DEC-StorageWorksMultivendorRAID-Array

This document describes StorageWorks Multivendor RAID Array Subsystems, designed to provide continuous, quick, and reliable access to mission-critical business data.

Key features and benefits include:

• Continuous Data Availability: Achieved through redundant controllers, hot-swappable components and drives, hot spares, and support for various RAID levels (0, 1, 0+1, 5, and the innovative Adaptive 3/5).
• Performance Enhancement: Controller-based RAID frees up the CPU, while disk mirroring, parity RAID, disk striping, and battery-protected write-back cache boost application performance and I/O response times. Adaptive 3/5 RAID dynamically adjusts to workload changes for optimal performance.
• Multi-Platform Support: Tested and supported across a wide range of operating systems and hardware environments, including UNIX® (HP-UX, IBM AIX, SunOS, Solaris, Digital UNIX), Windows NT, and Novell NetWare.
• Ease of Use: Features user-selectable RAID levels, simple configuration, and user-friendly GUIs.
• Investment Protection: A modular design allows for scalability, enabling users to add drives as needed, and universal StorageWorks disk drives are transferable between subsystems.
• Product Range:
  • RAID Array 410: Ideal for mission-critical, large data center environments, supporting up to 100GB (or multi-terabyte rackmount) with dual-redundant controllers.
  • RAID Array 310: An economical solution for medium-sized departments or large workgroups, supporting 10 to 60GB.
  • RAID Array 230 (and 210): Award-winning systems for small to midsize departments and workgroups, offering excellent performance and ease of use.

The subsystems leverage intelligent controllers that integrate industry-standard SCSI-2 devices, providing comprehensive data management and protection.