Sun StorEdge 9970 Data System Support Expertise

Independent Sun StorEdge 9970 Data System Support Expertise



Sun StorEdge 9970 Data SystemThe Sun StorEdge 9970 is a single cabinet scalable solution which can interoperate easily with existing storage solutions. It allows massive storage expansion for the largest enterprise applications and large scale consolidation.
The StorEdge 9970 provides up to 9.3TB of raw capacity, up to 7.5GB/sec maximum bandwidth, and up to 24 direct host connections (over 3000 in a SAN) supporting FC, ESCON and FICON. The primary use is data consolidation and sharing between multiple disparate open systems and mainframe hosts.

Standard Interfaces

  • Control Memory : Up to 3GB
  • Increments : 2GB
  • Minimum : 2 GB
  • Maximum : 32GB
  • Logical Device Support : Up to 8,192
 

Capacity And Performance

  • From 5 to 128 disk drives available
  • 4 hot spare disk bays (Maximum)
  • 9.3TB of raw capacity per subsystem
  • A maximum of 6.8TB of RAID 5 capacity (Open systems)
  • A maximum of 4.6TB of RAID 5 capacity (S/390 compatible)
  • A maximum of 4.5TB of RAID 1+ capacity (Open systems)
  • A maximum of 4.2TB of RAID 1+ capacity (S/390 compatible)
 

Interfaces

  • Fibre Channel
  • ESCON
  • FICON
 

Array Control Processor

  • Number of ACP pairs : 1 or 2
  • Disks per ACP pair : Up to 128
 

Bandwidth

  • Per fully configured system : 7.5GB/sec