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FIBRE-to-SAS/SATA RAID SUBSYSTEM
Chapter 1 Introduction
The RAID Subsystem
The RAID subsystem is a very versatile SAS/SATA II Disk Array system, ideal for
midrange and high capacity storage in Windows environments. Based on 4Gb dual
Fibre Channel host interfaces, the subsystem supports the choice of SAS (Serial
Attached SCSI), and SATA II (Serial ATA) drive configurations to deliver a system
bandwidth of up to 700MB/sec.
The ability to mix SAS and SATA drives allows the RAID subsystem to be used for a
range of applications that require different price/performance characteristics. Cost-
effective SATA drives can be selected for capacity oriented storage such as disk-to-
disk backup and the storage of reference data. Higher specification SAS drives can
be employed for I/O intensive applications including transactional databases.
Hosting multiple tiers of data in the RAID subsystem configuration gives
organizations the flexibility to meet both their technical requirements and
budgetary constraints with a single unified solution.
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