FibreArray®AA No Single Point of Failure (NSPF), Fibre Channel SAN Storage Array Technical Specifications FibreArray AA is a SAN Storage Array with Dual Active Active RAID controllers for end-to-end Fibre Channel No Single Point of Failure SANs. No Single Point of Failure SANs provide the high availability, scalable capacity and performance, as well as multi-site capability required for 24x7 mission critical operations. The most compelling applications driving highly reliable fault tolerant Storage Networks include: Server and Storage Consolidation, Storage and Data Virtualization, LAN-free and Serverless Backup, Clustering and Disaster Management. The Raidtec FibreArray AA provides the redundancy and high availability features for applications ranging from single server duplexing to Enterprise Class NSPF SANs.

Key features include:

• Hot Swappable Active Active Design – Dual FibreRAID® AA Controllers, Port Bypass Modules (PBMs) and dual channel drives for end-to-end Fibre Channel operation provide redundancy and up to 200MB/s performance. Auto-Failover and Recovery ensure high availability for mission critical Enterprise applications.
• Multi-Initiator – Supports up to 16 simultaneous host connections.
• Fabric Switch Support – Allows highly scalable configurations from single server SAS to SAN to No Single Point of Failure networks.
• FC RAIDman® Software – Provides point and click intuitive graphical user interface for setup, monitoring, and administration.
• RAIDwizard Firmware – Allows Multiple Virtual Volume support for simplified configuration of up to 16 RAID volumes. Each volume can have a unique application profile, RAID Level, and Local or Global Spare assignment.
• No Single Point of Failure SAN anchored by a FibreArray AA in a multi-Terabyte rack configuration.
• Scalable Expansion – Supports up to 96 of the latest 18 to 180GB* 15,000 rpm dual loop Fibre Channel drives.
• Drive Roaming – Unique drive signatures allow removal and replacement of drives in any order for security purposes. Drive order is no longer important.
• COD (Configuration on Disk) – FibreArray AA stores a backup copy of array configuration on disks for added data integrity.
• Heavy Duty Enclosure – Features all aluminum construction, hot swappable major components including drives, power supplies and fans with compact 4U rack or tower configuration.
• SAN Management Software – Software options include FC Access™, FC DualPath™, SANfinity™ and SANfinity™ DSP. Take advantage of Storage Virtualization and secure SAN Volume Management with FC Access software. FC DualPath allows duplexing on Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems. SANfinity uses a client server architecture to manage multiple FibreArray HI12 and FibreArray AA arrays from a single management console. SANfinity DSP (DMI Service Provider) software allows monitoring and alert notification from Enterprise Network Management platforms including Tivoli Netview, HP Openview, Intel Landesk, CA Unicenter TNG and more. Use SANfinity with SANfinity DSP to provide seamless network-wide administration and management of Raidtec SAN arrays.

FibreArray AA is ideally suited for: Corporate Database and Data Mining, Internet and Intranet, ISP, ASP, and SSP, Clusters, Call Center and Reservation Systems, and Multi-Host Storage Networks. FibreArray AA offers scalability, redundancy, high availability and flexibility as well as superior price performance.