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GB Gigabyte. A unit of measurement defining either:
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See also GBps.
Gbps Gigabits per second. A measurement of the rate at which the transfer of bits of
data occurs. Nominally, a Gb is a transfer rate of 1,000,000,000 (10
per second.
See also Gb.
GBps Gigabytes per second. A measurement of the rate at which the transfer of bytes
of data occurs. A GBps is a transfer rate of 1,000,000,000 (10
second.
See also GB.
Giga (G)
The notation to represent 10
gigabaud
An encoded bit transmission rate of one billion (10
gigabit See Gb.
gigabit per second See Gbps.
graphical user See GUI.
interface
GUI Graphical User Interface. Software that displays the status of a storage system
and allows its user to control the storage system.
HBA Host Bus Adapter.
See also FCA.
host A computer that runs user applications and uses (or can potentially use) one or
more virtual disks created and presented by the controller pair.
Host Bus Adapter See FCA.
host computer See host.
host link indicator The HSV Controller display that indicates the status of the storage system Fibre
Channel links.
host ports A connection point to one or more hosts through a Fibre Channel fabric. A host
is a computer that runs user applications and that uses (or can potentially use)
one or more of the virtual disks that are created and presented by the controller
pair.
host-side ports See
hot-pluggable A method of element replacement whereby the complete system remains
operational during element removal or insertion. Replacement does not interrupt
data transfers to other elements.
hub A communications infrastructure device to which nodes on a multi-point bus or
loop are physically connected. It is used to improve the manageability of physical
cables.
A data transfer rate.
A storage or memory capacity of 1,073,741,824 (2
host ports.
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