Download Compaq StorageWorks XP12000 - Disk Array QuickSpecs

QuickSpecs
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Family
Product Highlights
EVA4000
Entry
yes
EVA6000
Mid/High
yes
EVA8000
Business Critical
yes
Application Environment
Local Data Replication -- HP StorageWorks
Business Copy EVA
Remote Data Replication -- HP StorageWorks
yes
yes
yes
Continuous Access EVA
Easy array management and configuration -up to 16 EVAs
up to 16 EVAs
up to 16 EVAs
HP StorageWorks Command View EVA
RAID supported
Vraid1, Vraid 0+1, Vraid5, Vraid1, Vraid 0+1, Vraid5, Vraid1, Vraid 0+1, Vraid5,
Cross Vraid
Cross Vraid
Cross Vraid
Cache (per controller pair)
4GB
4GB
8GB
Host Ports, (per controller pair)
4
4
8
Host Port Speed
2 or 4 Gb
2 or 4 Gb
2 or 4 Gb
Device Ports, (per controller pair)
4
4
8
Back-end switch (per array)
0
2
4
Device shelves
1 to 4
4 to 8
2 to 18
Drives per enclosure
14
14
14
Drive types (mixed in enclosure)
High Performance Fibre
High Performance Fibre
High Performance Fibre
Channel and Fibre Attached Channel and Fibre Attached Channel and Fibre Attached
Technology Adapted (FATA) Technology Adapted (FATA) Technology Adapted (FATA)
Supported disks, min-max
8 to 56
16 to 112
8 to 168 (one cabinet) up to
240 with utility cabinet
Capacity
.5 to 28TB
1.2 to 56TB
.5 to 120TB
I/O Requests per Second (IOPs)
141,000
141,000
>200,000
Maximum throughput (MB/s)**
335
650
1500
EVA Capabilities
Support for dual-ported 2 Gb/s FC disk drives and dual-ported Fibre Attached Technology
Adapted (FATA) drives
Support for Direct Attach connection to Windows servers without the need for SAN switches.
Support for integrated EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option direct for Windows and Linux or through the
SAN
Management of up to 1024 virtual disks (256 per HBA) ranging in size from 1 GB to 2 TB per
Virtual disk, in 1GB increments.
Dynamic capacity expansion (in 1 GB increments).
NOTE: Requires Host Operating System Support.
Virtual disk data load leveling (non-disruptive background activity)
Distributed sparing of disk capacity.
Support for HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA remote replication (synchronous and
asynchronous).
Support for HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA (Snapshot, and Vsnap, Snapclone and Cross
Vraid snapshots and Snapclone).
Dual redundant controller operation for increased fault tolerance.
Multiple Bus Failover Support using industry popular multiple path software. NOTE: Requires
native OS multi-pathing support
Battery-Back-Up for controller cache memory
Asynchronous Disk Swap (hot swap)
Clustered Server Support
Mirrored Write-Back Cache Support
Read-Ahead and Adaptive Read Caching Support
Virtual RAID Arrays (Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid5, Vraid 0+1)
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North America — Version 2 — April 3, 2006
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