HP BL260c ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4 - Page 7
Meet the Expert, Robert Elliott
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ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott Robert Elliott is a Master Architect with the HP Industry Standard Server Platform Architecture Team. Over his 15-year career, he has become widely respected within HP and in the server storage industry. Rob represents HP in the T10 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS, pronounced "insights‖), and he has served as the editor of several standards including Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). Gene Freeman, manager of the ISS Platform Architecture Team, believes that Rob's success is largely due to his ability to assimilate and synthesize massive amounts of information and then recall those elements that are relevant to solving a particular problem. An explorer Rob's hobbies include hiking and go-karting. His hiking treks have included Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the Daikiretto in the Japanese Alps, the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, Mt. Rainier in Washington, and about a dozen of the Colorado 14ers (peaks with elevation greater than 14,000 ft.). A significant contributor to SAS technology As editor for the T10 Technical Committee, Rob led the industry's development of SAS since its inception in July 2001. In April 2009, Rob received the INCITS Service Award, which recognized his contributions to the INCITS/T10 technical committee in the development of the SAS standards. The award cited Rob's ―tremendous skills and commitment to standardization efforts.‖ Name: Robert Elliott Title: Master Architect, ISS Platform Architecture Years at HP: 15 University: BS Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign U.S. Patents: 16 issued, 5 active applications A customer advocate Rob's participation in ISS Technology Exchange events and the ISS Technology Advisory Community (TAC) has given him detailed insight into customer usage models for storage. The knowledge and experience he gains helps engineering and marketing to develop features that customers desire. He says that the TAC feedback has been very helpful in planning products that are a few years out, while the ISS Tech Exchanges provide good feedback for short-term planning. A valuable resource for HP's storage leadership Rob states that the technical expertise and customer feedback ISS receives has paid great dividends; HP Smart Array RAID controllers lead the industry in reliability, performance, and features. SAS technology has enabled HP to build servers and storage systems that let customers choose whether to deploy enterprise-class SAS drives or entry-level SATA drives. Customers benefit by not being locked into a single storage solution. SAS technology has enabled the introduction of small form factor (SFF) 2.5-inch drives into the server market. The SFF design is more versatile and will be a better form factor for solid state drives (SSDs). 7