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HP Storage Solutions AutoRAID Disk Array

HP AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H Best of all, the Model 12H
offers worry-free storage.
Hassle-Free High Performance RAID Storage from HP
The HP AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H combines hassle-free
Hewlett-Packard is so
storage management with best-in-class performance, producing
a cost-effective storage solution for the enterprise. A remarkable
confident of the reliability
combination of automatic self-optimization and high availability
features make the HP AutoRAID Disk Array a strong choice for
of this AutoRAID solution
operations that require leading performance for I/O-intensive
application workloads such as online transaction processing
that we back it up with
(OLTP), NFS, and Web servers. It’s also a good fit for remote sites
and IT operations that require high-availability storage but have
a pledge of guaranteed
limited system administration resources, and for sites with a need
to reduce storage management costs.
99.95 percent uptime.
The Model 12H is the ideal path to investment protection, too. It
packs up to 1.3 terabytes into a 2-meter rack. And it’s bolstered with
features for availability, reliability, and operational support. With its
ease of configuration and upgrades, it lets you make a minimal
investment now, then add capacity quickly and effortlessly as your
business needs grow.

Best of all, the Model 12H offers worry-free storage. Hewlett-Packard

is so confident of the reliability of this AutoRAID solution that we
back it up with a pledge of guaranteed 99.95 percent uptime.

Features for High Availability

• Redundant controllers—Reduce or eliminate downtime caused by
failed controller equipment.

• Hot-pluggable components—Allow repairs with minimum

interruption to currently running applications.

• Active/active controllers—Provide hot fail-over, keeping your data

safe and available. Each controller in the array has visibility to all data
on all disks. If a controller fails, the other one can take over operation
of the array with no loss of data and without rebooting the system or
restarting applications.

• Support for mirrored cache—Keeps a complete copy of all cached

data on both controllers. If a controller or a controller cache fails,
operations continue using the working cache and controller.

• Dual batteries in each controller—Allow failure of up to three

Features and Benefits
of the four batteries in a controller pair with no resulting downtime. Stress-Free Storage with
HP AutoRAID Model 12H
• High availability solution
• 99.95% uptime guarantee
• Online capacity upgrades
• Lowest cost array solution
• Scale to 1.3 TB/2-meter rack
• HP-UX and Windows NT® support
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Features for Better Reliability • Interfaces with HP’s OpenView, MC/ServiceGuard,

• ECC protected memory—Corrects single-bit memory and other HA software support utilities and tools—
errors and detects two-bit errors; allows the system to Simplifies operation of even the most complex
continue operation without interruption even though a environments.
memory component may be performing marginally.
Scale up to 1.3 Terabytes
• HP C1 manufacturing standard—With the electrical, The Model 12H supports up to 12 disk modules and is
structural, and mechanical ruggedness for which optimized for a half-high form factor. With 18.2 GB disk
HP products are widely known. Quality design and modules, the Model 12H delivers up to 1.3 TB of raw
manufacture ensure HP storage products will work capacity for each 2-meter rack. And when 36 GB disk
reliably in a variety of operating conditions. modules become available, the enclosure, RAM, cache, and
• Written uptime guarantee—Guarantees reliability other components will support this expanded capacity.
to a written uptime standard (99.95 percent).
Real-World Configurations, Real-World Proof
• Failure detection in firmware—Detects battery failure
To ensure compatibility and interoperability, the Model 12H
and sends a notice to the management utility, allowing
has been tested in single-host and multi-initiator
replacement of a battery before it causes a controller failure
configurations with HP NetServers and HP 9000 Enterprise
or loss of data.
Servers and workstations, so it is well suited to both UNIX®
• Background disk scrubbing—Restores data from and Windows NT environments. IT professionals can be
remaining disks and rewrites data to repaired sectors. It assured the HP AutoRAID solution is ready for seamless
detects and repairs data errors in the background before integration into the complete enterprise.
interruption of system operation.
Single-Controller Option Lowers Cost
• Data protection—Recovery of catastrophic controller
failures by logging (real-time) controller updates to The Model 12H is now available in a single-controller
the disks. configuration for HP-UX environments and in dual-controller
configurations for both HP-UX and NT environments. The
Features for Improved Operational Support single-controller option gives the lowest cost-per-megabyte
disk array storage solution for HP-UX environments that do
• Award-winning HP AutoRAID technology—Dramatically
not require a high availability configuration.
cuts administrative time needed for installation,
performance tuning, and configuration.
Innovative HP AutoRAID Technology
• Online capacity upgrades—Allows the addition of storage The Model 12H incorporates HP AutoRAID technology,
whenever it’s convenient; no need to bring the system down. the award-winning RAID technology developed by
• Array management monitoring delivered through Hewlett-Packard. With over 25 patents pending or granted,
ARM (AutoRAID Manager)—Detects and reports many HP AutoRAID is an innovative approach to solving the ease-
error conditions, allowing correcting during regular hours of-use and performance trade-offs associated with traditional
and minimizing impact on operations or operating staff. disk arrays. The HP AutoRAID Disk Array automatically
ARM supports HP OpenView in the NT environment. tunes and optimizes how data is stored, yielding the best
possible performance—and producing truly stellar TPC-C
• Automatic migration of data from RAID 0/1 to benchmark results.
RAID 5 storage—Substantially reduces administrative
overhead. IT professionals benefit because the HP AutoRAID array’s
outstanding performance allows them to meet departmental
• Ability to mix and match disk drive capacities and performance criteria. It also reduces downtime by avoiding
speeds—Simplifies configuration and upgrades. lengthy and disruptive tuning exercises. Faster installation
• Support for HP-UX and NT—Allows flexible storage and configuration translates into significant cost savings
capacity allocation or redeployment. because less time is required to administer the storage
system.

