Redundancy in enterprise storage networks using dual-domain SAS ...
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archival, reference, and redundant highly-available applications. They are <strong>in</strong>tended for use <strong>in</strong> an<br />
environment where the drive workload is 40 percent or less.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gle <strong>SAS</strong> doma<strong>in</strong><br />
There are many s<strong>in</strong>gle po<strong>in</strong>ts of failure <strong>in</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle doma<strong>in</strong>. Failure can orig<strong>in</strong>ate from any controller,<br />
expander device, JBOD or cable, as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 1.<br />
NOTE:<br />
JBOD is the acronym for “Just a Bunch of Disks.” It refers to a<br />
group of hard disks, usually <strong>in</strong> an enclosure, that may or may not<br />
be RAID configured.<br />
Figure 1. S<strong>in</strong>gle doma<strong>in</strong> <strong>SAS</strong> <strong>storage</strong> network<br />
Server<br />
Controller<br />
4<br />
IO Module<br />
Expander<br />
Disk drive<br />
Disk drive<br />
Disk drive<br />
JBOD<br />
NOTE:<br />
All figures <strong>in</strong> this technical brief us<strong>in</strong>g the “4 “ notation <strong>in</strong>dicate a<br />
4-lane bundled path. There are 4 wires per lane, or 16 total wires<br />
<strong>in</strong> a 4x cable.<br />
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