230 and STX-430 provide manufacturers of data storage components such as disk and tape drives, arrays and host-bus adapters, as well as motherboard vendors, system integrators and field-support organizations, with a wide range of innovative features: real-time emulation capability, real-time statistics, portability, integration, and lifetime support. Integration, Portability, Support The first vendor to develop a single solution with these key functions for the emerging SAS/SATA market (see related press release), Catalyst developed the STX-230 and STX-430 as the most portable SAS/SATA systems available; the STX-230 weighs only three pounds, with a footprint smaller than that of a notebook computer yet supports up to two SAS/SATA links. The STX-430 occupies a similar footprint and supports up to four links. Though portable, each has the power to function as a large lab system, enabling a single source for SAS/SATA development and support operations. And unlike any other vendors, Catalyst provides lifetime support and software upgrades to the STX-230 and STX-430. Range of Distinct Functions The STX-230 and STX-430 can run one or more software modules supporting SAS protocol analysis, SAS device exerciser, SAS device emulation, SAS bit generator and SAS performance analysis functions. The hardware also supports similar functions for SATA I and SATA II protocols, when used with the appropriate software. Both devices support wide SAS links, out-of-band signaling, and 1.5Gbps and 3Gbps speeds. The exerciser function sends traffic to a storage device to test compliance to the SAS specification, performance and error-handling capability. Device emulators receive traffic from a host device to test host compliance, performance and error handling. The protocol analyzer monitors all exchanges between real devices or between STX-230/STX-430 ports and devices under test. Availability The STX-230 and STX-430 are shipping in beta now, and will be in full production in July. Each is a highly flexible system that can be tailored to customers' needs. Please contact Catalyst directly at 408.365.3846 for pricing or additional information. About Catalyst Enterprises Founded in 1992 in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , Catalyst Enterprises manufactures data bus analysis and emulation tools for PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. , USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0, PCI Express, SAS, SATA and other communications protocols. |
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