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System Description
Form factor
3U,19”rackmount
Drives supported
SixteenSASorSATA(3Gb/sor6Gb/s)*
Harddiskdrives(HDDs)andSolidStatedrives(SSDs)
I/O Ports
per Controller
Vess R2600i:Four1Gb/siSCSIports
Vess R2600:Two8Gb/sFibreChannelportscompatiblewith4Gb/s
plus2Gb/sandfour1Gb/siSCSIports
Vess R2600ti:Two10Gb/siSCSIportsandfour1Gb/siSCSIports
All models: OneexternalSASportwithanSFF-8088SASconnector,
Upto6cascadingJBODexpansionunitsperenclosurearesupported
Data Cache
per Controller
2GBdatacachepercontroller(supportsupto16GB).
Aportionofthedatacacheissharedwiththecontrollerrmware
Protectedwithhot-swappablebatterybackupunits(BBU)locatedinthe
coolingunits
Storage Expansion
Upto112HDDwithVessJ2600sJBODmodels
Operational
RAID support
0,1,1E,3,5,6,10,30,50,60
RAID stripe size
64K,128K,256K,512K,1MB
Hot Spare Drives
Global,DedicatedandRevertibleoption
Maximum LUNs
256persystem32perarray
Data Protection
PerfectRebuild™
PerfectFlash™
AdvancedBatteryFlashBackup
PredictiveDataMigration(PDM)
AsymmetricLUNUnitAccess
(ALUA)
ZeroPenaltyCacheMirroring
Green Features
Lightweightsystemdesign
Powerscheduling
80PlusCertiedpowersupplies
PowerlevelmanagementMAID2.0
SPecIfIcAtIonS
*Supports any mix of SAS and SATA drives simultaneously in the same enclosure
For a list of supported drives, go to PROMISE support:
http://www.promise.com/support/
Dual-controller systems require a SAS-to-SATA adapter for SATA physical drives. These adapters are available from PROMISE.
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