The enclosures can be connected in a fully redundant manner, which provides a very high level of availability. On the host side FC connections, you can use up to four
This allows you to establish up to eight host connections without needing an external hub or a switch. For performance and availability, each RAID controller unit contains 256 MB of
The IBM TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server
The FAStT700 Storage Server is the newest addition to the FAStT range of products. As with the FAStT 500 Storage Server, you would typically implement the FAStT 700 Storage Server in
It is the same physical size as the FAStT500 with new higher performance controllers. These new controllers are 2 Gbps and connect via
Like the FAStT500 it attaches to up to 220 FC disks via 22 EXP500 expansion units or up to 224 FC disks via 16 EXP700 expansion units to provide scalability for easy growth (18 GB up to 16 TB using 73 GB drives). To avoid single points of failure, it also features dual
Using the new FAStT Storage Manager Version 8.21, it supports FlashCopy, Dynamic Volume Expansion and Remote Mirroring with
Note: The FAStT700 is currently the only certified storage solution for the x440 in the
Additional information on the entire range of FAStT storage solutions can be found at:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/disk/fastt/index.html
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