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New High Performance SSD Disk Arrays

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By Doug Werth
Director of Technical Support Services, Beechglen Development, Inc.

General Information

There are a very limited number of disk array models that are compatible with HP3000s. SCSI based disk arrays including the Nike Model 20 and AutoRaid 12 are now extremely old and less reliable as each day passes. One cannot get complacent even with stockpiles of used disks as a double disk failure will result in data loss. Furthermore, the availability of controllers and batteries supplies are dwindling.

Fibre Channel disk arrays, which are only directly compatible with A-class and N-class HP3000s carry more risk then their Model 20 and AutoRaid predecessors. The VA7410 arrays are very complicated and are notorious for catastrophic data loss from even the most basic service such as replacement of a cache battery, and the compatible replacement disk drives are nearly 15 years old.

In summary, there is an ongoing and increasing risk of extended downtime and/or data corruption in continuing to utilize any of the legacy disk arrays on mission-critical HP3000 systems.

Solution

Beechglen's New high performance SSD BGDSAN and cloud backup solutions offer replacement for legacy disks and tape storage arrays with new, low-cost high-performance BGDSANs.

Features and Options

  • Very compact, fits in as little as 1U rack space

  • Up to 30% faster than XP12000 Arrays

  • Built on new high-performance SATA Disk Drives, SAS drives, or Solid State Disks (SSDs)

  • Open source software, no ongoing licensing fees

  • High performance Fiber Channel Interfaces

  • Built on standard x86 hardware providing low cost entry point and forward compatibility to prevent obsolescence on older hardware.

  • Optional real time synchronization between two arrays for High Availability data protection

  • Create clusters of disk arrays. Optionally synchronize to one or more BGDSANs at remote locations for Disaster Recovery solutions

  • Flexible configurations. Can connect single array to multiple HP3000s simultaneously



Chapter 2 Announcements

HP3000 Cloud Services