Figure 22 Flexible Tier - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX S5 Series Design Manual

2. Basic Functions
Operations Optimization (Virtualization/Automated Storage Tiering)
Figure 22 Flexible Tier
Management server
Flexible Tier uses pools configured with multiple RAID groups (Flexible Tier Sub Pools: FTSP) and larger pools
(Flexible Tier Pools: FTRP) comprised of FTSP layers. Volumes used by Flexible Tier are referred to as Flexible Tier
Volumes (FTV).
Settings and operation management for the Flexible Tier function are performed with ETERNUS SF Storage
Cruiser. For more details, refer to "ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for Optimization Option".
Monitors the data access frequency
ETERNUS SF
Storage Cruiser
Access frequency
High
Low
Work volume
and optimizes performance
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ETERNUS DX
High speed SSDs
High speed SAS disks
Large capacity,
low-cost
Nearline SAS disks
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