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StorageWorld Entry-Mid Level U160 RAID Series
Key Specifications | Hard Drive Options | RAID Support

Level: Entry to Mid Range RAID Solution

This system was designed to provide a specific solution to a client requirement. New systems would be conceptually identical but with the addition of newer revisions of hardware/firmware, more robust cabinets, and/or additional comms or management features. Best of breed combinations are always utilised.

Ideal for desktop storage to mid-level enterprise storage applications including audio, broadcast, prepress, compact servers, high-speed backup and data serving. An internally embedded Chaparral 3rd generation G -Series Ultra160 SCSI RAID controller (model G6322) provided support for redundant data configurations and high data throughput for maximum system uptime.

This model accommodated up to ten 3.5" half-height or full-height SCA LVD SCSI hard drives (10k and 15k rpm supported) per shelf at up to Ultra160 SCSI speeds. Maximum number of drives is 45. The enclosure is available as a tower unit or a 19" rack configuration. includes daisy chain ports, two hot-swap blowers, two hot-swap power supplies, and six hot-swap drive canisters to support always-online data availability.

V2 Ultra2 SCSI RAID System

  • 10 Hot Swappable Drive Bays per shelf
  • Host-independent Ultra160 LVD subsystem
  • 160MB/s transfer rates
  • No single point of failure
  • Massive increase in data storage capacities
  • Modular, expandable tower and rack configurations
  • Host Independent
  • More than 15,000 IOPS
  • Scalable to 3.2 Terabytes

Ideal for the fault tolerant mission critical environments, with the capability of sustaining over 180MB/sec sequential RAID-5 reads from a single controller. The solution is host independent and in conjunction with Seagate's 73GB 10,000rpm Ultra160 drives, offers scalability to over 3.2 Terabytes of storage per controller. The G6322 controller can handle in excess of 15,000 IOPS making it extremely fast in OLTP and multimedia rich applications.

Hard Drive Options:
  • 9GB 10,000rpm
  • 18GB 7,200rpm
  • 18GB 10,000rpm
  • 18GB 15,000rpm
  • 36GB 7,200rpm
  • 36GB 10,000rpm
  • 73GB 10,000rpm
  • 181GB 7,200rpm

Key Specifications:

  • Internally embedded Chaparral G6322 RAID controller supports RAID levels 0,1,0/1,4,3,5, and JBOD
  • Chaparral G5312 is powered by a 133 MHz AMD 5x86 processor and supports up to 128MB of cache memory
  • RS-232 port provides out-of-band monitoring and set-up of RAID configuration
  • Industry standard hard drive interconnect, Single Connector Attachment (SCA-2)
  • Hot-swap drive bays
  • SCSI LVD Ultra160, 160MB/sec maximum transfer rate supported
  • Cable-less design; multi-layer backplane for high signal integrity
  • Dual hot-swap blowers provide cooling to support 10k and 15k rpm drives
  • Dual hot-swap, auto-ranging power supplies
  • Dual SCSI channels
  • Visual and audible fault indicators for temperature, power, or blower fault
  • Operating system independent

Ultra160
SCSI RAID

Ideal for desktop storage to mid-level enterprise storage applications

• audio
• broadcast
• pre-press
• compact servers
• high-speed backup
• data serving

       

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