Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000
Chapter Outline
Standard configuration disk drive array
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Benefits
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Optional user-defined drive configurations
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Drive organization: logical, physical, SCSI, and raid
Role of the Mylex Global Server and Client Array Manager
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Best practices, notes, warnings, and cautions
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If you need additional information on disk and RAID arrays, see Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk
Array RAID Concepts on page 254.
Standard Disk Array Configuration
A fully equipped Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 consists of a Base Unit and two Expansion
Unit equipment shelves. Each shelf is filled with 12 hard disk drives for a maximum system
configuration of 36 hard disk drives. Depending on the type of drive used and the RAID
configuration of the system, storage capacities starting at over 5 Terabytes (Tbytes) can be
obtained.
Use the web user interface to find you system's exact capacity and current disk space
utilization.
To see total system space and total space used
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Log into the system.
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