Altevo FS4500/FS4100

A
Altevo FS4500/FS4100
Cost-effective, scalable
Fiber Channel to SATA RAID solution
eSlim Korea Storage Product Series
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AGENDA
1. Product Overview
2. Component Details
3. Architecture
4. Configurations
5. Performance
2
Product Overview
ESLIM
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KOREA
INC
Product Overview – Front & Rear View
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9
6
3
11
8
5
2
10
7
4
1
2U Height
APC Modules
(Advanced Power & Cooling )
RAID I/O Modules
ES Module
(Environmental Services )
JBOD I/O Modules
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Product Highlights
FS-4500 RAID
--Dual
Dualactive,
active,failover/failback
failover/failback레이드
레이드컨트롤러
컨트롤러
provide
up
to
48,000
I/Os
and
385MByte/sec
provide up to 48,000 I/Os and 385MByte/sec
--No
NoSingle
Singlepoint
pointofoffailure
failurewith
withredundant,
redundant,
hot-swappable
components
hot-swappable components
--최대
최대96개의
96개의드라이브
드라이브탑재,
탑재,24TB
24TB공간지원,
공간지원,
랙마운트(Rackmount)
또는
페데스탈(Pedestal)
랙마운트(Rackmount) 또는 페데스탈(Pedestal)구성
구성
--각
각드라이브의
드라이브의듀얼
듀얼포트
포트엑세스를
엑세스를위해
위해독립적으로
독립적으로
고안된
Mutliplexor
Technology
고안된 Mutliplexor Technology
--직관적
직관적및
및편의성이
편의성이돋보이는
돋보이는RAIDWatch
RAIDWatch매니지먼트
매니지먼트
소프트웨어
소프트웨어
--추후
추후3Gb
3GbSATA를
SATA를지원하는
지원하는Midplane
Midplane
--비용
효율이
높은
싱글
컨트롤러
비용 효율이 높은 싱글 컨트롤러또는
또는안정성
안정성및
및
고가용성을
고가용성을 위한
위한듀얼
듀얼 컨트롤러
컨트롤러구성
구성
--컨트롤러당
최대
1GB의
캐시
메모리
컨트롤러당 최대 1GB의 캐시 메모리지원
지원
((Total
Total2GB
2GB))
--컨트롤러당
컨트롤러당2개의
2개의호스트
호스트포트,
포트,시리얼,
시리얼,이더넷,
이더넷,
확장포트
확장포트지원
지원
5
FS-4100 JBOD
--Dual
Dualactive,
active,failover/failback
failover/failback지능형
지능형컨트롤러
컨트롤러
provide
up
to
350MByte/sec
provide up to 350MByte/sec
--No
NoSingle
Singlepoint
pointofoffailure
failurewith
withredundant,
redundant,
hot-swappable
components
hot-swappable components
--최대
최대96개의
96개의드라이브
드라이브탑재,
탑재,24TB
24TB공간지원,
공간지원,
랙마운트(Rackmount)
또는
페데스탈(Pedestal)
랙마운트(Rackmount) 또는 페데스탈(Pedestal)구성
구성
--각
각드라이브의
드라이브의듀얼
듀얼포트
포트엑세스를
엑세스를위해
위해독립적으로
독립적으로
고안된
Mutliplexor
Technology
고안된 Mutliplexor Technology
--직관적
직관적및
및편의성이
편의성이돋보이는
돋보이는매니지먼트
매니지먼트소프트웨어,
소프트웨어,
Storage
Examiner
Storage Examiner
--추후
추후3Gb
3GbSATA를
SATA를지원하는
지원하는Midplane
Midplane
--비용
효율이
높은
싱글
컨트롤러
비용 효율이 높은 싱글 컨트롤러또는
또는안정성
안정성및
및
고가용성을
고가용성을 위한
위한듀얼
듀얼 컨트롤러
컨트롤러구성
구성
--유연한
구성을
위해
컨트롤러당
4개의
유연한 구성을 위해 컨트롤러당 4개의SFP
SFP커넥션
커넥션
--독립형
독립형JBOD
JBOD또는
또는FS4500
FS4500FC-to-SATA
FC-to-SATARAID의
RAID의
확장형
JBOD
구성
확장형 JBOD 구성
Technical Specifications
FS-4500 System
( Ordering Part Number : FS4500SR-AC )
Host
HostInterface
Interface
--One
or
One ortwo
twoFiber
FiberChannel
Channelcontrollers
controllers; ;
each
eachcontroller
controllersupports
supportsdual
dualoptical
opticalor
orcopper
copper(SFP)
(SFP)
connections,
connections,200MB/s
200MB/seach
each(400MB/s
(400MB/stotal)
total)
--Serial
(RS232)
port,
Ethernet
port,
Serial (RS232) port, Ethernet port,
copper
copperor
oroptical
optical(SFP)
(SFP)expansion
expansionport
port
Disk
DiskDrive
DriveInterface
Interface
--Independent
Independent150MB/s
150MB/spoint-to-point
point-to-pointconnections
connectionstoto
each
eachSATA
SATAdisk
diskdrive
drivewith
withdual
dualport
portaccess
accessand
and
failover
failoverby
byeach
eachcontroller
controllertotoeach
eachdrive
drive
Measured
MeasuredPerformance
Performance((Dual
