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FATA Drive Support
FATA Drive SupportFATA Drive Support
FATA Drive Support The EVA supports 1TB dual ported 4 Gb/s Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) disk. An EVA will
support a full configuration of FATA disk drives. The EVA4400 Starter Kits and the, EVA4400 can be
configured with any combination of FATA and high performance disk drives; total raw capacity will vary
based upon the redundancy (Vraid) selected. A minimum of eight FATA drives are required in a
configuration.
FATA drives are designed for lower duty cycle applications such as near on-line data replication for
back-up. These drives should not be used as a replacement for EVA's high performance, standard duty
cycle, Fibre Channel drives. Doing so could shorten the life of the drive.
FATA drives are not recommended in Continuous Access applications as the remote storage location for
local data residing on standard higher speed disk drives. Continuous Access tends to perform fairly high
duty cycle random writes to the remote disk array. Matching remote FATA drives with local FC drives will
impact the performance of your application, and will adversely impact the reliability of the FATA drives.
Fibre Channel Technology
Fibre Channel TechnologyFibre Channel Technology
Fibre Channel Technology The EVA4400 models are 4Gb/s FC Switched Fabric enabled and are compatible with 8Gb/s, 4Gb/s or
2Gb/s FC Switched Fabric SANs with XCS V9.5. They can co-exist in the same FC SAN with
EVA3000/5000 or EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 FC storage solutions and many other SAN devices. The
EVA4400 with embedded switch model is 8Gb/s FC ready with XCS V9.5. The embedded switch is an
8Gb/s, 10 port B-series SAN switch for a total of 20 ports per controller enclosure. It supports N_port_ID
virtualization (NPIV), required for HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Fibre Channel module
connectivity
The EVA4400 takes advantage of the benefits of Fibre Channel (FC) in distance, performance and
connectivity. The use of optical Fibre cabling allows distances between connected segments of a SAN to
be up to 500 meters @ 1 Gb/s; 300 meters @ 2 Gb/s using short wave multi-mode, 150 meters @ 4
Gb/s and up to 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) @ 1 Gb/s when using long wave cable. Storage Area
Networks (SANs) can be constructed using FC switches/directors for fabric connectivity. HP StorageWorks
SAN B-series and C-series switches and directors provide exceptional connectivity while increasing the
effective bandwidth of the network. Supported SAN features include Zoning for communication isolation
and Inter-Switch Links (hops) up to 10 km.
For more information on specific support specifications see the following SAN Infrastructure URL:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html
Transfer Speeds
Transfer SpeedsTransfer Speeds
Transfer Speeds The EVA4400 Starter Kits and EVA4400 have two FC host ports per HSV300 controller; four for a
controller pair. Each controller-to-host interface is 4 Gb/s. The HSV300 controllers are compatible with 2
Gb/s and 4Gb/s FC switches, HBAs, servers and other storage solutions.
Each EVA controller pair interfaces with the M6412A drive enclosures. With 2 device ports per controller
and dual FC I/O modules per drive enclosure, each controller has two connections to each FC drive A
and B port. So each controller has a redundant path to each drive.
Easy Installation
Easy InstallationEasy Installation
Easy Installation The EVA4400 can ship from the factory fully configured. After unpacking, it can be plugged into power
sources, connected to the FC SAN, enabled and configured using HP SmartStart for EVA Storage and
Command View EVA and it is ready for use. Installation and start-up services are not required but are
available separately.
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HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter
HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array StarterHP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter
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