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Modular Specifications: Physical Characteristics

Component Adaptable Modular Storage Model AMS1000 Adaptable Modular Storage Model AMS500 Adaptable Modular Storage Model AMS200 Workgroup Modular Storage Model WMS100
Configuration Rackmount Rackmount/
Deskside
Rackmount/
Deskside
Rackmount/
Deskside
Architecture Dual controller, shared bus Dual controller, shared bus Dual controller, shared bus Dual controller, shared bus
Number of controllers 2 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
Mirrored Data Cache 4GB–16GB 2GB - 8GB 1GB - 4GB 512MB - 2GB
Maximum LUNs 4096 2048 512 512
Maximum internal raw capacity 424TB Fibre Channel & SATA intermix; 176TB Fibre Channel 212TB Fibre Channel & SATA intermix; 88TB Fibre Channel 94TB Fibre Channel & SATA intermix; 41TB Fibre Channel 103TB SATA
Internal disk drive options (Fibre Channel unless noted) 73GB (15K RPM)
146GB (15K RPM)
300GB (10K & 15K RPM)
400GB (10K RPM)
500GB SATA (7200 RPM)
750GB SATA (7200 RPM)
1TB SATA (7200 RPM)
73GB (15K RPM)
146GB (15K RPM)
300GB (10K & 15K RPM)
400GB (10K RPM)
500GB SATA (7200 RPM)
750GB SATA (7200 RPM)
1TB SATA (7200 RPM)
73GB (15K RPM)
146GB (15K RPM)
300GB (10K & 15K RPM)
400GB (10K RPM)
500GB SATA (7200 RPM)
750GB SATA (7200 RPM)
1TB SATA (7200 RPM)
500GB SATA (7200 RPM)
750GB SATA (7200 RPM)
1TB SATA (7200 RPM)
Disk drive interface SATA – Fibre Channel Intermix SATA - Fibre Channel Intermix SATA - Fibre Channel intermix SATA
Minimum-maximum number of disk drives 4–450 Fibre Channel, 0–420 SATA 4-225 Fibre Channel, 0-210 SATA 4-105 Fibre Channel, 0-90 SATA 4-105 SATA
RAID-0 Yes* (Fibre Channel only) Yes* (Fibre Channel only) Yes* (Fibre Channel only) No
RAID-1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID-1+0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID-5 Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID-6 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Model upgrade options No AMS1000 AMS500 No

* Serial ATA disks are not supported in a RAID-0 configuration due to lower Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) concerns.


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