DualControllers,
Controllers,RAID-5
RAID-5))
--Up
Uptoto385MB/s
385MB/s(sustained
(sustainedreads),
reads),
48,000
I/Os
(cached
reads)
48,000 I/Os (cached reads)
RAID
RAIDController
ControllerSpecifications
Specifications
--PowerPC
750
667
PowerPC 750 667MHz
MHzRISC
RISCprocessor
processor
--Hardware
XOR
Hardware XOR
--Up
Uptoto1GB
1GBMemory
Memoryper
percontroller
controller
--4MNB
flash
memory
4MNB flash memory
--ECC
ECCmemory
memorysupport
support
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Controller
ControllerFeatures
Features
--Dual
active
Dual activewith
withautomatic,
automatic,transparent
transparentfailover/failback
failover/failback
--Auto-negotiate
speeds
Auto-negotiate speeds
--In-band
In-bandand
andout-of-band
out-of-bandmanagement
management
--Replacement
Replacementcontroller
controllerreflashes
reflashesFW
FWtotomatch
matchpeer
peer
controller
controller
--Selective
SelectiveLUN
LUNdeletion
deletion
--LUN
LUNMasking
Masking––up
upto
to128
128LUNs
LUNsand
and1024
1024host
hostports
ports
supported
supported
--F_port
F_portand
andFL_port
FL_portsupport
support
--Cache
Cachecoherency
coherency
--Battery
protected
Battery protectedmirrored
mirroredwrite
writecache
cache
--Write
through,
write
back,
or
read-ahead
Write through, write back, or read-aheadcache
cachesupport
support
per
perlogical
logicaldrive
drive
--Variable
cache
Variable cacheline
linesize
sizeand
andstripe
stripesize
size
--Dedicated
controller-to
controller
communication
Dedicated controller-to controller communicationpath
path
--Background
disk
scrubbing
and
data
integrity
checking
Background disk scrubbing and data integrity checking
--Concurrent
ConcurrentRAID
RAIDlevel
levelsupport
support––0~5,
0~5,10,
10,30,
30,50
50
--Each
logical
drive
can
have
an
independent
RAID
Each logical drive can have an independent RAIDlevel
level
--On-line
RAID
group
expansion/partitioning
On-line RAID group expansion/partitioning
--Up
Uptoto32MB
32MBI/O
I/Orequest
requestsizes
sizes
--Global
hot
spare
drives
assign
Global hot spare drives assignaaspare
sparetotoaaspecified
specifiedLUN
LUN
--Write
through/back
configurability
per
LUN
Write through/back configurability per LUN
--Write
Writethrough
throughperformance
performanceoptimization
optimization
Technical Specifications
FS-4100 System
( Ordering Part Number : FS4100SR-AC )
Host
HostInterface
Interface
--One
or
One ortwo
twoFiber
FiberChannel
Channelcontrollers
controllers; ;
each
eachcontroller
controllersupports
supportsup
upto
tofour
fouroptical
opticalor
orcopper
copper
(SFP)
(SFP)connections,
connections,200MB/s
200MB/seach
each(800MB/s
(800MB/stotal)
total)
--Port
can
be
used
for
host
connections
or
as
a
Port can be used for host connections or as a
combination
combinationofofhost
hostconnection
connectionand
andexpansion
expansion
--Serial
(RS232)
port,
Ethernet
port,
Serial (RS232) port, Ethernet port,
Disk
DiskDrive
DriveInterface
Interface
--Independent
Independent150MB/s
150MB/spoint-to-point
point-to-pointconnections
connectionstoto
each
eachSATA
SATAdisk
diskdrive
drivewith
withdual
dualport
portaccess
accessand
and
failover
by
each
controller
to
each
drive
failover by each controller to each drive
Measured
MeasuredPerformance
Performance
--Up
to
350MB/s
Up to 350MB/s(sustained
(sustainedreads)
reads)
Intelligent
IntelligentController
