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ATTO Technology
Authorised Partner — MENA

Every byte.
Every frame.
Connected.

Since 1988, ATTO Technology has built the connection between professional workflows and their storage — Fibre Channel host adapters, Ethernet network adapters, Thunderbolt adapters, intelligent bridges and the software that tunes them. Founded in Amherst, New York by Tim Klein and David Snell, ATTO is a globally recognised leader in storage and network connectivity, spanning Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, Ethernet, NVMe and Thunderbolt.

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ATTO Technology storage connectivity adapters
Founded1988 · Amherst, NY
CategoryStorage Connectivity
InterfacesFC · Ethernet · NVMe
ThunderboltUp to Thunderbolt 5
CoverageMENA
About ATTO

37 years connecting workflows to their storage.

Founded in 1988 in Amherst, New York by Tim Klein and David Snell, ATTO Technology is a globally recognised leader in storage and network connectivity. It builds host adapters, network adapters, intelligent bridges, Thunderbolt adapters and the software that tunes them — covering Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, Ethernet, NVMe and Thunderbolt.

Available across MENA through MediaCast — authorised ATTO Technology partner, with Roel available for pre-sales advice and live demonstrations at MCX — MediaCast Experience Center in Dubai.

Broadcast & TVPost-ProductionShared StorageFilm & StreamingArchive & RestoreVFX & MotionSports BroadcastEducation
Works with
Fibre ChannelEthernetSAS / SATAiSCSINVMeThunderbolt 5WindowsLinuxmacOS

ATTO host adapters give workstations and servers the storage connectivity they cannot carry natively — 64Gb Gen 7 Fibre Channel, 25 and 100Gb Ethernet, 12Gb SAS and NVMe. Exclusive latency-management technology keeps sustained multi-stream transfers steady under load, which is what separates a fabric that holds up on a busy day from one that only benchmarks well. Drivers span Windows, Linux and macOS, so mixed facilities run one fabric rather than thrng a bus.

From ThunderLink desktop adapters to Celerity Gen 7 host bus adapters and XstreamCORE bridges, ATTO’s range covers every way a workflow reaches its storage — Fibre Channel, Ethernet, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, NVMe and Thunderbolt. Each product is built for sustained professional throughput rather than peak headline figures.

ATTO products are used in broadcast facilities, post houses, shared-storage environments and archive operations worldwide. Across MENA, MediaCast stocks the ATTO range in Dubai, with Roel available for pre-sales specification, workflow advice and demonstrations at MCX — MediaCast Experience Center in Barsha Heights.

ATTO Drive+ SE cameras
37Years Founded 1988
TB5Thunderbolt 5 Ready
6,000MB/s Max Bandwidth
The Product Families
THUNDERBOLT ADAPTERS
ThunderLink
TLFC-5642 64Gb FC · TLNS-5102 100GbE · TLSH-3128 12Gb SAS · Thunderbolt 5
FIBRE CHANNEL HBAs
Celerity
644E quad-port 64Gb · 642E dual-port 64Gb · 322P 32Gb · Gen 7 · Win / Linux / macOS/25G Ethernet
ETHERNET & SAS
FastFrame · ExpressSAS
FastFrame SmartNIC Ethernet · ExpressSAS SAS/SATA HBAs · Low CPU overhead
BRIDGES & NVMe
XstreamCORE
SAS to Fibre Channel · SAS to Ethernet · NVMe switch host adapters
STORAGE
NVMe Adapters
PCIe 4.0 · M.2 · 8-slot · Up to 6,500 MB/s
NETWORKING
10G / 25G Cards
10GbE · 25GbE · macOS · Windows · Linux
ADAPTERS
USB & Adapters
USB host cards · Thunderbolt adapters · Media readers
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ThunderLinkThunderbolt 5 · FC / Ethernet / SAS
Celerity64GbFibre Channel HBAs
FastFrameEthernet & SAS Adapters
XstreamCOREBridges & NVMe
SoftwareATTO 360 · SiliconDisk
ThunderLink · Thunderbolt 5 · ATTO
One cable. 64Gb Fibre Channel. A laptop on the same SAN as the machine room.
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Celerity · Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

The SAN connection nobody has to think about.

Celerity host bus adapters are the cards inside the workstations and servers attached to a Fibre Channel SAN. Gen 7 models reach 64Gb per port with backward compatibility to 32Gb and 16Gb fabrics, and drivers span Windows, Linux and macOS — which is why they turn up in mixed post facilities where not every seat runs the same OS.

Highest Bandwidth
Gen 7 · Quad-Port · PCIe 4.0 x16

Celerity 644E

Four ports of 64Gb Fibre Channel in a single card, up to 256Gb/s aggregate bandwidth on a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot. Built for the busiest shared-storage servers and highest-density seats.

Gen 764Gb FCQuad-Port256Gb/s
Gen 7 · Dual-Port · PCIe 4.0 x8

Celerity 642E

Dual-port 64Gb Fibre Channel in a single PCIe 4.0 x8 slot. The workhorse for 4K and 8K edit seats that need redundant paths to shared storage.

