3.4.0 Matrix Server Administration Guide

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server, with a ratio of 8), paging can increase on the smallest server to the
extent that overall matrix performance is significantly reduced.
Supported Configurations
Matrix Server supports multiple FibreChannel switches configured as a
single fabric and multiported SAN disks. iSCSI arrays are also supported.
The following diagrams show some sample matrix configurations using
these components.
Single FC Port, Single FC Switch, Single Fabric
This is the simplest configuration. Each server has a single FibreChannel
port connected to the FibreChannel switch. The SAN includes two RAID
arrays. In this configuration, multiported SAN disks can protect against a
port failure, but not a switch failure.
FC Switch
Server
1
Server
2
Server
4
Server
5
Server
6
RAID Array RAID Array
Server
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