ControllerSpecifications
Specifications
--PowerPC
440
400
MHz
PowerPC 440 400 MHzRISC
RISCprocessor
processor
--128MB
memory
per
controller
128MB memory per controller
--ECC
ECCmemory
memorysupport
support
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Controller
ControllerFeatures
Features
--Dual
active
Dual activewith
withautomatic,
automatic,transparent
transparentfailover/failback
failover/failback
--Auto-negotiate
speeds
Auto-negotiate speeds
--In-band
In-bandand
andout-of-band
out-of-bandmanagement
management
--Replacement
Replacementcontroller
controllerreflashes
reflashesFW
FWtotomatch
matchpeer
peer
controller
controller
--F_port
F_portand
andFL_port
FL_portsupport
support
--Dedicated
Dedicatedcontroller-to
controller-tocontroller
controllercommunication
communicationpath
path
Technical Specifications
FS-4500 & FS-4100 공통
Capacity
Capacity
--Up
Uptoto12
12drives
drives(3TB)
(3TB)capacity
capacityper
per2U
2Uenclosure
enclosurewith
with
aatotal
maximum
of
96
drives
(24TB)
capacity
per
total maximum of 96 drives (24TB) capacity per
subsystem
subsystem
Redundant,
Redundant,Hot-swappable
Hot-swappableComponent
Component
--Up
to
two
RAID
controllers
Up to two RAID controllers
--Two
Twoindependent
independentAC
ACpower
powerinlets
inlets
--Two
advanced
power
and
cooling
Two advanced power and coolingmodules
modules(APC)
(APC)
--Enclosure
services
module
Enclosure services module
--Up
Uptoto12
12drives
drives
--No
active
No activecomponents
componentson
ondata
datapath
path
Maximum
MaximumCable
CableLengths
Lengths
--Optical
:
Up
to
23
Optical : Up to 23meters
meters
--Copper
:
Up
to
6
meters
Copper : Up to 6 meters
Pedestal
PedestalCabinet
CabinetDimensions
Dimensions
--49.53
x
11.7
x
54.6
49.53 x 11.7 x 54.6mm
mm(WxHxD),
(WxHxD),27kg
27kg
Rackmount
Rackmountenclosure
enclosuredimensions
dimensions
--8.9
x
44.7
x
49.53
mm
(WxHxD),
8.9 x 44.7 x 49.53 mm (WxHxD),27kg
27kg
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Monitoring
Monitoring
--Temperature,
Temperature,advanced
advancedpower
powerand
andcooling
coolingmodules
modules
including
fan
speed
control,
disk
drives,
and
including fan speed control, disk drives, andI/O
I/Omodules
modules
Failure
FailureNotification
Notification
--SCSI
enclosure
SCSI enclosureservices
services(SES)
(SES)over
overI2C
I2Cphysical
physicalinterface
interface
, ,LEDs,
audible
alarms,
FRU
(Field
Replaceable
Unit)
LEDs, audible alarms, FRU (Field Replaceable Unit)
reversion
reversionand
andserial
serialnumber
numberreporting,
reporting,events
eventsreported
reported
totoRAIDWatch
software
RAIDWatch software
AC
ACPower
Power
--Input
Inputvoltage
voltage: :Autoranging,
Autoranging,85~264
85~264VAC
VAC
--Input
current
:
100~240
VAC
@
4~25
Input current : 100~240 VAC @ 4~25AA
--Output
Outputpower
power: :491W
491Wpeak,
peak,430W
430Waverage
average
Operating
OperatingEnvironment
Environment
--Temperature
Temperature: :0℃
0℃~~40
40℃
℃
--Relative
Humidity
:
50%
~
Relative Humidity : 50% ~95%
95%(non-condensing)
(non-condensing)
Software
Software RAIDWatch
RAIDWatch
--Local
Localor
orremote
remotemanagement,
management,monitoring,
monitoring,and
and
configuration
with
host
platform
support
for
configuration with host platform support for
Microsoft
MicrosoftWindows,
Windows,Sun
SunSolaris
SolarisSPARC,
SPARC,and
andLinux
Linux