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A Storage Expert in Every System Another advantage of dynamic data migration is that
The HP AutoRAID Disk Array is analogous to a three-level no knowledge of RAID or system workload is needed
hierarchical storage management (HSM) system. The levels to configure, install, or tune for performance. And
include mirrored cache, mirrored disk (RAID 1/0), and HP AutoRAID with dynamic data migration offers lower
RAID 5. (See Figure 1). costs compared to a mirrored RAID solution because
fewer disks are required.

Autoconfiguration
Increasing Performance Another feature of HP AutoRAID is autoconfigure,
which makes it fast and easy to add capacity or
change the configuration. With HP AutoRAID, you
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adding disks, automatic configuration simplifies system
administration, lowering storage management costs. It also
provides investment protection by supporting higher
Figure 1. Adaptive Hierarchical RAID capacity disks and giving the ability to mix and match disk
capacities in the same enclosure.
The HP AutoRAID array automatically retains the most
frequently accessed data in high-performance RAID 1/0 and Active Hot Spare
the less frequently accessed data in the most cost-effective
Most HA environments today have a spare disk drive on
RAID 5, tuning the storage subsystem real time. Thanks to
hand. HP AutoRAID turns that spare drive into an active
this unique, award-winning architecture, HP AutoRAID is
hot spare, allowing its use for everyday tasks in the system
like having a storage expert in every system!
while reserving sufficient storage space across the array
to act as a spare if one is needed. Space from the spare disk
Dynamic Data Migration
is allocated automatically across all disks and effectively
Dynamic data migration automatically optimizes data increases the high-performance RAID 1/0 space.
across RAID levels. The most active data is stored in high-
performing RAID 1/0 (mirrored and striped), while less The most immediate benefit of the active hot spare is return
active data is kept in cost-effective RAID 5. User data is on investment: you get value from the spare disk because
load balanced across all disks, giving the best possible RAID there are no idle disks in your system. What’s more, using
performance. The HP AutoRAID controllers actually adapt an active hot spare enables faster rebuilding of a failed
to the workload and become more efficient over time—a disk, while the hot spare disk and larger mirrored disk space
particularly useful feature for changing work environments. provide a significant performance boost.

The results of HP AutoRAID with dynamic data migration

are clear: they include the leading HP 9000 V2250
TPC-C benchmark results achieved with over 3.2 TB of
HP AutoRAID Disk Array storage. Dynamic data migration
also delivers optimized application performance—in fact,
performance is much better than that of traditional RAID 5
and actually approaches mirrored disk performance for
many applications.

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Configuration Flexibility and Simplified Management
• Management of total disk capacity as a virtual storage
With HP AutoRAID, how
vault, using disk capacity transparently much data is kept in the high-
• Automatic and dynamic RAID selection
performance level 0/1 storage?
• Mix and match any supported disk speeds and capacities

• Online capacity expansion

• Available in 19-inch or 1.1-, 1.6-, and 2.0-meter rack

configurations or deskside enclosure

• Available in dual- or single-controller configurations for

HP-UX, and in dual-controller configurations for NT
A By default, RAID level 0/1
storage is never less than
10 percent, which is sufficient for the
environments

• Cable length up to 25 meters (SCSI)

majority of applications. However,
• Multiple paths to configuration: Handy front-panel controls, the RAID 0/1 (and RAID 5) space
System Administration Manager (SAM) for HP-UX, and
ARM GUI for Windows NT can be configured by the system
• No slot restrictions for disks within enclosure administrator.
• All key components (controllers, disk modules, power
supplies, and fans) are front-accessible and hot-swappable

Platform, Operating System, and HA Software

Support
• HP-UX 10.01 and above for HP 9000 Enterprise Servers,
models 8x7, 890, D-, E-, F-, G-, H-, I-, K-, T-, and V-Class:

– Supported as root, swap, and boot disk*

– Supports LVM The HP AutoRAID

– Supports HP MirrorDisk/UX

– HP MC/ServiceGuard Model 12H blends

– With HP-UX 10.20 and later, supports
HP MC/LockManager for Oracle® OPS environments
* Supported as boot disk on single-host only.
all the high availability
• HP-UX 10.01 and above for HP 9000 workstations;
B-, C-, J-, K-Class; 725/100; 735/125; and 755/125: benefits of RAID storage
– Supported as root, swap, and boot disk

• Windows NT Server and Windows NT Server Enterprise

Edition v4.0 SP3 for most HP NetServers
with features that make
• Increased performance, scalability, and flexibility through
Fibre Channel-SCSI MUX (A3511A/AZ) (For selected management simple—
servers, configurations, and OS environments)

and guarantee uptime.

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Specifications
HP AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H

Product Numbers A3700AD—HP Deskside Disk Array with AutoRAID

A3700A—HP Rackmount Disk Array with AutoRAID
A3700AZ—HP factory-racked Disk Array with AutoRAID
A3700AD*—HP AutoRAID Disk Array deskside version
A3700A*—HP AutoRAID Disk Array rackmount version
A3700AZ*—HP AutoRAID Disk Array factory-racked version

Performance/Throughput 16-bit SCSI-2 20 MB/s

Host Interface (wide and differential)

Drive Bus 8-bit SCSI-2 10 MB/s (single-ended), 4 buses

Array Chassis Capacity

Single enclosure Up to 182.8 GB (usable capacity) using 18.2 GB disks
1.6-meter rack Up to 365.6 GB (usable capacity) using 18.2 GB disks
1.6-meter back-to-back rack Up to 731.2 GB (usable capacity) using 18.2 GB disks
2.0-meter rack Up to 548.4 GB (usable capacity) using 18.2 GB disks
2.0-meter back-to-back rack Up to 1.09 TB (usable capacity) using 18.2 GB disks

Storage Controller 96 MB (A3706A) mirrored read/write cache

Disk Drive Capacity 7200 rpm: 4.3 GB (A3702A), 9.1 GB (A3703A), 18.2 GB (A3710A), formatted
10K rpm: 9.1 GB (A3713A), 18.2 GB (A3714A)

Rotational Velocity 7200 rpm or 10K rpm

Transfer Rate* 7200 @5–20 MB/s or 10K@ 5–20 MB/s

Average Seek Time / 7200 rpm: <9 ms / 4.17 ms

Average Latency 10K rpm: <6 ms / 2.99 ms

AC Power 100/120/127 V or 200/230/240 V (autorange) (A3708A)

Energy Consumption 0.0070 W

Efficiency Maximum (ratio)

VA Rating 870 VA maximum

Minimum Power Cord Gauge 16 AWG

Minimum/Maximum Number of Power Supplies 2/3

Environmental Characteristics
Heat Dissipation 3000 BTU/hr maximum
Inrush Current** 41 A max. @ 120 Vac or 83 A max. @ 230 Vac with three line cords combined
Frequency 50/60 Hz, single phase
Input Current** 7.3 A @ 120 Vac, 3.8 A @ 230 Vac with all three line cords combined
Temperature Operating: 41° to 104°F (5° to 40°C)
Non-operating: –40° to 149°F (–40° to 65°C)
Relative Humidity Operating: 10–80% RH @ 28°C (wet)
Non-operating: 10–90% RH @ 28°C (wet)
Vibration 0.21 G (rms), 5–500 Hz
Shock 4 G, 11 ms (1/2 sine)
Acoustic 5.9 B
Altitude Operating: 0–10,000 ft (0–3,048 m)
Non-operating: 0–15,000 ft (0–4,572 m)
Temperature Gradient 10°C/hr

Physical Characteristics**
Net weight 170 lb (77.2 kg)
Shipping 202.5 lb (92 kg)
Height 22.8 in (57.8 cm)
Width 16.7 in (42.5 cm)
Depth 12.2 in (31 cm)
Safety and EMC FCC Class A, Canadian RMC Class A complies with EMC Directive 89/336/EEC;
CISPR 22:1993/EN 55022 (1994) Class A; EN50082-1:1992; EN61000-3-2 (1995);
EN61000-3-3 (1995); VCCI Registered Class 1
IEC 950:1991+A1+A2+A3; EN 60950:1992+A1+A2+A3; CSA C22.2 NO.950-95;
UL 1950 3rd Edition; IEC 825-1:1993/EN60825-1: 1994 Class 1 (Laser/LED)

**Disk manufacturers specify a range of interface transfer rates. Model 12H operates at 20 MB/s.
**Maximum configuration: Model 12H enclosure with 3 power supplies, 3 fans, 12 disks, and 2 controllers.

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