HP P6000 SmartStart User Guide (Windows) (T5494-96559, October 2012)

most HP P6000 models, the online disk type consists of Fibre Channel physical disks. In some
models, the online disk type consists of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) physical disks.
• Near-online. The near-online disk type is available in some HP P6000 models and provides
second tier performance and reliability. All physical disks in the near-online disk type are
lower cost Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) disks.
• Solid State Drive (SSD). The solid state drive disk type is available in some HP P6000 models
and provides high performance and reliability. All physical disks in this disk type are Fibre
Channel solid state drives.
Disk type support varies with controller software versions. The following tables summarize support
and typical uses.
Solid State DriveNear-onlineOnlineDisk type name:
XCS 10000000
XCS 0952x–0953x
–XCS 090x–09501x
–
XCS 5x and 6x
VCS 3x and 4x
Typical uses
Physical disk type
Disk group
disk type Backup *
HighFrequentDisaster
performancefile accesstolerance
–Fibre Channel
and SAS
Online
–––FATANear-online
–Solid state
(Fibre Channel)
Solid state
drive
* Disk to tape backup, disk to disk backup, and backup for virus recovery
Disk group type
Disk group types, basic or enhanced, vary with controller software versions. The basic type does
not support Vraid6 redundancy. The enhanced type supports Vraid6 redundancy. The following
table summarizes support.
RemarksEnhanced
type
Basic
type
Controller
software
Disk groups are created as the enhanced type.
HP P6000 Command View does not indicate
the type (enhanced is assumed).
–XCS 10000000
Disk groups can be created as basic or
enhanced types. The enhanced type is the
XCS
0952x–0953x
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