Key Features

• Turnkey Board-Level Bridging Solution
• Canister-Level Emulation of Fibre Channel (FC) Disk Drives with Serial ATA (SATA) Disk Drives
• Port Speed Agility of 4, 2 and 1Gb/s FC; 3.0 and 1.5 SATA
• SATA II Compliant with Auto-Speed Negotiation and NCQ
• State-of-the-Art Diagnostic and Fault Isolation
• Integrated Data Path Memory
• Advanced Data Integrity

Designed for storage system providers who want a versatile, high-performance solution for creating enterprise-class tiered storage, the BRG 436 is a turnkey board-level bridging solution that enables low-cost SATA drives to be used transparently within existing FC enclosures while reducing the development time required to bring a FC-to-SATA tiered storage solution to market.

The BRG 436 is the only smart tailgate solution with the flexibility to seamlessly intermix FC and SATA disk drives in the same enclosure - allowing for improved data integrity, faster time-to-market, and SATA disk drive vendor independence.