Interconnect; Storage - HP StorageWorks 1500cs - Modular Smart Array Manual

Interconnect

Table 2. SAN Fibre Channel infrastructure
Features
Number of ports
Per port line speed
Note 1: An external FC switch must be used. The MSA Fabric Switch 6 is not supported.
Note 2: Shaded areas represent hardware used in example technical blueprint configuration.

Storage

Table. 3. Disk storage
Features
Number of SATA disk drives
Maximum number of SATA disk drives
Total raw capacity
Note 1: Shaded areas represent hardware used in example technical blueprint configuration.
Note 2: One MSA1500 can support a total of eight single-bus MSA20 Serial ATA disk enclosures or four MSA30 single-
channel SCSI disk enclosures
Table 4. Tape storage
Features
Drive type
Number of drives
Number of slots
Maximum native storage capacity
Maximum native data transfer rate
Note 1: An EBS-supported MSL or ESL model tape library is used.
Note 2: Shaded areas represent hardware used in the example technical blueprint configuration.
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8
8
1.0625/2.125 Gb/s, Full Duplex
MSA1500 w/160-GB drives plus two
MSA20 Serial ATA disk enclosures
12
96
15.0 TB
HP StorageWorks MSL5026s2
tape library
SDLT
1 2
26
4.2 TB
16 MB/s 32 MB/s
57.6 GB/hr 115.2 GB/hr
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16
16
1.0625/2.125 Gb/s, Full Duplex
MSA1500 w/250-GB drives plus two
MSA20 Serial ATA disk enclosures
12
96
23.4 TB
HP StorageWorks MSL5030
tape library
LTO Ultrium
1 2
30
3.6 TB
15 MB/s 30 MB/s
54 GB/hr 108 GB/hr
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