Product Overview – FS-4XX0 SATA Platform
33 Versions
Versions of
of the
the Fiber
Fiber Channel
Channel to
to SATA
SATA Platform
Platform with
with Multiple
Multiple I/O
I/O Options
Options
FS 4500
FS 4100
FS 4050
12
12 1”
1”SATA
SATADisk
DiskDrives
Drives
SATA
SATA3Gb
3Gbready
ready––downward
downwardcompatible
compatibleto
toSATA
SATA1.5Gb
1.5Gb
2
SES
Interface
SES(SCSI
(SCSIEnclosures
EnclosuresServices)
Services)via
viaII2CCInterface
2Gb
2GbFiber
Fiberto
toSATA
SATARAID
RAID
2Gb
2GbFiber
Fiberto
toSATA
SATAJBOD
JBOD
--Dual
DualPort
PortMultiplexer
Multiplexer(MUX)
(MUX)card
cardfor
forhigh
highavailability
availability
configurations
configurations
--Single
Singleor
orDual
DualI/O
I/OModules
Modules
9
Cost-effective
Cost-effective
2Gb
2GbFiber
Fiberto
toSATA
SATAJBOD
JBOD
Single
SingleChannel
ChannelI/O
I/OProcessor,
Processor,
Can’t
be
upgraded
to
Can’t be upgraded todual
dualcontroller,
controller,
different
differentbackplane,
backplane,No
NoMUX
MUX
Component Details
ESLIM
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KOREA
INC
Component Details
- Enclosure Indicate LED
LED 1
LED 2
LED 3
LED 4
11
Enclosure LED Descriptions
Function
LED 1
OFF : Power Off
ON : Power On
LED 2
ON
LED 3
1.5 / 3.0 Gigabit Operation LED
LED 4
Not used
: Shelf Fault
Component Details
- Disk Drive LED
Bicolor Information
Green
Drive Carrier LED Functions
Indication
LED1
LED2
LED3
12
Comments
Not Used
Not Used
Bicolor
Green/Amber
Drive
Detect/Error
This LED is driven by the ES
module.
Green indicates drive detected
Amber flashing indicates drive
error per SES specification
OFF indicates no drive detected
Green Drive
I/O Activity
ON indicates drive activity
OFF indicates no drive I/O activity
Amber
Condition
OFF
OFF
Slot empty, ready for insert/remove
ON
OFF
Drive online
ON
OFF
Prepare for operation
ON 125ms
OFF125ms
OFF
OFF
Drive identify/special POD identify
ON 250ms
OFF250ms
OFF
OFF
Prepare for removal
ON 500ms
OFF125ms
OFF
OFF
Drive rebuild
OFF
OFF
ON 125ms
OFF125ms
Drive fail
OFF
OFF
ON 125ms
OFF750ms
Drive offline
ON 500ms
OFF500ms
OFF1000ms
OFF500ms
ON 500ms
OFF1000ms
Predicted failure
Component Details - APC
Advanced Power and Cooling module
--Integrated
Integratedpower
powersupply
supplyand
andcooling
coolingmodule
module
--Power
Supply
Power Supply
Input
InputVoltage
Voltage: :Autoranging,
Autoranging,85~264
85~264VAC
VAC
Input
Frequency
:
47~63
Hz
Input Frequency : 47~63 Hz
Input
InputCurrent
Current: :100~240
100~240VAC
VAC@
@4~2.5A
4~2.5A
Output
Power
:
491W
peak,
430W
Output Power : 491W peak, 430Waverage
average
--Cooling
Cooling
33variable
variablespeed
speedfans
fansper
perAPC
APC((66inintotal
total))
20
20CFM
CFMper
perfan
fan
N+1
N+1redundancy
redundancy––requires
requiresminimum
minimumof
of55fans
fans
13
Component Details – ES module
Environmental Services module
--Reports
Reportsstatus
statusand
andreceives
receivescontrol
controlinformation
informationvia
viaan
anI2C
I2Cbus
busto
tothe
theI/O
I/Ooption
optionmodule
module
--Monitoring/control
Monitoring/controlfor
forthe
theadvanced
advancedpower
powerand
andcooling
coolingunits
units
--Controls
ControlsFRU
FRUstatus
statusLEDs
LEDsand
andglobal
globalaudible
audiblealarm
alarm
--ES
ESprocessor
processoramber
amberLED
LEDtotodenote
denoteES
ESprocessor
processorfault
fault
--Reporting
Reportingcapability
capabilityofofPSU,
PSU,I/O
