Direct Attached Storage
Because of low investment cost and easy handling, storage, which is directly attached to a server, is an alternative for environments with only one to very few server systems. As a passive extension of storage capacity, ETERNUS JX40 or FibreCAT SX40 are attached to the server’s SAS RAID controller.
Storage Subsystem ETERNUS JX40 is a reliable and innovative easy-to-use storage subsystem. As Direct Attached Storage (DAS), it extends the storage-capacity of Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY servers through a fastest 6 Gbit/s SAS connection by up to 72 Terabyte. With a height of only two units per shelf, the ETERNUS JX40 subsystem meets the requirements for a compact design with 2.5 inch mixable SAS and SATA hard disk drives in 19-inch rack infrastructures.
The FibreCAT SX40 SAS storage subsystem is a passive, directly connectable system for data storage or expanding the hard disk capacity of connected PRIMERGY servers. With a height of 2U, the FibreCAT SX40 subsystem meets the requirements for a compact design with high hard disk capacity in 19-inch rack infrastructures. The FibreCAT SX40 storage system with its SAS technology enables flexible expansion with powerful and highly available hard disks as storage requirements grow. Up to 12 SAS hard disks offer a total maximum capacity of 3.6 Tbytes in an external housing. Cascading of up to 3 FibreCAT SX40s via the second SAS x4 link permits expansion to a maximum of 10.8 Tbytes of external hard disk capacity.