HP D6030A - NetServer - E50 Features And Benefits page 2

Product Brief
H P N e t S e r v e r N e t R A I D - 3 S i
A New Level of Performance for Flexible, Reliable Storage
Features
Easy To Manage
Graphical user interface
Integration with HP NetServer Assistant
and HP TopTools for Servers
Remote console monitoring
Configuration replication and storage on
disks
Maximum uptime and data protection
Seven RAID levels (0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50)
Online capacity expansion and RAID
level migration
Hot-spare disk drives
On-board tone generator
Battery backup for cache memory
Superior performance
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Ultra2 SCSI
Intel i960RD 66MHz Intelligent I/O
Processor
Custom ASIC
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Ultra2 SCSI drives and enclosures are required for operation in Ultra2 (LVD) SCSI mode.
Benefits
Easy, intuitive installation, array configuration, and
monitoring
Centralized event notification
Simplified management of all HP NetRAID-3Si adapters in
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Windows NT and Novell
Easy configuration of standardized servers
Increased fault tolerance
Higher performance for larger volumes
No need to back up and restore data to add capacity
RAID levels can be changed quickly to keep up with
requirements
Completely unattended rebuild of failed drives
Fewer drives required for maximum availability
Audible warning of disk status for prompt attention
Cache data protected in case of power loss
Increase maximum data transfer rates by 2x for internal
transfers and 4x for external transfers at a bus length of up
to 12 meters
One disk array controller supports both internal and
external disk drives
Configure for Ultra2 or single-ended SCSI operation
(one or the other)
Single-chipI O solution
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Accelerates data transfer and RAID parity generation
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NetWare servers
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