IBM DS4700 EXPRESS Computer Drive User Manual


 
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Disk Storage Systems (continued)
Selecting a solution
DS4700
Express DS4800 DS6800
DS8100
Turbo
DS8300
Turbo ESS
Local copy within controller
Remote Copy (>10 km)
Centralized management
Storage area network
Concurrent heterogeneous
servers (UNIX and Intel)
Concurrent microcode
install
Intermix disk capacities
Multiple RAID options
Controller-based call-home
Through DS
Storage Manager
Server
Through DS
Storage Manager
Server
Through DS
Storage Manager
Server
Rack mount
Virtualization
Virtualization through SAN
Volume Controller
* Remote Copy (>10 km) is via System Storage Proven vendors (CNT,Legato,NSI)
Yes No
Selecting a solution (continued)
EXP3000 DS3200 DS3300 DS3400
DS4200
Express EXP24
Local copy within controller
Remote Copy (>10 km)
Centralized management
Storage area network
Concurrent heterogeneous
servers (UNIX and Intel)
Intel/AMD only Intel/AMD only Intel/AMD only Intel/AMD/AIX
Concurrent microcode
install
Intermix disk capacities
Multiple RAID options
Controller-based call-home
Rack mount
Virtualization
Virtualization through SAN
Volume Controller
* Remote Copy (>10 km) is via System Storage Proven vendors (Legato, CNT, NSI)
Yes No
Product
Highlights
DS8300 Turbo
Outstanding enterprise class functionality with extraordinary performance and scalability up to 512TB of physical capacity
Host connectivity via 4 Gbps FC/FICON or ESCON interfaces to a wide variety of UNIX,Windows,Linux,System i systems,
System p servers, System x servers and System z mainframes
Top notch storage consolidation system with Storage System LPAR capability
Offers FlashCopy,FlashCopy SE,Global and Metro Mirroring functions (2 site and 3 site)
Call home and remote support as well as an Enterprise Choice 1-year,2-year, 3-year or 4-year warranty
DS8100 Turbo
Outstanding enterprise class functionality and performance with scalability up to 192TB of physical capacity
Host connectivity via 4 Gbps FC/FICON or ESCON interfaces to wide variety of UNIX,Windows,Linux,System p servers,
System x servers, System i systems and System z mainframes
Offers FlashCopy,FlashCopy SE,Global and Metro Mirroring functions (2 site and 3 site)
Call home and remote support as well as an Enterprise Choice 1-year,2-year, 3-year or 4-year warranty
DS6800
Provides enterprise-class disk offering in a modular package at an affordable price
Designed to provide host connectivity via FC/FICON to a wide variety of UNIX,Windows,Linux,System p servers,System x
servers, System i systems and System z mainframes
Features FlashCopy as well as Global and Metro Mirroring functions
Enterprise-class warranty,24x7,same day IBM onsite response
Enterprise
Storage Server®
Model 800
Refurbished with
Warranty
Affordable enterprise strength reliability and function for modular and mainframe servers
Great second-tier storage option for backup, remote mirroring,test or archive needs
Host connectivity via SCSI,FC/FICON,or ESCON interfaces to a wide variety of UNIX,Windows,System i systems and
System z mainframes
Features copy services for rapid backup and disaster recovery
Full 3 year warranty on Refurbished with Warranty systems available worldwide
DS4800
Provides SAN-ready flexible disk storage system for UNIX and Intel processor-based environments
Offers high-performance,full fibre solution with 4 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
Supports business continuance with its optional high-availability software and advanced Enhanced Remote Mirroring
function
Helps protect customer data with its multi-RAID capability and hot-swappable redundant components
DS4700 Express
Provides SAN-ready flexible disk storage system for UNIX and Intel processor-based environments
Offers high-performance,full fibre solution with 4 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
Supports business continuance with its optional high-availability software and advanced Enhanced Remote Mirroring
function
Helps protect customer data with its multi-RAID capability and hot-swappable redundant components
DS4200 Express
An SATA-only solution designed to provide an economical alternative storage solution that supports data archiving,
reference data and near-line storage applications
Offers high-performance,full fibre solution with 4 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
Supports business continuance with its optional high-availability software and advanced Enhanced Remote-Mirroring
function
Helps protect customer data with its multi-RAID capability and hot-swappable redundant components
DS3400
Scalable to 12 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity with 1 TB hot-swappable Serial ATA (SATA) disks
Expandable by attaching up to three EXP3000s, a total of 48TB of storage capacity
Flexible for use with IBM System x and BladeCenter servers
DS3300
1 Gbps iSCSI interface technology
Easy to deploy and manage with the DS3000 Storage Manager
Scalable to 12TB of storage capacity with 1 TB hot-swappable Serial ATA(SATA) disks
Expandable by attaching up to three EXP3000s, a total of 48TB of storage capacity
DS3200
3 Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface technology
Easy to deploy and manage with the DS3000 Storage Manager
Scalable to 12TB of storage capacity with 1 TB hot-swappable Serial ATA (SATA) disks
EXP3000
3 Gbps SAS interface technology
Support for up to 12TB of storage in a single enclosure
Support for up to 48TB in a cascaded configuration with MegaRAID 8480 adapter
Powerful and comprehensive management and configuration tools included
EXP24
Supports up to 7.2 TB of data
Supports up to 24 U320 SCSI drives in four groups of six drives or two groups of 12 drives
Additional information on these IBM Disk Storage products is available on the Web at ibm.com/storage/disk