The OceanProtect product-series section identifies X6000, X8000, and X9000, and shows X6000 as the mid-range platform and X8000/X9000 as higher-end systems. It also documents that OceanProtect supports both scale-up and scale-out, with a scale-out system reaching up to 9.2 PB physical capacity and 155 TB/hour. The software architecture further places multi-device management in the OceanProtect management layer, which is the basis for centrally managing multiple backup-storage nodes as one protection environment. For hybrid clustering, the higher-capability platform assumes the cluster-management roles while compatible lower-tier systems act as members. Therefore, X8000 can head a cluster containing X6000 members, and X9000 can head a cluster containing X8000 members. X3000 belongs to a different product category and is not mixed with X6000 in the proposed configuration.

Study Guide Topics: OceanProtect Backup Storage Product Overview Product Series Scale-Up and Scale-Out Software Architecture Multi-device Management.