IBM disk storage and network disk storage

• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• 2 Storage Partition as Standard
• Supports Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active 4Gbps RAID Controllers
• 2Gb Cache
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 84TB via Expansion Drawers
• Expansion Units Supported: 1812-81A

• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• 8 Storage Partition as Standard
• Supports Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active 4Gbps RAID Controllers
• 4Gb Cache
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 84TB via Expansion Drawers 
• Expansion Units Supported: 1812-81A

Disk Controller Header Unit. Disk Is added by Expansion Drawers.

• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• 8 Storage Partitions as Standard
• Supports Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active 4Gbps RAID Controllers
• Min. Cache 4Gb   Max. Cache 16GB
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 168TB via Expansion Drawers
• Expansion Units Supported: 1812-81A

Disk Controller Header Unit. Disk Is added via Expansion Drawers.

• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• 8 Storage Partitions as Standard
• Supports Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active 4Gbps RAID Controllers
• Min. Cache 4Gb   Max Cache 16GB
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 168TB via Expansion Drawers
• Expansion Units Supported: 1812-81A

• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• Supports Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active 4Gbps RAID Controllers
• Cache 8GB
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 89.6TB via Expansion Drawers
• Expansion Units Supported: 1812-81A

• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• Supports Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active 4Gbps RAID Controllers
• Cache 16GB
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 89.6TB via Expansion Drawers
• Expansion Units Supported: 1812-81A

• Previously known as FAStT600
• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• Supports FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Single/Dual Active 2Gbps RAID Controllers
• Min. Cache 256Mb Max. Cache 512Mb
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 44.8TB via Expansion Drawers

Previously known as FAStT600
Supports System p, System x
Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
Supports FlashCopy & Volume Copy
Single/Dual Active 2Gbps RAID Controllers
Min. Cache 256Mb Max. Cache 512Mb
Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
Supports Upto 14 Disks
Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 44.8TB via Expansion Drawers
Expansion Drawers Supported: 1740-1RU

• Previously known as FAStT700
• Supports System p, System x
• Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
• Supports Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
• Dual Active RAID Controllers
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
• Supports upto 14 Disks
• Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 32.8TB via Expansion Drawers
• Expansion Drawers Supported: 1710-10U, 1740-1RU & 1740-710

Previously known as FAStT900
Supports System p, System x
Fibre Channel Host Connectivity
Supports Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy & Volume Copy
Dual Active 2Gbps RAID Controllers
Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 & 10
Min. Capacity: 36.4Gb Max. Capacity Upto 89.6TB via Expansion Drawers
Expansion Drawers Supported: 1710-10U, 1740-1RU, 1740-710 & 1812-81A

• The IBM 1814 System Storage DS5020 disk system is IBM's midrange disk offering
• Specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 1814 DS5020 Disk Controller Model 20A comes in a 3U rack-mountable enclosure with dual-active RAID controllers and up to 16 disk drives installed within the base 3U enclosure.
• It provides 8 Gbps FC host ports and optional 1GbE iSCSI host connectivity.

• The IBM 1814 System Storage DS5020 disk system is IBM's midrange disk offering
• Specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 1814 EXP520 Expansion Unit is a high-capacity 16-drive bay unit in a 3U rack-mountable enclosure.
• Up to six EXP520 expansion units can be attached to the 5020 disk unit, providing modular storage solutions
• Up to 112 TB physical storage capacity.

•  The IBM 1818 expands the midrange disk storage offerings of high-performance, high availability, business-critical storage solutions with the IBM System Storage DS5000 series.
• The IBM EXP5000 is a high-capacity Storage Expansion Unit. The EXP5000 is packaged in a 3U rack-mountable enclosure that houses 16 drive bays.
• The EXP5000 can house up to 16 Fibre Channel or SATA disk drives or a combination of both types of drives.
• The EXP5000 at-taches to the IBM DS5100 and DS5300 controllers to build physical storage configurations of up to 896 TB using 2 TB SATA disk drives or up to 268.8 TB using 600 GB FC disk drives.
• Up to 28 EXP5000 expansion units, that houses up to 448 disk drives, can be attached to the DS5100 and DS5300 storage controllers.
• The EXP5000 attaches to DS5000 controllers and other disk expansion units via four 4 Gbps drive ports.
• The EXP5000 ships with two ports already populated.

• The IBM EXP5060 is a High Density Storage Enclosure.
• The EXP5060 is packaged in a 4U, rack-mountable 60 SATA disk enclosure containing 5 drive trays, each drive tray holds 12 SATA disk drives.
• Up to 8 EXP5060 storage enclosures can be attached to the DS5100 and DS5300 controllers to form storage configurations containing up to 480 SATA disk drives.
• The EXP5060 storage enclosures can be attached to a single DS5100 or DS5300 to form storage configurations of up to 960 TB using 2 TB SATA disk drives.
• The EXP5060 attaches to DS5000 controllers and other disk expansion units via four 4 Gbps drive ports. 

•  The IBM DS5100 Model 51A is a high-performance storage controller.
• The DS5100 storage controller is packaged in a 4U rack-mountable enclosure and has dual-active RAID controllers that operate at 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps FC speeds and 1 Gbps speed for attachment to iSCSI hosts.
• The DS5100 offers modular host ports that provide a choice of eight or sixteen FC host ports (four or eight ports per RAID controller); or four or eight iSCSI host ports (two or four ports per controller); or a combination of eight FC host ports and four iSCSI host ports (four FC host ports and two iSCSI host ports per controller). The FC host port cards come with the appropriate number of pluggable, shortwave SFP transceivers to populate the host ports.
• The DS5100 is designed with sixteen disk expansion ports for attachment of EXP5000 Storage Expansion Units and EXP5060 High Density Storage Enclosures.
• The DS5100 comes with base support that enables attachment of up to 16 EXP5000 expansion units.
• The DS5100 with requisite attachment features installed can attach up to 28 EXP5000 storage expansion units providing up to 896 TB storage or up to 8 EXP5060 high density storage enclosures that can provide up to 960 TB physical storage capacity.

