Chapter 1 - Overview
The RAM-SANTMis a high-performance, multi-ported, solid-state disk. Memory capacity ranges from 16 gigabytes (GB) through 128 GB in 16 GB increments1. Memory is organized internally in 128-bit wide words and accessed via four parallel memory buses that can each sustain an aggregate bandwidth of up to 800 megabytes per second, giving a system bandwidth of up to 3.2 GB per second.
The RAM-SAN features up to fifteen Fibre Channel I/O ports, each of which can sustain up to 200 megabytes per second in full duplex mode. Multiple devices can access memory simultaneously at full speed, subject to the aggregate memory bus bandwidth limit. The RAM-SAN also features a management port that is used for system diagnostics, configuration, and monitoring.
The RAM-SAN 520 model also includes a hot swappable 2+1 redundant power configuration. Users should exercise caution when changing out the power supplies.
1One gigabyte is defined as 1,073,741,824 bytes.
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