I/Omodule,
module,ES
ESmodule,
module,and
andbackplane
backplaneserial
serialnumber
numberand
andrevision
revision
--Hot-swappable
Hot-swappablewithout
withoutaffecting
affectingthe
thedata
datapath
path
--Micro-controller
Micro-controllerfor
fordata
dataprocessing,
processing,control,
control,and
andcommunications
communications
--Housing
Housingalso
alsocontains
containsthe
theshelf
shelfID
IDswitch
switch––each
eachshelf
shelfmust
musthave
haveunique
uniqueID
IDwhen
whendaisy
daisychained
chained
14
Component Details – RAID Module
FS4500 FC/SATA RAID Controller
--Single
Singleand
anddual
dualcontroller
controllerconfigurations
configurations
Active-active,
Active-active,automatic
automaticfailover,
failover,hot-swappable
hot-swappable
--PowerPC
PowerPCmicroprocessor
microprocessorplus
plushardware
hardwareXOR
XORRAID
RAIDengine
engine
RAID
RAIDlevels
levels0,0,1,1,0/1,
0/1,3,3,5,5,10,
10,30,
30,50
50
--Up
Uptoto1GB
1GBofofECC
ECCcache,
cache,battery
batterybacked-up
backed-upper
percontroller
controller
--Two
Two2Gb
2Gb(SFP)
(SFP)Fiber
FiberChannel
Channelhost
hostinterfaces
interfacesand
andone
one2Gb
2Gb(SFP)
(SFP)expansion
expansionport
portper
percontroller
controller
--10/100BaseT
10/100BaseTport
portfor
formanagement
managementper
percontroller
controller
--LEDs
LEDsfor
forstatus
status
--RS232
RS232port
portfor
forconfiguration
configurationand
anddiagnostics
diagnosticsper
percontroller
controller
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Component Details – RAID Module LEDs
D1
............
D7 D8-1
LED
Color
Designation
D1
Green
FC Host 1
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on FC Host port 1.
D2
Green
FC Host 2
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on FC Host port 2.
D3
Green
FC Disk Expansion
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on the FC Disk Expansion port.
D4
Green
Controller Ready
This LED is ON when the controller is active and operating properly
D5
Green
FC Host
Ports Active
ON indicates activity on the FC host ports
D6
Green
SATA Device (Drive)
Ports Active
ON indicates activity on the SATA disk drive ports
Partner Failed
ON indicates that the partner controller has been detected as failed.
OFF indicates that the partner controller is operating properly.
In the case of a signal controller installed in the shelf, this LED will
be OFF
Cache/BBU Fault
ON indicates Cache memory & Backup statues
OFF indicates that the battery backup unit is capable of sustaining memory
in case of power loss.
D7
D8-1
16
D2
Amber
Amber
Description
Component Details – JBOD module
FS4100/FS4050 FC/SATA JBOD Controller
--Single
Singleand
anddual
dualcontroller
controllerconfigurations
configurationswith
withfailover
failover
--RAID
RAID00and
and1(
1(future
futurefirmware
firmwarerelease
release))
--128
128MB
MBofofECC
ECCmemory
memory
--Four
Four2Gb
2Gb(SFP)
(SFP)Fibre
FibreChannel
Channelinterfaces
interfacesper
percontroller
controller
--22host
hostconnections
connectionsand
and22expansion
expansionports
portsor
or44host
hostconnections
connections
--LEDs
LEDsfor
forstatus
status
--RS232
RS232port
portfor
forconfiguration
configurationand
anddiagnostics
diagnostics
17
Component Details – JBOD module LEDs
1357
2368
18
LED
Color
Designation
Description
1
Green
FC Host
Ports Active
ON indicates activity on the FC host ports.
