MTBF of MSA2000fc and HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switches

[Karim Dargazanli]

Hello,

I am trying to find the MTBF of the following equipments
1) HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array
2) HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch

thanks for your help
Karim

[IBaltay]

Hi,
a) usualy the MTBF is being calculated for the tape drives and disk drives:
One good idea how to dramaticaly improve the MTBF can be the MSA2000/2012fc cluster solution:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl380g5/index.html

b) some additional info can be found in quickspecs:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12991_div/12991_div.html

c) the MSA 2000fc hard disk types can be found here:
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA0-7118ENW.pdf

d) and here you can find HP hard disk drive model number matrix
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00305257&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN