Sun StorEdge 9980 Data System Support Expertise

Independent Sun StorEdge 9980 Data System Support Expertise



Sun StorEdge 9980 Data SystemThe Sun StorEdge 9980 is a multi-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 9980 provides up to 74.7TB of raw capacity, up to 15GB/sec bandwidth, and up to 32 direct host connections (over 4000 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

  • Data Cache Maximum : 64 GB
  • Data Cache Minimum : 4 GB
  • Data Cache Increments : 4 GB
  • Control Memory : Up to 3GB
  • Logical Device Support : Up to 8,192
 

Capacity And Performance

  • From 5 to 1024 disk drives available
  • 16 hot spare disk bays (Maximum)
  • 74.7TB of raw capacity per subsystem
  • A maximum of 64.3TB of RAID 5 capacity (Open systems)
  • A maximum of 61.1TB of RAID 5 capacity (S/390 compatible)
  • A maximum of 37.0TB of RAID 1+ capacity (Open systems)
  • A maximum of 34.6TB of RAID 1+ capacity (S/390 compatible)
 

Interfaces

  • Fibre Channel
  • ESCON
  • FICON
 

Array Control Processor

  • Number of ACP pairs : 1 or 4
  • Disks per ACP pair : Up to 256
 

Bandwidth

  • Per fully configured system : 15GB/sec