Rack-Mount Enclosure houses up to 14 disk drives.
Press Release Summary:
TotalStorage® FAStT EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit supports up to 14 FAStT 250 GB SATA disk drive modules, offering up to 3.5 TB of capacity per enclosure. Coupled with FAStT900 Storage Server, it lets users configure RAID protected storage solutions up to 56 TB. This 3U, 19 in. enclosure offers redundant 2 Gbps Fibre Channel connections to FAStT Storage Servers and redundant, hot swappable power and cooling components.
Original Press Release:
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Disk Drive Enclosure for the FAStT Family Designed to Provide High Storage Capacity at Low Cost
At a glance
The IBM TotalStorage FAStT EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit offers:
o Support for up to 14 dual-ported FAStT 250 GB SATA disk drive modules
o Dual 2 Gbps Fibre Channel attachment to FAStT Storage Servers
o Up to 3.5 TB of capacity in a 3U, 19-inch, rack-mountable enclosure
o Redundant, hot swappable power and cooling components
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
Overview
For data archival, data reference, and near-line storage applications, the IBM TotalStorage® FAStT EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit is designed to enable the attachment of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) disk drives for the FAStT900 and FAStT600 Storage Servers. The new FAStT EXP100 is a rack-mountable enclosure that supports up to 14 of the new FAStT 250 GB SATA disk drive modules, offering up to 3.5 terabytes (TB) of capacity per enclosure. Coupled with the FAStT900 Storage Server, it allows you to configure RAID protected storage solutions of up to 56 TB, or up to 28 TB with the FAStT600, to help provide economical and scalable storage for your rapidly growing application needs for limited access, data reference capacity. The EXP100 utilizes SATA technology and is designed with redundant 2 Gbps Fibre Channel connections to the FAStT Storage Server, supporting increased reliability and performance as compared to older, nonredundant parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) products.
FAStT Storage Servers with EXP100 SATA disks build upon the highly successful and widely established base of FAStT Storage Servers. They can be added to storage area networks to satisfy the needs of various fixed content, data reference applications that require large amounts of storage capacity but do not have the high utilization and access characteristics satisfied by Fibre Channel disk drive storage. Users will continue to have the advantages of the FAStT Storage Manager's common, centralized management interface for handling both classes of storage needs.
Key prerequisites
The IBM TotalStorage FAStT EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit requires attachment to one of the following:
FAStT900 Storage Server
FAStT600 Storage Server
Supported operating environments include IBM pSeries® servers running AIX®, and IBM xSeries® or other Intel(TM)-based servers running Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM), or enterprise versions of Linux.
For availability dates, configuration options, supported server models, operating system levels, and attachment capabilities, refer to:
http://www.ibm.com/storage/fast900
http://www.ibm.com/storage/fast600
Planned availability date
December 19, 2003
Description
The IBM TotalStorage FAStT EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit is designed to provide an economical storage alternative for the FAStT900 and FAStT600 Storage Servers to meet the large capacity needs of data reference or fixed content types of applications. Using the lower cost SATA disk drives for applications that do not demand the performance and access intensity typically addressed with Fibre Channel disk drives, the EXP100 supports to up 14 FAStT 250 GB SATA disk drive modules (#4602), offering up to 3.5 TB of capacity per enclosure. The EXP100 includes two redundant power supplies, enabling support for dual power source configuration, and redundant cooling capabilities that are hot swappable, allowing concurrent maintenance operations. Each FAStT 250 GB SATA disk drive module is dual-ported and attaches to the two Fibre Channel loops of the FAStT Storage Servers, supporting continued data access should a single cable connection fail.
Up to 16 EXP100 Storage Expansion units can be attached to the FAStT900 Storage Server, providing a capacity of up to 56 TB. With the FAStT600 Storage Server, attachment of up to eight EXP100 Expansion Units is supported, providing up to 28 TB capacity. Internal disk drive modules within the FAStT600 Storage Server enclosure are not supported when attaching EXP100 Storage Expansion Units. The empty drive module fillers must be left in place to provide proper airflow and cooling to the FAStT600.
The FAStT EXP100 is a 3U, 19-inch rack-mountable enclosure that houses up to 14 FAStT SATA disk drive modules. Each EXP100 accommodates up to four short wave LC-type Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) GBICs (#2210). Depending upon the specific configuration and placement of the EXP100 with the FAStT system, the actual number of SFP GBICs required can vary from two to four. Two short wave fiber optic cables with LC-type connectors on each end are required to attach the EXP100 to the FAStT Storage Server or to another EXP100. These cables (#5601, #5605, and #5625) are available in several lengths. Included with the EXP100 are the rail mounting kit, two rack Power Distribution Unit power cords, and the option to order a pair of country-specific wall outlet power cords.
