Comparison Of The Sun Storedge 3510 Fc Array And The Sun Storedge 3511 Sata Array - Sun Microsystems StorEdge3000 Series Manual

Comparison of the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array
and the Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA Array
Before installing and configuring your array, please review the key differences
between the
following list provides a comparison of the
StorEdge 3511 SATA array
Caution – Although the two products are very similar in appearance and setup, the
configurations have very important differences. While the StorEdge 3510 FC Array
can be used for all applications, its higher cost makes it a poor choice for certain
applications. The StorEdge 3511 SATA array should only be used where indicated
below. Its features are a subset of the StorEdge 3510 FC array's and therefore may
not be used everywhere the StorEdge 3510 FC array can be used. Using the StorEdge
3511 SATA array where a FC disk-based solution should be used may result in the
loss of data access or even, in extreme cases, data corruption.
Comparison of Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array and the Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA Array Features
TABLE 1
Applications
Disks
Maximum FC Host Ports per
I/O Controller Module
Maximum Number of
Expansion Units Connected
to a RAID Array
Sun StorEdge 3510 FC array and the Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA array
features.
Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array
Best suited for production
applications where the superior
features of FC technical
characteristics and performance
is a requirement. This includes
the below online applications:
• Database
• Decision Support
• Data warehousing
• Electronic commerce
• Enterprise resource planning
• Messaging, file and print
Fibre Channel disks:
36, 73, or 146 GB at 10k rpm
36 or 73 GB at 15k rpm
4
(one SFP port each for channels
0, 1, 4, and 5)
8
Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 and 3511 FC Arrays
Sun StorEdge 3510 FC array and the Sun
Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA Array
Best suited for an inexpensive secondary
storage application where higher capacity
drives are needed which are not mission-
critical, and where lower performance and
less than 7/24 availability is an option.
This includes the below near-line
applications:
• Information lifecycle management
• Content addressable storage
• Backup and restore
• Secondary SAN storage
• Near-line DAS storage
• Static reference data storage
SATA disks:
250 GB at 7200 rpm
6
(two SFP ports each for channels 1 and 0;
one SFP port each for channels 4 and 5)
5
. The
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