A Guide to Storage Processors, Fourth Edition
     
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Figure 1-1. Hard-disk-drive capacity per 3.5-inch platter
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Figure 1-2. Diagram of standard hard-disk drive with two platters
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Figure 1-3. Storage hierarchy
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Figure 1-4. Storage-networking model
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Figure 2-1. Maximum SAS domain showing fanout and edge expanders
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Figure 2-2. Logical diagram of a Fibre Channel arbitrated loop
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Figure 2-3. Cascaded Fibre Channel arbitrated-loop hubs
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Figure 2-4. TCP segment format
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Figure 3-1. Generic RAID-processor architecture
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Figure 3-2. Generic storage network processor architecture
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Figure 3-3. Generic FC HBA block diagram
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Figure 3-4. Dual-processor configuration for high availability
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Figure 4-1. SAN topology showing near-line storage
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Figure 5-1. AMCC PowerPC 440SP/SPe block diagram
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Figure 5-2. PowerPC 440 microarchitecture
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Figure 5-3. Standalone RAID system with redundancy using AMCC 440SPe
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Figure 6-1. Aristos UltraSlice block diagram
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Figure 6-2. Aristos UltraSlice with Fibre Channel disk subsystem
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Figure 6-3. Aristos UltraSlice with SAS disk subsystem
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Figure 7-1. Astute Athens internal architecture
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Figure 7-2. Astute Athens line card
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Figure 8-1. Chelsio Terminator 3 simplified block diagram
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Figure 8-2. Chelsio Terminator 3 line card
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Figure 9-1. Emulex IOP 502M block diagram
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Figure 9-2. Emulex IOP 502M application example
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Figure 9-3. Emulex AV150 block diagram
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Figure 9-4. Emulex AV150-based 16-port Fibre Channel switch
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Figure 9-5. Emulex Intelligent Storage Adapter
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Figure 10-1. Intel IOP348 block diagram
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Figure 10-2. Intel XScale pipeline
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Figure 10-3. RAID adapter using Intel IOP342 and IOC340
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Figure 11-1. Block diagram for iStor iSNP8008
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Figure 11-2. System configuration of iStor iSNP8008 8*GbE
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Figure 11-3. Design of iStor’s GigaStor HA board
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Figure 12-1. Conceptual architecture of iVivity iDisx
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Figure 12-2. An iVivity iDisx IP-to-FC bridge appliance
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Figure 12-3. An iVivity iSCSI RAID subsystem with dual active controllers
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Figure 13-1. LSI SAS1078 block diagram
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Figure 13-2. SAS1078-based RAID adapter supporting 24 drives
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Figure 14-1. SAS storage array based on Vitesse 36-port SAS expanders
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Figure 14-2. Vitesse VSC7250 block diagram
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Figure 14-3. RAID adapter based on Vitesse VSC7250
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Figure 15-1. Freescale MPC8547E PowerQuicc III block diagram
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Figure 15-2. Block diagram of P.A. Semi's PWRficient 1682M processor
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Figure 15-3. NAS array using PMC 24-port SAS expander
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Figure 15-4. Tiered storage array featuring PMC SAS expanders
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