2
Green
FC Host 1
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on FC Host port 1.
3
Green
SATA Device (Drive)
Ports Active
ON indicates activity on the SATA disk drive ports.
4
Green
FC Expansion 1
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on the FC Expansion port 1.
5
Amber
Partner Failed
ON indicates that the partner controller has been detected as failed.
OFF indicates that the partner controller is operating properly.
In the case of a single controller installed in the shelf , this LED will be OFF.
6
Green
FC Host 2
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on FC Host port 2.
7
Green
Controller Ready
This LED is ON when the controller is active and operating properly.
8
Green
FC Expansion 2
Signal Detect
When ON, this LED denotes that a valid FC signal has been detected
on the FC Expansion port 2.
Component Details
– Management Software
[[Spheras
SpherasRAIDWatch
RAIDWatch(SRW)
(SRW)]]
--Remote
Remotegraphical
graphicalconfiguration
configurationand
andmonitoring
monitoringutility
utility
--Event
Eventnotification
notificationthrough
throughSNMP
SNMPtraps,
traps,pager,
pager,e-mail
e-mail
--Easy-to-use,
intuitive
graphical
user
interface
Easy-to-use, intuitive graphical user interface
--Communicates
Communicateswith
withcontrollers
controllersvia
viaout-of-band
out-of-bandtransmission
transmissionover
overEthernet
Ethernetor
orin-band
in-bandover
overHost
HostFiber
FiberChannel
Channel
--Runs
in
stand-alone
model
or
remotely
over
LAN/WAN
using
any
standard
web
browser
via
hybrid
TCI/IP
Runs in stand-alone model or remotely over LAN/WAN using any standard web browser via hybrid TCI/IPchannel
channel
RAIDWatch
RAIDWatch
Manager
RAID Storage
19
Primary
Agent
Secondary
Agent
Architecture
ESLIM
20
KOREA
INC
Architecture
– RAID Controller Block Diagram
Up to 1GB
133 MHz, 64-bit
Memory Bus
PowerPC
133 MHz, 64-bit Bus,
1064 MB/sec
750Cxe
Hardware
XOR ASIC
133
8-bit X-Bus
Host
21
NVRAM, Flash,
UART, I2C, Misc.
66 MHz, 64-bit PCI
528 MB/sec
66 MHz, 64-bit PCI
528 MB/sec
2Gb FC
x2
Data Cache
SDRAM w/ ECC
SATA
STAx2
x8
SATA
x8
Disk Drives
2Gb FC
x2
RCC
Architecture
– JBOD Controller Block Diagram
Data Cache
SDRAM w/ ECC
128 MB
133 MHz, 64-bit
Memory Bus
PowerPC
NVRAM, Flash,
UART, I2C, misc.
PPC440
400 MHz
100 MHz, 64-bit PCIx
800 MB/sec
2Gb FC
x2
Host
22
SATA
STAx2
x8
SATA
x8
Disk Drives
Architecture
– Dual Port Multiplexer
MUX and Non-MUX
--Multiplexor
Multiplexorisisused
usedwith
withSATA
SATAdrives
drivesto
togive
giveDual
DualPort
Portcapability
capability
--Drive
:: FS4500
Drivewith
withMUX
MUXcard
card
FS4500&&FS4100
FS4100
--Drive
Drivewithout
withoutMUX
MUXcard
card :: FS4050
FS4050
MUX Card
FS4500 Single RAID & FS4050 JBOD
=
Cost-effective
- Support Only Single RAID,
Can’t upgraded to Dual RAID
- Different Backplane
FS4500 RAID & FS4100 JBOD
+
23
=
- MUX card for High Availability
- Support Single or Dual RAID
Architecture
– FS4500 Channel Block Diagram
Fiber Channel
Host Port 0
Fiber Channel
Host Port 1
Fiber Channel
Host Port 0
RCCOM
Channel
(Fiber)
Primary
Controller
12 SATA
Backend
drive
channels
Secondary
Controller
12 SATA
Backend
drive
channels
Backend Fiber
Expansion Channel
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
12 X SATA Drives
24
Fiber Channel
Host Port 1
All Expansion
drives show up
in the TUI on
channel 2
Backend Fiber
Expansion Channel
.
