6.2 HP IBRIX 9300/9320 Storage Administrator Guide (AW549-96049, December 2012)

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This guide provides information about configuring, monitoring, and maintaining HP IBRIX 9300
Storage Gateways and 9320 Storage.
IMPORTANT: It is important to keep regular backups of the cluster configuration.
9300 Storage Gateway
The 9300 Storage Gateway is a flexible, scale-out solution that brings gateway file services to HP
MSA, EVA, P4000, or 3rd-party arrays or SANs. The system provides the following features:
• Segmented, scalable file system under a single namespace
• NFS, SMB (Server Message Block), FTP, and HTTP support for accessing file system data
• Centralized CLI and GUI cluster management
• Policy management
• Continuous remote replication
9320 Storage System
The 9320 Storage System is a highly available, scale-out storage solution for file data workloads.
The system combines HP IBRIX File Serving Software with HP server and storage hardware to create
an expansible cluster of file serving nodes. The system provides the following features:
• Segmented, scalable file system under a single namespace
• NFS, SMB, FTP, and HTTP support for accessing file system data
• Centralized CLI and GUI cluster management
• Policy management
• Continuous remote replication
• Dual redundant paths to all storage components
• Gigabytes-per-second throughput
System Components
For 9300 system components, see “Component diagrams for 9300 systems” (page 173).
For 9320 system components, see “System component and cabling diagrams for 9320 systems”
(page 185).
For a complete list of system components, see the HP IBRIX Storage System QuickSpecs, which are
available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/StoreAll
HP IBRIX software features
HP IBRIX software is a scale-out, network-attached storage solution including a parallel file system
for clusters, an integrated volume manager, high-availability features such as automatic failover
of multiple components, and a centralized management interface. IBRIX software can scale to
thousands of nodes.
Based on a segmented file system architecture, IBRIX software integrates I/O and storage systems
into a single clustered environment that can be shared across multiple applications and managed
from a central Fusion Manager.
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