HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 (MSA1000)

The MSA1000 disk array keeps the test data (application data). It is composed of 14 x 146 GB 10K rpm disks in an enclosure and driven by a MSA1000 controller with 4 Ultra3 SCSI (160 MB/s per channel) interfaces. The array is connected to the server by a single 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel link.

The disk enclosure is configured as 1 logical disk array with 14 disks.

Figure 16. HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 (MSA1000) Logical Array Configuration

8 LUNs protected by RAID 1+0 are distributed across all 14 disks (only LUNs 1-4 will be utilized for tests) as shown in the next figure.

Figure 17. HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 (MSA1000) Logical Drive Configuration

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