Example Device 000A

RAID5 (3+1) Profile 1

Or

Example Device 000B

RAID6 (6+2) Profile 2

DMX Fibre Channel Adapter

8x 4GB PortsDMX Cache

Maximum 256 GBDMX Disk Adapter 8x

4GB Ports - Loops

Simplified Internal

DMX Storage Array

Architecture

SAN Switch LayerSAN Client Layer

DMX Disk Options;

73GB Flash Drives (Profile0)

300GB 15K FC Drives (Profile1)

1TB 7.2K SATA Drives (Profile2)

SAN – Brocade 48K Directors

256 Ports 4GB/sec per port –

None Blocking Architecture

IP Network

Connection

SAN Client

Server

A Fabric

B Fabric

Host Bus

Adapters

Path A

Path B

SSTxx.xx.xxx Storage Connectivity Overview and Performance Considerations against DMX-4 Architecture v1

HBA Perf range

from 60mb/sec to

150mb/sec

Switch Port 4GB/sec NO

IOPS info – Check CRC

Errors

FA 4GB Fibre Port Max Approx 6000

IOPS Recommended 3000 IOPS

FA Processor Max Approx 12,000

IOPS Recommended 6000 IOPS –

Shared between 2x FA Ports

DA – Disk Adapter 4GB/sec

speed Max IOPS 5,000

Disk IOPS vary by type of

disk selected

Cache – Everything must go

through cache – Check WP

Limits

SAN Client Server

HBA A

HBA B

FIB

RE

CH

AN

NE

L

TX RX

FIB

RE

CH

AN

NE

L

TX RX

Powerpath Multi

Path Software

OR

300GB FC Drives 15K

1TB SATA Drives 7.2K