8.4. Disk Arrays

8.4.1. HP SureStore E Disk Array FC30

Figure 8-17. A3661A FC30 Disk Array

This Fibre Channel peripheral has substantial storage capacity. It holds up to 30 disk modules. Hewlett-Packard’s highest capacity point is 18 gigabytes per disk module. This will increase with future releases. This disk array was designed specifically for use in Fibre Channel topologies.

It is a High Availability (HA) device because it employs redundant components such as:

  • disk modules

  • power supplies

  • controller units or storage processors (SP)

It is supported by the K-, D-, T- (600 only), and V-Class Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Servers running HP-UX 10.20 ...

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