Promise Technology M310p Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Specifications
Drive Capacity (M310p): 12 SATA disk drives (3.5" x 1" form factor only).
Drive Capacity (M210p): 8 SATA disk drives (3.5" x 1" form factor only).
External I/O Ports: Dual 320-MB SCSI ports
Sustained Throughput: Up to 640 MB/s (over two SCSI ports)
Data Cache: 256MB predictive data cache with automatic write cache destaging
and 72-hour battery backup protection.
Supported RAID Levels:
Any combination of these RAID levels can exist at once on separate logical
drives. See page 179 for more information on RAID.
RAID Flexibility: Configurable RAID stripe size – 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 KB,
and 1 MB sectors per disk.
Rebuild priority tuning: Adjustment of minimum I/O reserved for server use during
rebuild.
Hot-spares: Multiple global and designated hot spares.
Maximum LUNs: 32 in any combination of RAID levels and drive types.
Supported Disk Interfaces: Serial ATA (SATA)
Supported Operating Systems:
Current: 8 A @ 100 VAC; 4 A @ 200 VAC (max. rating with two power cords)
Command-line and Graphic-user
interfaces
Choice of control and monitoring methods
for greater flexibility.
RAID 0•RAID 1•RAID 1ERAID 5
•RAID 6 •RAID 10 •RAID 50
Windows 2000
Windows XP Professional
Windows 2003
RedHat Linux
SuSE Linux
Sun Solaris
•Mac OS X
Feature Benefit