HP 2000fc Hp StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array CLI reference guide - Page 261
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Glossary The glossary defines terms and acronyms used in MSA2000 Family storage system documentation. Definitions obtained from the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Dictionary are indicated with "(SNIA)" at the end. For the complete SNIA Dictionary, go to www.snia.org/education/dictionary. active-active address ANSI API array block broadcast write Synonym for dual active components or controllers. A pair of components, such as the controllers in a failure tolerant storage subsystem that share a task or class of tasks when both are functioning normally. When one of the components fails, the other takes on the entire task. Dual active controllers are connected to the same set of storage devices, improving both I/O performance and failure tolerance compared to a single controller. (SNIA) A data structure or logical convention used to identify a unique entity, such as a particular process or network device. American National Standards Institute. Application programming interface. See storage system. The unit in which data is stored to or retrieved from a disk. For MSA2000 Family storage systems a block is 512 bytes, equivalent to the size of a disk sector. Technology that provides simultaneous caching of write data to both RAID controllers' cache memory with positive direct memory access acknowledgement (certified direct memory access). 261