| The IBM® TotalStorage® FAStT100 Storage Server is designed
to give cost-conscious enterprises an entry-level server that can help
address storage consolidation and near-line application storage needs
without undue expense, while leaving them room to grow. With up to 14TB
of Serial ATA (SATA) physical disk storage—provided by up to 14
internal 250GB disk drives inside the controller—the FAStT100 can
provide ample yet scalable storage without the cost of extra expansion
units. This storage server is designed to help consolidate direct-attached
storage into a centrally managed, shared or storage area network (SAN)
environment. With four Fibre Channel ports to attach to servers, the need
for additional switches is reduced or eliminated for additional potential
cost savings.
The FAStT100 is designed to interoperate with IBM eServer™ pSeries®
and IBM eServer xSeries® servers as well as with Intel® processor–based
and UNIX®-based servers. To help make integration easy, IBM tests
the FAStT100 for interoperability with IBM servers, as well as with many
other brands of servers and switches.
The FAStT100 also includes management tools and automation features that
can help lower administration costs. At the same time, the SATA-based
FAStT100 Storage Server supports increased reliability and performance
compared to older, non-redundant parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
(ATA) products.
- Well-suited for small to medium-sized enterprises that need affordable,
entry-level near-line storage for seldom accessed data
- Designed to offer up to 14TB of Serial ATA (SATA) physical disk storage
- Supports storage expansion of up to 56 SATA disk drives with IBM
TotalStorage EXP100 enclosure
- Designed to help facilitate storage consolidation in storage area
network (SAN), network attached storage (NAS) and direct-attach environment
- Designed to allow upgrade to higher capacity IBM TotalStorage FAStT
servers while avoiding data loss or interruption
- Offers high-availability features that are designed to avoid single
points of failure
- Provides four 2Gb Fibre Channel host ports designed to economically
support multipath failover for direct-attach clustered servers
- Includes powerful, intuitive management tools, such as the FAStT
Storage Manager, that help centrally manage all FAStT storage subsystems
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