ATTO Technology is a manufacturer of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO manufactures host bus adapters

Adapter (computing)

In computing, adapter is a hardware device or software component that converts transmitted data from one presentation form to another. The data presentation can be, for example, a message sent between objects in an application or a packet sent through a network.In modern personal computer, almost...

, RAID adapters, Fibre Channel switches, protocol conversion bridges, RAID

RAID

RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit...

 storage controllers, Mac OS X iSCSI initiator software and acceleration software with storage interface connectivity

Network interface

Network interface may refer to:* Network interface controller, the device a computer uses to connect to a computer network* Network interface device, a demarcation point for a telephone network...

 to SCSI

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it...

, SATA

Sata

Sata is a traditional dish from the Malaysian state of Terengganu, consisting of spiced fish meat wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a grill.It is a type of Malaysian fish cake, or otak-otak...

, SAS

Serial Attached SCSI

Serial Attached SCSI is a computer bus used to move data to and from computer storage devices such as hard drives and tape drives. SAS depends on a point-to-point serial protocol that replaces the parallel SCSI bus technology that first appeared in the mid 1980s in data centers and workstations,...

, Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel, or FC, is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking. Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards , an American National Standards Institute –accredited standards...

, FCoE, Thunderbolt and iSCSI

ISCSI

In computing, iSCSI , is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol -based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage...

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History

The company was founded in 1988 by Timothy J. Klein and David A. Snell and is headquartered in Amherst, New York

Amherst, New York

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. All of ATTO's products are engineered and manufactured in the United States and ATTO has delivered more than an estimated 2 million products to the market in a broad range of storage applications and environments.

Areas of operation

ATTO products are sold directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), ODMs, White Box Systems Integrators as well as through ATTO authorized distributors and resellers. ATTO OEM customers encompass a wide range of technology companies including Apple Computer, EMC, Data General, Eastman Kodak, Quantum, Oracle/SUN, Avid Technology, Overland Storage, NEC, Seachange, Autodesk, Unisys and many more.

ATTOs products are available worldwide in countries which include: United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin & South America, Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea, South West Asia (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), Taiwan, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Japan.

Products

Products include: Acceleration Software, RAID Adapters, and Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) (4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel, or FC, is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking. Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards , an American National Standards Institute –accredited standards...

, 10GbE FCoE, Ultra320 SCSI

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it...

, 3Gb and 6Gb SAS

Serial Attached SCSI

Serial Attached SCSI is a computer bus used to move data to and from computer storage devices such as hard drives and tape drives. SAS depends on a point-to-point serial protocol that replaces the parallel SCSI bus technology that first appeared in the mid 1980s in data centers and workstations,...

, 3Gb SATA

Sata

Sata is a traditional dish from the Malaysian state of Terengganu, consisting of spiced fish meat wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a grill.It is a type of Malaysian fish cake, or otak-otak...

 and 1GbE and 10GbE iSCSI

ISCSI

In computing, iSCSI , is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol -based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage...

), sometimes called Storage Adapters or Host Adapters.

Other products include: RAID Storage Controllers—self-contained hardware that add RAID protection for stored data to SAS, SATA or Fibre Channel JBOD Storage Enclosures. RAID storage controllers also provide a single point of management for shared (networked) storage. RAID controllers are ideal for high-bandwidth applications such as video and IT environments.

Protocol conversion products, called Bridges, convert one protocol to another while adding cutting edge monitoring and management features, for example: Fibre Channel to SAS/SATA, iSCSI to SAS/SATA, Fibre Channel to iSCSI or Fibre Channel to SCSI.

Switches are also offered which provide 8, 16 or 24 8Gb Fibre Channel ports to enable an end to end SAN solution when using Fibre Channel HBAs.

Enables Storage Connectivity

ATTO is the only company which offers Enterprise level multipathing, load balancing and failover for Windows desktop operating systems (XP, Vista and 7) plus Apple Mac OS X which enables users with these operating systems to access Enterprise class storage from the likes of EMC, HP, NetApp, Dot Hill and Xyratex. This opened up new markets for Tier 1 storage OEM's to address and connect to workstation operating systems.

Industry Standard Software

ATTO provides a free Disk Benchmark tool which is used among storage industry companies including drive manufacturers, system builders and home users who want to make sure their products are highly tuned and performing at their best. A search for this tool will generate tens of thousands of results where users will post their benchmark results.

Applications

• Storage-intensive applications such as database management, online transaction processing (OLTP), email, Internet serving and document management solutions.
• Streaming media applications such as digital video (NLE
  NLE
  NLE is an acronym. It may stand for:* Non-linear editing system* National Latin Examination* North Luzon Expressway* N.L.E. Tractors, a codename for Cultivator No. 6...
  
  ), digital audio, film, broadcast and video-on-demand solutions.
• Image-intensive applications such as mapping, pre-press, publishing, printing, CAD/CAM, medical and document imaging.
• Server environments for direct attach and/or network attached storage such as SAN and NAS with disk, tape, optical, CD or other storage media.
• Enterprise backup environments such as tape library connectivity, disk-based backup and serverless backup solutions.
• Connecting SAS and/or SATA disk storage to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks.
• Connecting SAS tape storage to Fibre Channel or iSCSI Storage Area Networks.