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Chapter 2: Hardware Overview
StorNext M660 Components
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StorNext M660 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide
Figure 1
shows the StorNext M660 Base System with optional expansion
unit.
Figure 1 StorNext M660
Base
System Components (Front)
StorNext M660 MDC
Nodes
The two StorNext M660 MDC Nodes are servers that provide storage
and control for the StorNext M660 platform software (host OS and
StorNext software). The MDC Nodes contain redundant hard drives in a
RAID 1 configuration, ensuring high availability of the system software.