Gen 764Gb FCDual-Port
Gen 7 · Single-Port

Celerity 641E

Single-port 64Gb Fibre Channel. Full Gen 7 bandwidth where one path is enough — ingest stations, transcode nodes and render clients.

Gen 764Gb FCSingle-Port
Gen 7 · Dual-Port

Celerity 322P

Dual-channel 32Gb Fibre Channel, Gen 7 silicon. Connects new workstations to an established 32Gb fabric without over-buying bandwidth the SAN cannot supply.

Gen 732Gb FCDual-Port
Gen 6 · Quad-Port

Celerity 324E

Quad-port 32Gb Fibre Channel. Four independent 32Gb paths for storage servers and gateways bridging multiple zones.

Gen 632Gb FCQuad-Port
Celerity · Gen 7 Fibre Channel · ATTO
Four 64Gb ports on one card. Up to 256Gb/s aggregate. Windows, Linux and macOS.
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FastFrame · Ethernet Network Adapters

Ethernet that keeps up with the media.

FastFrame network adapters move high-bitrate video over IP without spending the CPU that should be running the render. ATTO builds them with the same latency-management approach as its storage adapters — the difference shows on sustained multi-stream transfers, not on a synthetic burst.

SmartNIC · High-Performance Ethernet

FastFrame Ethernet Adapters

High-performance Ethernet network interface cards delivering speed while minimising power draw and CPU cycles — for IP video, NAS-based shared storage and high-throughput file movement.

EthernetLow CPU OverheadSmartNIC
ExpressSAS · SAS/SATA Host Adapters

ExpressSAS SAS/SATA HBAs

SAS and SATA host bus adapters with ATTO’s latency-management features. The connection to direct-attached RAID, tape libraries and archive tiers.

SASSATALatency Managed
FastFrame · ExpressSAS · ATTO
Ethernet and SAS adapters that move the media without spending the CPU on it.
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XstreamCORE · Intelligent Bridges & NVMe

Put SAS storage on a Fibre Channel or Ethernet fabric.

XstreamCORE intelligent bridges attach SAS-based storage to Fibre Channel or Ethernet networks, so an existing tape library or SAS array becomes a shared resource instead of a box wired to one machine. NVMe switch host adapters bring the same idea to dense flash.

Intelligent Bridge · SAS to FC / Ethernet

XstreamCORE Intelligent Bridges

Attach SAS-based storage to Fibre Channel or Ethernet networks with extensive management built in. The standard route for sharing a tape library across a facility rather than dedicating it to one workstation.

SAS to FCSAS to EthernetManaged
NVMe · Switch Host Adapter

NVMe Switch Host Adapters

Host adapters with an onboard smart processor enabling scalable, high-capacity, dense NVMe storage with extensive management.

NVMeDense StorageSmart Processor
XstreamCORE · Bridges & NVMe
Put a SAS tape library on the fabric. Shared across the facility, not wired to one machine.
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Software & SiliconDisk

Tune it, measure it, then go faster than flash.

ATTO ships the software that makes the hardware behave — tuning and monitoring, an iSCSI initiator for macOS, and the benchmark the whole industry quotes. SiliconDisk is the outlier: shared storage built from RAM rather than flash.

ATTO 360 · Tuning & Monitoring

ATTO 360 Tuning, Monitoring & Analytics

Tunes and monitors ATTO adapters so they perform to specification in the environment they are actually installed in, rather than the one on the datasheet.

TuningMonitoringAnalytics
Xtend SAN · iSCSI Initiator

Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator

The iSCSI initiator that lets macOS workstations mount iSCSI shared storage — long the practical answer for Mac-based facilities on an IP SAN.

iSCSImacOSInitiator
ATTO Disk Benchmark

ATTO Disk Benchmark

The storage benchmark quoted across the industry when a drive, RAID or shared volume needs a number attached to it.

BenchmarkIndustry Standard
100× Faster Than Flash
SiliconDisk · RAM-Based Shared Storage

SiliconDisk

Ethernet-connected RAM-based storage delivering up to 100× the performance of flash-based SSD storage. For the workloads where even NVMe is the bottleneck — realtime playback of uncompressed formats and heavy multi-user finishing.

RAM-Based100× FlashEthernet
ATTO 360 · SiliconDisk · ATTO
Tune it, measure it — then go up to 100× faster than flash with SiliconDisk.
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Technology

What makes ATTO different.

Since 1988, ATTO has built the connection between professional workflows and their storage. Six reasons broadcasters and post houses specify it.

01
Latency Management

Performance where it actually counts.

ATTO builds exclusive latency-management technology into its Fibre Channel and SAS host adapters. It is the reason sustained multi-stream transfers hold up under load rather than only looking good on a synthetic burst.

02
Gen 7 Fibre Channel

64Gb per port, four ports per card.

The Celerity 644E puts four 64Gb Fibre Channel ports on one PCIe 4.0 x16 card, up to 256Gb/s aggregate. Gen 7 adapters stay backward compatible with 32Gb and 16Gb fabrics, so a facility can upgrade in stages.

