ATTO has released five 6Gbps SAS host adapters varying mainly on port configurations. The company claims the new devices deliver the fastest SAS/SATA host-bus transfer rates on the market, with the high-end 16-port H60F and H6FO carrying two independent controllers that support a maximum of 512 devices, with 16 lanes of 600MBps connectivity for a throughput of 19.2GBps full duplex.

The other three devices are 8-port devices, the H608 (eight internal ports), the H680 (eight external ports) and the H644 (four external ports and four internal). all five devices offer dual SAS/SATA connectivity. ATTO offers driver support for Mac OS X, along with Windows and Linux. The 16-port H60F and H6FO retail for $900 each, while the three eight-port devices retail for $500.