Most people probably don’t think about the protocol that connects their storage device to a PC or server. However, NVMe has changed that and become one of the storage buzzwords of 2018. But what about existing devices not using NVMe? SAS or Serial Attached SCSI has been a mainstay of storage connectivity for 20 years. With 12Gb/s throughput, SAS provides back-end connectivity for almost all the enterprise storage arrays on the market today. The SAS protocol continues to be developed, with 24Gb/s speeds due in 2019. However, SAS is not all about speed, as we …