Drive MUX Cards
(Only 2 shown)
Architecture
– FS4100 Channel Block Diagram
Fiber Channel
Host Port 0
Fiber Channel
Host Port 1
Fiber Channel
Host Port 0
Secondary
Controller
Primary
Controller
12 SATA
Backend
drive
channels
12 SATA
Backend
drive
channels
2 X Backend Fiber
Expansion Channels
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
12 X SATA Drives
25
Fiber Channel
Host Port 1
2 X Backend Fiber
Expansion Channels
.
Drive MUX Cards
(Only 2 shown)
Configurations
ESLIM
26
KOREA
INC
Configurations
– FS4500 Configuration
Host 1
Host 2
Single Controller Configuration
--22Hosts
Hostsconnected
connectedto
toone
onecontroller
controller
--11HBA
HBAinin11Host
Host
Host 1
Cluster Configuration
nd
--Add
Add22ndcontroller
controller
for
forHigh
HighAvailability
Availabilityand
andperformance
performance
--22HBAs
HBAsinin11Host
Host
27
Host 2
Configurations
– FS4100 Configuration
Host 1
Host 2
Host 3
Host 4
Host 1
Host 3
Single Controller Configuration
--44Hosts
Hostsconnected
connectedto
toone
onecontroller
controller
--11HBA
HBAinin11Host
Host
Host 2
Host 4
Host 6
Host 7
Dual Controller Configuration
nd
--Add
Add22ndcontroller
controller
--88Hosts
Hostsconnected
connectedto
toFS4100
FS4100
--11HBAs
HBAsinin11Host
Host
28
Host 5
Host 8
Configurations
– Daisy Chaining FS4500 to FS4100
Host 2
Host 1
FS4500
Cluster & Daisy Chaining
FS4100
--High
HighAvailability
AvailabilityConfiguration
Configuration
--Up
Upto
to88systems
systemsdaisy
daisychained
chained
((FS4500
FS45001set,
1set,FS4100
FS41007sets
7sets))
--Up
Upto
to96
96drives,
drives,24TB
24TB
FS4100
--22HBAs
HBAsinin1Host
1Host
Further expansion shelves
29
Configurations
– Multi-host FS4500 to FS4100
Host 1
Host 2
Host 3
Host 4
FS4500
Multi-host Daisy Chaining
--Direct
Directattach
attachquad
quadserver
serverconfiguration
configuration
--Up
Upto
to88systems
systemsdaisy
daisychained
chained
FS4100
((FS4500
FS45001set,
1set,FS4100
FS41007sets
7sets))
--Up
Upto
to96
96drives,
drives,24TB
24TB
FS4100
--11HBAs
HBAsinin11Host
Host
Further expansion shelves
30
Configurations
– FS4500 SAN Configuration with FS4100 Expansion
Host 1
Host 2
Host 3
Host 4
SAN switch
FS4500
FS4100
FS4100
31
Host n
Performance
ESLIM
32
KOREA
INC
Performance – Test Configuration
Altevo FS4500 Fibre Channel Storage Performance
Test Configuration
Windows 2003 Standard Edition
Qlogic qla2340L
2Gb Single path connection
Write-back cache mode
Stripe Size : 128KB
250GB SATA 12 Disks : RAID5 and no-Hot-spare
Test Software
Windows 2003 Standard Edition
Iometer-2003-05-10 version : 5 clients
33
Performance – Test Result
Altevo FS4500 2Gb Performance by Iometer under NTFS
Sequential Read
Random Read
Sequential Write
Random Write
210
190
173
170
165.3
152.87
150
190.09
189.87
188.5
188.8
190.14
190.04
189.45
189.26
191.03
190.25
189.51
186.55
168.64
154.57
152.48
123.34
113.3
110
70
189.99
186.2
185.82
183.05
144.76
130
90
179.52
178.05
177.56
189.39
188.58
183.45
178.14
100.27
95.75
71.27
64.78
50
8K
16K
32K
64K
Horizon : File Size ( KB )
34
128K
256K
512K
Vertical : Transmit rate ( MB/sec )
1M
10M