STB Suite
STB Suite is testing and diagnostic software for storage peripherals, including SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SATA, ATAPI, and SAS devices.
What STB Suite is
STB Suite is testing and diagnostic software for storage peripherals, including SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SATA, ATAPI, and SAS devices. Its modules cover development, disk and tape manufacturing, automated manufacturing, and bus analysis. Disk testing includes multi-threaded screening across multiple HBAs and drives, firmware downloads, formatting, test sequences, and error logging to an Access database. Tape testing supports multiple drives, firmware downloads, compression settings, external programs in sequences, and per-device text logs. The Bus Analyzer captures and analyzes traces from supported peripheral buses. The Developer Toolbox provides more than 175 functions and can be used from Visual Basic or C++ on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux. Scriptwriter Pro supplies a VBA-compatible environment with a debugger and editor, interpreter and compiler, and GUI design tool. The Remote Manufacturing Engine runs disk test sequences on remote computers and provides an interface for locating attached drives and launching tests. The maker describes the suite for repair depots, manufacturers, integrators, and service providers.
Good
- Covers disk, tape, development, and bus-analysis tasks
- Disk module supports multi-drive screening and error logging
- Developer Toolbox offers more than 175 functions
- Remote engine runs disk sequences on other computers
Watch out
- No price is listed
- Multiple licenses per company or department must be maintained simultaneously
- Bus Analyzer requires the supplied USB hardware dongle
Who it suits
STB Suite is intended for organizations that test, manufacture, repair, or service storage devices. Its modules may suit teams needing device screening, bus trace analysis, scripting, or remote test execution.
Verdict
STB Suite brings several storage-device testing and manufacturing modules into one package. Its scope is broad, but buyers should account for the multi-license requirement and request pricing details.
Plans and prices
From STB Suite's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| STB/MNT1 | — | For licenses actively covered by Performa · per license · One year of technical support and upgrades |
| STB/MNT2 | — | For licenses less than one year out of Performa · per license · One year of technical support and upgrades |
| STB/MNT3 | — | For licenses more than one year out of Performa · per license · One year of technical support and upgrades |
| STB Suite – One Year Lease (STB/LIC) | — | Quantity discount: N/A · One year lease |
| STB Suite (STB/COM) | Priced on request | Suite bundle: STB, DTB, DMM, AME, TMM, BAM and STB/MNT · quantity discounts by contacting sales |
The facts
Each one read from STB Suite's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Bus analysis
- The Bus Analyzer Module captures, displays and analyzes trace data from supported peripheral buses including SCSI, Fibre Channel, IDE, ATA, SATA and SAS.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Developer API
- The Developer Toolbox offers more than 175 functions for working with storage peripherals and is described as usable from Visual Basic or C++ on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Disk screening
- The Disk Manufacturing Module supports multi-threaded, multiple-HBA and multi-drive screening, firmware downloads, formatting, test sequences and error logging to an Access database.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Hardware key
- The Bus Analyzer Module is enabled to run with the USB hardware dongle provided with an STB Suite purchase.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes it for repair depots, OEMs, disk and tape manufacturers, integrators, third-party solution providers, field service and A/V providers.checked 3 Oct 2026
- License requirement
- The maker says multiple licenses per company or department must be maintained simultaneously.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- STB Suite is testing and diagnostic software for storage peripherals including SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SATA, ATAPI and SAS devices.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Remote testing
- The Remote Manufacturing Engine runs Disk Manufacturing Module sequences on remote computers and provides an interface to find attached drives and launch tests.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Scripting environment
- Scriptwriter Pro is described as a VBA-compatible environment with a debugger/editor, interpreter/compiler and GUI design tool.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Suite modules
- The suite includes the Developer Toolbox, Disk Manufacturing Module, Automated Manufacturing Engine, Tape Manufacturing Module and Bus Analyzer Module.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support and updates
- Performa provides product updates for one year, a tailored online training session, eight hours of technical support and access to technical support and engineering staff.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support response
- Performa states support is available Monday through Friday, 8 AM–5 PM Mountain Standard Time, with a guaranteed response within 24 hours and typical response within four hours or less.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Tape screening
- The Tape Manufacturing Module supports multi-drive testing, firmware downloads, compression settings, external programs in test sequences and per-device text logs.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- The maker says STB Suite has been in use worldwide since 1992.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Littleton, Colorado, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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