03
Thunderbolt to the SAN

A laptop on shared storage. No chassis.

ThunderLink adapters connect Thunderbolt workstations straight to Fibre Channel, Ethernet or SAS storage. An edit seat in an OB truck or a suite gets the same shared volume as the machine room, over one cable.

04
Cross-Platform Drivers

Windows, Linux and macOS.

ATTO maintains drivers across all three platforms. In mixed post facilities where finishing runs on one OS and ingest on another, the same adapter and the same fabric serve every seat.

05
ATTO 360 Tuning

Tuned for your environment, not the datasheet.

ATTO 360 tunes and monitors adapters in the environment they are actually installed in, and reports what they are doing. It turns a card that should perform into one that measurably does.

06
Beyond Flash

RAM-based shared storage.

SiliconDisk is Ethernet-connected RAM-based storage delivering up to 100× the performance of flash-based SSDs — for realtime uncompressed playback and heavy multi-user finishing where NVMe is the bottleneck.

Applications

Where ATTO sits in the workflow.

Six places a storage-connectivity decision decides whether the day runs smoothly.

Broadcast & Live Production

Celerity HBAs connect playout, ingest and edit seats to the shared SAN; FastFrame Ethernet adapters carry high-bitrate IP video without spending the CPU the workflow needs.

Post-Production & Finishing

64Gb Gen 7 Fibre Channel to the finishing suite, with cross-platform drivers so colour, online and VFX seats reach the same volume regardless of operating system.

Shared Storage & SAN

Host adapters at every seat and XstreamCORE bridges putting SAS storage onto the fabric — the plumbing that turns islands of storage into one shared resource.

Archive & Restore

ExpressSAS and ThunderLink SAS adapters connect tape libraries and archive tiers; XstreamCORE shares a library across the facility instead of tying it to one machine.

Mobile & On-Set

ThunderLink adapters put an OB truck or on-set cart on Fibre Channel or 25/100Gb Ethernet from a laptop, with no PCIe chassis to rack or power.

VFX & Rendering

High-port-count Celerity and FastFrame adapters feed render nodes and workstations, with ATTO 360 tuning the fabric for sustained throughput under queue load.

Workflows

Which ATTO setup is right for you?

Pick the workflow closest to yours — we’ll show the typical system design.

One shared resource, not islands of storage

Host adapters at every seat and XstreamCORE bridges putting SAS storage onto the fabric — the plumbing that turns islands of storage into one shared resource.

01
Put every seat on the fabric

Celerity Gen 7 host bus adapters connect playout, ingest and edit seats to the shared SAN.

02
Bring existing storage onto it

XstreamCORE bridges SAS to Fibre Channel or SAS to Ethernet, so a library serves the whole facility instead of one machine.

03
Tune the fabric

ATTO 360 tunes for sustained throughput under queue load.

Celerity 644EQuad-port 64Gb Fibre Channel
CONNECT
XstreamCORESAS to Fibre Channel · SAS to Ethernet
BRIDGE
ATTO 360Fabric tuning
TUNE
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An OB truck or on-set cart, from a laptop

ThunderLink adapters put an OB truck or on-set cart on Fibre Channel or 25/100Gb Ethernet from a laptop, with no PCIe chassis to rack or power.

01
Connect over Thunderbolt

TLFC-5642 gives 64Gb Fibre Channel; TLNS-5102 gives 100GbE. Thunderbolt 5.

02
Reach tape and archive tiers

TLSH-3128 connects 12Gb SAS libraries directly from the same machine.

03
Nothing to rack

No PCIe chassis to rack or power — the reason this works on location.

ThunderLink TLFC-564264Gb Fibre Channel
FIBRE
ThunderLink TLNS-5102100GbE
ETHERNET
ThunderLink TLSH-312812Gb SAS
ARCHIVE
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Colour, online and VFX on the same volume

64Gb Gen 7 Fibre Channel to the finishing suite, with cross-platform drivers so colour, online and VFX seats reach the same volume regardless of operating system.

01
64Gb to the suite

Celerity Gen 7 Fibre Channel into the finishing rooms.

02
Feed the render nodes

High-port-count Celerity and FastFrame adapters feed render nodes and workstations.

03
Keep every OS on one volume

Drivers span Windows, Linux and macOS, so mixed facilities run one fabric.

Celerity 642EDual-port 64Gb · Gen 7
FINISHING
FastFrameSmartNIC Ethernet · low CPU overhead
RENDER
ATTO 360Sustained throughput under load
TUNE
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Your ATTO Specialist

Roel knows every ATTO product in the range. Personally.

Roel is MediaCast’s ATTO Technology Specialist. He has designed and deployed ATTO solutions from a single ThunderLink adapter to full Fibre Channel shared-storage fabrics.

Tell him the storage and the machines that need to reach it. He'll spec the ThunderLink, the Celerity HBA or the XstreamCORE bridge — and validate the connection end to end before you commit.

RORoel
Roel.
IT Specialist
Post-production and IT. He has kept edit suites running when the storage, the network and the deadline all disagreed — so he specs for the day it goes wrong.
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