Disk array
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Image:HP HASS NIKE.jpg Image:EMC Clariion CX500.jpg Image:EMC Symmetrix DMX1000 Front.jpg A disk array is an enterprise storage system which contains multiple disk drives. It is differentiated from a disk enclosure in that an array has cache and intelligence so that it can perform functions like RAID and virtualization.
Components of a typical disk array include:
Typical disk arrays fall into four categories:
- Network attached storage (NAS) arrays:
- HP ProLiant® Storage Server
- Network Appliance Filer
- Coraid EtherDrive®
- Modular storage area network (SAN) arrays:
- EMC CLARiiON
- HP Storageworks EVA family products
- Hitachi Thunder, Lightning and TagmaStore USP family products
- IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) models: 750 and 800
- Sun StorEdge 99xx (9970, 9980, 9985, 9990)
- Xiotech Magnitude 3D
- Monolithic storage area network (SAN) arrays:
- Utility Storage storage area network (SAN) arrays:
- Pillar Data Systems. Axiom