AVIEMORE, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 12/03/13 — Quarch Technology Ltd, leaders in test automation, have announced a new range of test modules for use with the latest generation of PCIe attached storage.
The Quarch PCIe SFF Drive Module will allow fully automated hot-plug, lane failure and fault injection testing of the next generation of storage devices.
The module transparently switches and sequences every PCIe power, data, and sideband signal of the SFF-8639 connector. This allows complete control over hot-swap timing, pin bounce and lane connection.
Quarch drive modules can be used for bench testing a single drive/host combination, or multiple modules can instrument an entire enclosure or rack of 100+ drive slots.
The PCIe SFF modules are closely related to the Quarch Gen 3 x16 PCIe slot module, which performs the same functions for the standard PCIe card form factor.
“Pre-release modules have been with selected customers for the last couple of months. PCIe hot swap places new demands on hardware, firmware, BIOS, and O/S, we have seen a number of hot-swap issues that the industry will have to deal with before PCIe products are ready for release. These include:
These modules will make it much easier for our customers to find and replicate issues like this early in testing and get reliable products to market faster.”
Andy Norrie – Technical Director – Quarch Technology
Members of the UNH-IOL NVMe consortium will be able to make use of Quarch PCIe SFF modules during the on the 24th – 26th February.
Evaluation modules are available on request.
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Quarch Technology Ltd is a world leading supplier of automated test tools for Storage Systems. Scalable test systems enable manufacturers and re-sellers of data storage to get to market faster with a more reliable product. Their ground breaking and highly customizable solutions can be tailored to our customer-s needs, allowing the system to achieve a very rapid return on investment in any test environment. For more information, visit:
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