Three disk enclosure configurations – HP Surestore Disk Array 12h and FC60 User Manual

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84 Recommended Disk Array Configurations

Three Disk Enclosure Configurations

High Availability/ High Performance

Hardware Configuration
– Two disk array controllers connected directly to host Fibre Channel adapters
– Three disk enclosures with ten 73 GByte disks each (30 disks total)
– Disk enclosures configured for split-bus mode (two SCSI channels per enclosure)

LUN Configuration
– 15 RAID 1 LUNs, each comprising two disks (1+1)
– Each disk in a LUN is in a separate enclosure

High Availability
– Handles a single disk failure, a single controller, a single channel, single BCC, or a

single disk enclosure failure

– Expansion requires powering down the disk array, recabling the array to a full bus

configuration, rebinding the LUNs, and restoring all data

Disk Capacity
– Maximum capacity 2190 GBytes
– Usable capacity 1095 GBytes

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