HP 3PAR P10000 Components

HP 3PAR P10000 / V-Series Components:

A sneak peak into the components of 3PAR and their functionalities.

1. Controller Node:

Controller Node

a. Performance and connectivity building block
b. Has CPUs and Gen4 ASICs
c. System Management
d. RAID and Thin Calculations
e. Come in Pairs (node pairs)
f. Control and Data Cache
g. Boot Drive: MLC SSD (128GB on V400 & 256GB on V800)

2. Node Mid Plane:

Node Mid-Plane

a. Cache Coherent Interconnect

b. Completely Passive

c. Defines Scalability

3. Drive Chassis & Drive Magazines:

Drive Cage

a. The Capacity Building Block
b. P10000 Chassis 4U 40 Disks
    i.  Up to 24 per 10400
    ii. Up to 48 per 10800

Drive Magazine

       

      c. Magazine containing 4 Disk Drives

4. Service Processor:

Service Processor

a. One Required per system
b. 1U rack size
c. Service and Monitoring