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38 9176/D173 D
ISK SUBSYSTEM - SITE PREPARATION GUIDE
StorageTek Disk Subsystem comparisons
To assist with your purchasing decisions, use these parameters and consult with your local
area sales team representatives to plan the solution that is best for your operating
environment.
Note: If one is purchasing a D173 Disk Subsystem and plan to convert it (upgrade) to a
9176 or to a yet to be announced Disk Subsystem, one should consider ordering an M03
cabinet.
The above open systems Disk Subsystems use Fibre Channel with a 1 Gigabit processing
capability. Also the following operating systems are supported.
D173-001 9176-001 9176-002
Server
inputs
One
Two (with HA02) for
path redundancy
2 Host Minihubs
(2 100MB/s
redundant loops)
or 4 shared ports
4 Host Minihubs (4
100MB/s redundant
loops) or 8 shared
ports
Cache 128MB per
controller module
256MB upgradable
to 512MB
512MB upgradeable
to 1GB
Capacity 30 drives 100 drives 200 drives
Drive Tray
ports
1 per controller
module
2 Drive Interface
Minihubs
4 Drive Interface
Minihubs
Storage 5.4 Terabytes Max 18 Terabytes Max 18 Terabytes Max
Controller
model #
2772 4774 4774
Bandwidth
maximum
200 MB/s 200 MB/s 400 MB/s
Storage
Manage
Software
Object Manager 7.10 Object Manager
7.02 or 7.10
Object Manager
7.02 or 7.10
Preferred
Cabinet
CBNT M02 for one 30
drive subsystem
CBNT M03 CBNT M03 (over 100
drives requires 2
M03 cabinets)
Windows NT HP-UX Netware
Solaris AIX LINUX
Windows 2000 SGI