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Netfinity 7000 - Vicom Ultralink 2000 SSA Cluster Solution
Applicable to: United States
Ultralink 2000i for Netfinity 7000 Cluster
UltraLink 2000i Provides the Following Features:
UltraSCSI Upper Interface
Attaches via SCSI cable to UltraSCSI Adapter in Host System
Attaches up to 64 SSA disks per loop (7133)
Provides 3-copy RAID 1 Mirroring & Disk Drive Concatenation (Composite Drives) Have tested up to 16 drive composite, allowing 145GB Logical Volume
GUI Configuration Management tool for Setting Up RAID Arrays
Supports SSA Fibre Optic Extender
Global Hot Spares for Availability
Performance
Single Ultralink 2000i Capable of 35MB/s per SCSI Channel and 5100 IO/s.
Measured performance in Clustered Configuration
2 Netfinity 7000s
Adaptec 2944 UW adapter
2 Ultralink 2000i Controllers
64 Disks in a loop
63 MB/s Sequential Read, 64K Blocks
6.656 IO/s 4K Sequential Reads
Desktop or Rack Mountable
Ultralink 2000i is available in a desktop version or rack mountable.
The Ultralink R 1000 is a 2U mechanical enclosure that accomodates up to 4 Ultralink 2000i desktop units.
Fits Netfinity Rack
Black Cover Available
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Date Created |
10-09-98 | |
Last Updated |
21-10-98 | |
Revision Date |
20-10-99 | |
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IBM PC Server | |
Product Family |
Clustering, Netfinity 7000 | |
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Various, 8651 | |
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