About This Manual
PixelStor 5000 User Manual
Rev. 1, May 2013
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The capacity of the PixelStor 5000 can be expanded by connecting multiple 2U/12 bay PixelStor
100e/312e or multiple PixelStor 324e 4U/24 bay expansion enclosures. The PixelStor
100e/312e is provided in single or dual controller configurations while the PS324e is a single
controller on product. The PixelStor 100e/312e enclosures can also be populated with 12 hot
plug SATAIII or SAS hard disk drives while the PS324e can be populated with 12 hot plug
SATAIII or SAS hard disk drives. These can be daisy chained to a PixelStor 5000 via fast 24
Gbps SAS connectors for low cost high performance scalability.
1.4
System Features
Figure 1-1 PixelStor 5000
Unparalleled Flexibility
– The PixelStor 5000 offers iSCSI SAN host connectivity within the
same box. This functionality makes the PixelStor 5000 one of the most flexible storage building
blocks on the market today. The flexibility inherent in the PixelStor 5000 allows customers to
address diverse needs in the storage space without the need for multiple specialized platforms.
Zero Down-Time Architecture
- In the PixelStor 5000, every active component, including
drives, controllers, fan trays, and power supplies, are hot swappable without interruption in
service or loss of data. Its active-active dual controllers, sophisticated mirrored and battery
backed cache and path failover capabilities give the PixelStor 5000 best-in-class system fault
