A stretch cluster provides a low total cost of ownership (TCO) solution by creating enterprise-class storage services on industry standard server and storage hardware. This solution with ATTO Technology connectivity, AIC hardware and Open-E JovianDSS software provides 24/7 uptime with business continuity for real-time, mission-critical applications enabling organizations to virtualize these applications and maintain high-availability access. Utilizing Fibre Channel to create a high performance storage area network (SAN) makes sure data is always synchronized between data center sites. It is important to have reliable, predictable, low-latency links between sites in a stretch cluster; ATTO XstreamCORE® and FibreBridge® intelligent bridges are building blocks that add enterprise Fibre Channel connectivity to up to 10 shelves of low cost SAS/SATA drives while introducing up to only four microseconds of latency. When paired with standard JBOD or JBOF enclosures, ATTO intelligent bridges represent an foundational data center component – one that companies can use to architect stretch cluster solutions that enable active site balancing, downtime avoidance and Disaster Recovery with more flexibility and a lower TCO than native Fibre Channel storage.