Introduction To The Tp9400; System Features - Silicon Graphics TP9400 RAID Owner's Manual

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System Features

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Chapter 1

Introduction to the TP9400

This chapter describes the TP9400 and gives an overview of the primary components of
the system.
The Total Performance 9400 (TP9400) is a rack-mounted RAID high bandwidth, highly
available, Fibre Channel storage subsystem.
The TP9400 has the following features:
• Outstanding performance, utilizing multi-channel end-to-end Fibre Channel
technology.
• Continuous availability, with constant monitoring and optional redundancy of all
active components.
• Dynamic scalability making it easy to grow all subsystem resources without
disruption.
• Superior connectivity allowing simultaneous connection to multiple servers
directly or by way of Storage Area Networks. Supports optical host connections.
• Vast storage capacity, maximizing storage density per square foot.
• Storage management facilities for installation, configuration, expansion, and
monitoring.
• Controller enclosure(s) and drive enclosure(s) with redundant power supplies and
hot-swappable components.
• Configurable to meet customer performance requirements.
• Supports as many as 110 drives.
RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 support for LUNs containing n+1 drives (n ≤ 29).
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• Battery backup for cache data — 3 days (72 hours) for 1 GB interface controllers and
7 days (168 hours) for 2 GB controller models.
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