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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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SSA

Date Created

10-09-98

Last Updated

21-10-98

Revision Date

20-10-99

Brand

IBM PC Server

Product Family

Clustering, Netfinity 7000

Machine Type

Various, 8651

Model

All

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