StorageWorks 2000i - Hewlett Packard Storage Arrays
StorageWorks 2000i
Key Features:
Highly efficient consolidation and sharing of storage
. Geared to departmental and small to medium business requirements
. Grows as the storage demands increase - up to 48 drives and 21.6TB SAS or 48TB SATA
. Supports up to 16 hosts with iSCSI GbE along with support for 256 LUNs and LUN sizes up to 16TB
. Optional controller-based snapshot and clone capability for increased data protection
Flexibility in drives (MSA2000 family-specific drives)
. Enterprise-class SAS or archival-class SATA drives as the need and budget dictate
. Dual-ported SAS drives for enterprise needs
. Large capacity SATA drives for inexpensive archival storage
. Able to mix SAS and SATA drives within the same drive enclosure
Cost efficient plus high-availability choices
. Choose either single (future upgradeable) or dual controller array models
. Choice of low cost single I/O or high-availability dual I/O drive enclosure models.
HP MSA2000i Models At a Glance:
. High performance Modular Smart Array controller with two 1GbE ports per controller
. Single and dual controller models
. MSA2012i models utilize Celeron 566MHz processor(s)
. 1GB transportable cache per controller - battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash
. 256 LUNs with 16TB LUNs supported
. 2U rack mount chassis combining both the controller and disk shelf
. Twelve 3.5-inch dual-ported SAS or SATA MSA2000-specific drives (supports mixing of drive types in a single shelf)
. Support expansion to 3 additional enclosure & total of 48 disks
. Redundant power supplies and fans are standard
. RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
. Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgrade
. Heterogeneous support for 32- bit and 64-bit Windows, Red Hat and SuSE
. Qualified and certified for Windows and Linux clustering
. Optional controller-based snapshot and clone functionality