The StorageWorks? RAID Array 4100 by Compaq is an external fibre channel storage product that has won numerous awards and industry accolades for outstanding scalability, flexibility and connectivity. Compaq offers Multi-platform Intel-based server support to the RA4100 to allow a broad range of Intel-based servers to take advantage of the RA4100?s scalability, flexibility and connectivity. The RA4100 utilizes the new "universal" drive carrier and will support a maximum of twelve, 1² Ultra2 or Ultra3 hard drives in a single enclosure. With increasing storage growth and investments, customers are demanding "simple" and easy to manage storage solutions, that simplify deployment and management, and above all, lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Now, Compaq customers can buy hard disk drives for their entire enterprise, from departmental servers up to the data center, without the confusion of disk and drive tray incompatibilities! The 4100 is an external storage system that is ideal for ProLiant Clusters, databases, data marts, Web servers, server consolidation, e-mail and other applications that require scalability and bandwidth for growing storage needs. The RA4100 is the storage subsystem used in Compaq?s entry-level Microsoft Clustering product, the ProLiant Cluster HA/F200, providing industry-leading price/performance. The RA4000 Redundant Controller can be added to existing RA4100 units.
 
 
RAID Array 4100 Rack: Houses up to 12, 1-inch hot pluggable drives. Each array includes the RA4000 Controller, an integrated RAID controller based on Compaq?s 6th generation Smart Array technology, with 64-MB (16-MB read, 48-MB user selectable read/write battery-backed) cache, a 2 meter Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable and GBIC-SW Kit to link your storage to the FC- interconnect.