The IBM TotalStorage FAStT900 is an enterprise-class storage server that is designed to provide excellent performance and flexibility for today's demanding data-intensive computing environments. With more than 32TB of storage capacity, this server is well suited for high-performance applications such as online transaction processing (OLTP), data mining and digital media.The FAStT900 builds on the capabilities of existing FAStT systems, using a common storage management interface and similar disk expansion tools. It is backward capable with existing FAStT EXP700 and FAStT EXP500 disk enclosures, and can support up to 224 Fiber Channel disk drives when using 16 FAStT EXP700 disk enclosures. When combined with FAStT EXP700 disk enclosures and 2Gb IBM TotalStorage SAN Switches, the FAStT900 can be used to build a complete 2Gb SAN environment.In addition, the performance capabilities of the FAStT900 exceed that of other FAStT Storage Servers, with a 772MB/sec disk throughput. It also uses advanced caching algorithms to optimize disk performance.The IBM TotalStorage FAStT900 Storage Server has several features designed to facilitate data management and improve storage system performance. FAStT Storage Manager software centralizes storage management, helping make administrators more productive. In addition, administrators can partition the FAStT900 Storage Server into as many as 64 virtual servers. This capability allows organizations to strategically allocate storage capacity, helping to maximize storage space and reduce hardware and storage management costs.Another feature of the FAStT900 is Dynamic Volume Expansion, which enables administrators to resize logical volumes without disrupting other services within the storage system. Using this feature, administrators can expand storage while maintaining high data availability.