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To: J Fieb who wrote (28812)	8/17/2001 12:29:55 PM
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From Digidata site....Lots of configurations.... digidata.com Fibre Sabre 2300 Click here for more configurations Digi-Data Corporation, a leading manufacturer of computer storage solutions since 1960, is proud to announce the Fibre Sabre 2300 RAID system. Its unique combination of design features enables the Fibre Sabre 2300 to sustain disk transfers faster than 160 MB/second with just five disks (including parity). Manufactured by Digi-Data at its Jessup, Maryland headquarters, the Fibre Sabre 2300 provides industry-leading performance, superior reliability and data availability, and generous configurability for demanding direct attached storage and Storage Area Network applications, including: Video editing, video broadcast, video on demand Streaming media applications Image and document storage and management Continuous data recording Geophysical data processing Digital prepress and printing File server and network attached storage in LAN/SAN environments Data base, data warehousing, and data mining Financial information systems Superior Performance 2-gigabit/second (200 MB/sec) Fibre Channel interface High-speed 64-bit internal memory architecture Six high-speed disk channels 10,000 and 15,000 RPM disk drives Zero-overhead real-time hardware parity generation for fast write speeds True RAID 3 architecture for demanding throughput applications Superior reliability Key locked hot swappable disk drives Redundant hot swappable power supplies and fans Disk channel dedicated to global hot spare disk drives Local audible and visual fault indicators Remote monitoring and e-mail notification Superior Configurability Array sizes to more than 10 TB Fibre Channel: Switched Fabric, Arbitrated Loop, and point to point interfaces SAN and direct connect configurations Standard 19" rackmount components Configurable from 5 to 90 disks Superior Data Availability Automatic detection of failed disks Seamless operation after failure of a disk or a disk channel, with no performance degradation Zero-overhead real-time hardware regeneration of data that was on a disk that failed Automatic background reconstruction of data from failed disk onto global hot spare disk, with user selectable reconstruction priority Redundant dual controller configuration support Data scrubbing - Automatic scheduled background verification of LUNs Hardware Features Packaging: Standard 19 inch rackmount enclosures, steel construction Host Interface: 2-gigabit Fibre Channel supporting Switched Fabric, Arbitrated Loop, and point-to-point topologies Fiber optic cable interface standard Disk Storage Capacity: Usable storage to more than 10 TB 36, 73, and 181 GB disks 15000, 10000, 7200 RPM disks Internal Architecture High-speed memory architecture with 256 MB cache, parity protected 6-channel disk interface architecture with hardware redundancy Simultaneous disk accesses to data and parity disks Interfaces: Audible and visual system status indication Front panel VFD with pushbuttons RS-232 interface for local communication Optional Ethernet interface for remote communication Firmware Features RAID Levels: 0, 3, 5 configurable by LUN Data Caching: Read-ahead, write-through, and write-back options, configurable on LUN basis Enhanced Duchesninan caching algorithms Cache Configurability: Look-ahead size Cluster size Write-back cache allocation LUN allocation weights World Wide Number / LUN masking limits access to LUNs based on the World Wide Numbers of the host computers Logical Units: Supports multiple logical units Regular LUNs, sub LUNs, and super LUNs Expansion: Dynamic online expansion of logical units when adding disks Interfaces: ARMOR - graphical user interface NETMONITOR - Remote network management and e-mail notification through optional Ethernet Environmental Requirements Input Power: 110 or 220 V, 50/60 Hz autoranging Operating Temperature Range: 5° C to 55° C (41° F to 131° F) Specifications subject to change without notice. Sales and Information: For more information about Digi-Data Fibre Sabre 2300 Family RAID Controllers or other Digi-Data products, please contact Sales Manager Kent Morris. Tel: (301) 498-0200 x242 Fax: (301) 498-0771 email: sales@digidata.com