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Storage Area Network (SAN) Arrays

(The following vendors manufacture Enterprise, Raid, JBOD or Controller arrays.)
Vendor Products Available Array Types Max Size Disk Types Controller Interface Types
ENT RAID JBOD Cont

SCSI

 IDE FC SSA FC SPI SSA FW ESC ISCSI
Advanced Computer & Network Corp. JetStore III
8 bay		 - X - - 2 TB - X - - - X - - - -
JetStore III
14 Bay		 - X - - 3.5 TB - X - - - X - - - -
Axus BR-1600 - X - - 2 TB- X X - - X X - - - -
Compaq StorageWorks X X X - 72 TB X - X - X X - - - -
EMC Symmetrix X X - - 70 TB X - X - X X - - X -
EMC Clarion X X - - 8 TB - - X - X - - - - -
Storage Computer Cyber X X X X 43.9 TB X - X - X - - - - X
Hitachi Data Systems Lightning 9900 X X - - 37 TB X - - - X - - - X -
Hitachi Data Systems Thunder 9200 X X - - 7.2 TB X - - - X X - - - -
Hitachi Data Systems Thunder 9500 X X - - 32 TB X - - - X X - - - -
IBM TotalStorage X X - - 72 TB - - - X X - X - X -
IBM Enterprise Storage Server X X - - 11TB X - - - X - - - - X
Nexsan ATAboy - X - - unknown - X - - X - - - - -
Nexsan InfiniSAN 2 - X X - unknown X - - - - X - - - -
Nexsan InfiniSAN 4 - X - - unknown - - X - X - - - - -
Storage Engine Synchronix 3000 - - - - 4.3 TB - - X - X - - - - -
Zzyzx RocketStor - X - - 18 TB X - X - X X - - - -
Zzyzx StingRAID - X - - 1 TB - X - - X X - - - -

Definitions

Disk Types - what kind of disks are in the arrays

  • SCSI - Standard, Parallel SCSI disks
  • IDE - IDE/ATA disks
  • FC - Disks with native Fibre Channel interfaces
  • SSA - Serial Storage Architecture

Controller Interface Types - how you connect the arrays to a server

  • FC - Fibre Channel
  • SPI - SCSI Parallel Interface (standard SCSI)
  • SSA - Serial Storage Architecture
  • FW - Firewire
  • ESC - ES-CON (Mainframe)
  • iSCSI - Internet SCSI (Small Computer System Interface),

Available Array Types

  • ENT - Enterprise Class
  • RAID- Redundant Array of Independent Disks
  • JBOD - Just a bunch of disks
  • Cont - Controllers