Drive Storage; Dxi Usage Scenarios - Quantum DXi6900 User Manual

Chapter 1: System Description

Drive Storage

Figure 5: DXi6900 System
1. DXi6900 Node 2. Array Module (RBOD)/Expansion Module (EBOD)

Drive Storage

The DXi6900 system is based upon high speed disk drives instead of tape drives (see
page). The usable capacity is 17–510 TB.
The DXi6900-S system is based upon solid state drives in the Node (see
disk drives in the Array and Expansion Modules (see
544 TB.
The DXi6900 can present its drive storage using multiple protocols:
Virtual Tape Storage on page 28
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) on page 29
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OpenStorage (OST) on page 31
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By making use of high speed drives, the DXi6900 greatly reduces the time required for backup/restore
functions and improves confidence in completing the backup in the time allowed.

DXi Usage Scenarios

DXi storage presentations are optimized for backup usage rather than file sharing. Backup application
usage is typically characterized by:
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SDDs on page
HDDs on the next page). The usable capacity is 34–
HDDs on the next
27) and high speed
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