Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 and 3511 FC Arrays
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Capacities can be as large as:
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Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array.
1.75 Tbyte with twelve 146-Gbyte disks
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Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA Array.
3.00 Tbyte with twelve 250-Gbyte disks
Additional storage capacity can be dynamically created, starting with a system with
five disks and then adding one or more disks. Expansion units can be dynamically
added to base systems when more storage capacity is required than a single Sun
StorEdge 3500 series array can provide.
Note –
Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Arrays can only be connected with Sun StorEdge 3510
FC Expansion Units. Similarly, Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA arrays can only be
connected with Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA expansion units. Arrays and expansion
units for the two systems can not be mixed.
Sun StorEdge 3500 series arrays remain single storage systems as expansion units are
added, even though there are multiple interconnected physical units. Expansion
units simply add bays to base units to increase the total number of disks that can be
supported. A fully configured system can support:
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Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array.
Using one base unit and eight expansion units (108
disks) with 146-Gbyte disks, a maximum of storage capacity of 15.668 Tbyte.
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Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA Array.
Using one base unit and five expansion units (72
disks) with 250-Gbyte disks, a maximum storage capacity of 16 Tbyte.
FIGURE 3
Increasing Capacity
Scalability
Scalability
Up to 12 disks
Up to 24 disks
Up to 36 disks
Up to 48 disks
Up to 60 disks
Up to 72 disks
