
Recommended Disk Array Configurations
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Recommended Disk Array Configurations
This section presents recommended configurations for disk arrays using one to six disk
enclosures. Configurations are provided for achieving high availability/high performance,
and maximum capacity. The configuration recommended by Hewlett-Packard is the high
availability/ high performance configuration, which is used for factory assembled disk
arrays (A5277AZ). The configurations identify the number of disk enclosures, cable
connections, disk enclosure bus modes, RAID level, and LUN structure.
Most of the configurations offer the highest level of availability, which means they are
capable of surviving the failure of a single disk (provided LUNs are created with one disk
module per disk enclosure), SCSI channel, disk enclosure, or controller module. The only
configurations that do not offer the highest level of availability are the single disk enclosure
configuration, and the two enclosure high capacity configuration. These configurations
cannot survive the failure of an entire disk enclosure, so they should not be used in
environments where high availability is critical.
The configurations list maximum disk capacity and usable disk capacity (with ten disk
modules installed). Configurations based on RAID 1 have less usable disk capacity than
RAID 5, but I/O performance is optimized when using RAID 1. Although the recommended
configurations presented here all contain ten disk modules, a disk enclosure can contain
four, eight, or ten disk modules.
Note
The terms “LUN” and “volume group” are used interchangeably in the text and
figures in this section.
Configuration Considerations
The following factors should be considered when using any of the recommended
configurations.
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Multiple Hosts - A single host system is shown, but configurations can be adapted to
create multi-host, high availability systems. For more information on using multiple
hosts, see
"Topologies for HP-UX" on page 102
or
"Topologies for Windows NT and
Windows 2000" on page 131
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Summary of Contents for Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60
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Page 36: ...36 Array Controller Enclosure Components Figure 9 Controller Enclosure Front View ...
Page 41: ...Array Controller Enclosure Components 41 Product Description Figure 13 Controller Fan Module ...
Page 44: ...44 Array Controller Enclosure Components Figure 15 Power Supply Fan Module ...
Page 68: ...68 Capacity Management Features ...
Page 117: ...Topologies for HP UX 117 Topology and Array Planning Figure 39 High Availability Topology ...
Page 122: ...122 Topologies for HP UX Figure 40 High Availability Distance and Capacity Topology ...
Page 126: ...126 Topologies for HP UX Figure 41 Campus Topology ...
Page 130: ...130 Topologies for HP UX Figure 43 Four Hosts Connected to Cascaded Switches ...
Page 142: ...142 Topologies for Windows NT and Windows 2000 ...
Page 158: ...158 Installing the Disk Array FC60 Figure 54 Enclosure EIA Positions for System E Racks ...
Page 161: ...Installing the Disk Enclosures 161 Installation Figure 56 Disk Enclosure Contents ...
Page 172: ...172 Installing the Controller Figure 62 Controller Enclosure Package Contents ...
Page 174: ...174 Installing the Controller Figure 63 Mounting the Controller Enclosure ...
Page 234: ...234 Adding Disk Enclosures to Increase Capacity ...
Page 274: ...274 Managing the Disk Array Using SAM Unassigned disks selected as hot spares ...
Page 345: ...HP UX Diagnostic Tools 345 5 HP UX DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS Overview 346 Support Tools Manager 347 ...
Page 350: ...350 Support Tools Manager Figure 90 mstm Interface Main Window ...
Page 358: ...358 Support Tools Manager ...
Page 440: ...440 FCC Statements USA Only ...
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