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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Robert Hansen, Lotus, CA (US);
Radek Aster, Campbell, CA (US);
Tim K. Emami, San Jose, CA (US);
NetApp Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for enabling communication between a SAS communication port of a SAS communication component and multiple storage devices. In a first example, a first SAS to SATA bridge chip and a second SAS to SATA bridge chip may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. In a second example, a SAS to SATA bridge chip and a port multiplier may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. In a third example, a four port SAS to SATA bridge comprising two SAS ports and two SATA ports may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. Supporting two or more storage devices with a single SAS communication port allows storage enclosures to increase storage capacity, while decreasing cost per slot.