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Glossary
AC
AC stands for alternating current. AC power is supplied to the computer
through an electrical outlet.
Active/Active Cluster A pair of identical high availability servers that offer NAS services to
client communities. In the event of a failure, the surviving server takes on the
services and client community of its failed peer.
Array
The entire storage system consisting of Sun StorEdge 5300 RAID EU controller
enclosures and connected Sun StorEdge 5300 EU expansion enclosures. An
array must contain all fibre channel or all SATA storage. A dual array system
can contain one fibre channel array and one SATA array.
AWG
American Wire Gauge: used to measure thickness of wire.
Cluster
A pair of identical servers providing redundant high availability NAS services
via failover protection.
Controller enclosure The Sun StorEdge 5300 RAID EU which contains two array
controllers. Sometimes referred to as "controller tray."
Configuration The manner in which the software and hardware of an information
processing system are organized and interconnected. (2) The physical and
logical arrangement of programs and devices that make up a data processing
system. (3) The devices and programs that make up a system, subsystem or
network.
DC
DC stands for direct current. DC power is typically supplied through a DC
adapter or battery.
Driver
A software program that enables a computer to communicate with a peripheral
device. Examples include a SCSI driver, a CD–ROM driver and printer drivers.
A reference to the Sun StorEdge 5310 Cluster system which consists of a pair of
Dual-head
identical servers or "heads."
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