• The IBM DS5300 Model 53A is a high-performance storage con-troller.
• The DS5300 storage controller is packaged in a 4U rack-mountable enclosure and has dual-active RAID controllers that operate at 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps FC speeds and 1 Gbps speed for attachment to iSCSI hosts.
• The DS5300 offers modular host ports that provide a choice of eight or sixteen FC host ports (four or eight ports per RAID controller); or four or eight iSCSI host ports (two or four ports per controller); or a combination of eight FC host ports and four iSCSI host ports (four FC host ports and two iSCSI host ports per controller). The FC host port cards come with the appropriate number of pluggable, shortwave SFP transceivers to populate the host ports.
• The DS5300 is designed with sixteen disk expansion ports for attachment of EXP5000 Storage Expansion Units and EXP5060 High Density Storage Enclosures. Shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers are used to populate the disk expansion ports. The DS5300 must have a minimum of eight and a maximum of sixteen expansion ports populated. Users must populate the disk expansion ports using Shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceiver pair feature (#2412) which provides two SFP transceivers and populates two disk expansion ports.
• The DS5300 comes with base support that enables attachment of up to 28 EXP5000 expansion units providing up to 896 TB of physical storage capacity or can attach up to 8 EXP5060 high density enclosures for up to 960 TB physical storage capacity with requisite attachment features installed.

• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 disk system is IBM's newest midrange disk offering; built on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller technology, specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure 112 comes packaged in a 2U rack-mountable enclosure with dual-active RAID controllers.
• Accommodates up to twelve 3.5-inch disk drives installed within the base 2U enclosure, and provides 8 Gbps FC ports for host or external storage connectivity, and 1 GbE for iSCSI host connectivity.

• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 disk system is IBM's newest midrange disk offering; built on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller technology, specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure Model 124 comes packaged in a 2U rack-mountable enclosure with dual-active RAID controllers.
• Accommodates up to twenty-four 2.5-inch disk drives installed within the base 2U enclosure, and provides 8 Gbps FC ports for host or external storage connectivity, and 1 GbE for iSCSI host connectivity.

• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 disk system is IBM's newest midrange disk offering; built on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller technology, specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosure Model 212 is for twelve 3.5-inch drives with dual-switched 6 Gbps ESMs, and dual power supplies with cooling components.
• IBM Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosure has a physical storage capacity of up to 24 TB per enclosure using 2 TB Nearline SAS DDMs, and up to 14 TB per enclosure using 600 GB SAS DDMs.

• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 disk system is IBM's newest midrange disk offering; built on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller technology, specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosure Model 224 is for twenty-four 2.5-inch drives with dual-switched 6 Gbps ESMs, and dual power supplies with cooling components.
• IBM Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosure has a physical storage capacity of up to 24 TB per enclosure using 2 TB Nearline SAS DDMs, and up to 14 TB per enclosure using 600 GB SAS DDMs.

• The IBM 2076 is the Storwize V7000. These models come with 10 GbE ports to deliver 10 Gigabit iSCSI networks for data. IBM Storwize V7000 10 GbE connectivity allows host systems to connect directly via iSCSI at faster speeds without the need for FC cables or switches and provides the infrastructure for emerging 10 GbE protocols.
• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 Disk System 10 GbE Control Enclosure Model 312 is for 3.5-inch drives.
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10
• Provides SAN-attached 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) host connectivity and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and Gigabit iSCSI host connectivity
• Accommodates up to twenty-four 2.5-inch disk drives or twelve 3.5-inch disk drives installed within the IBM Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure with attachment support for up to nine IBM Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosures, providing modular and highly scalable storage solutions that range up to 240 TB physical storage capacity, and 480 TB physical storage capacity in a clustered system
• Supports intermixing of SAS drives, Nearline SAS drives, and solid state drives within IBM Storwize V7000 Control Enclosures and IBM Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosures
• Includes IBM Easy Tier technology for automatically moving heavily used data extents onto high-performance SSD storage
• Supports attachment of other storage devices via the FC interface, just as the SVC
• Supports a complete set of SVC functions, including FlashCopy, RemoteCopy, Volume Mirroring, and thin provisioning

• The IBM 2076 is the Storwize V7000. These models come with 10 GbE ports to deliver 10 Gigabit iSCSI networks for data. IBM Storwize V7000 10 GbE connectivity allows host systems to connect directly via iSCSI at faster speeds without the need for FC cables or switches and provides the infrastructure for emerging 10 GbE protocols.
• The IBM 2076 Storwize V7000 Disk System 10 GbE Control Enclosure Model 324 is for 2.5-inch drives
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10
• Provides SAN-attached 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) host connectivity and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and Gigabit iSCSI host connectivity
• Accommodates up to twenty-four 2.5-inch disk drives or twelve 3.5-inch disk drives installed within the IBM Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure with attachment support for up to nine IBM Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosures, providing modular and highly scalable storage solutions that range up to 240 TB physical storage capacity, and 480 TB physical storage capacity in a clustered system
• Supports intermixing of SAS drives, Nearline SAS drives, and solid state drives within IBM Storwize V7000 Control Enclosures and IBM Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosures
• Includes IBM Easy Tier technology for automatically moving heavily used data extents onto high-performance SSD storage
• Supports attachment of other storage devices via the FC interface, just as the SVC
• Supports a complete set of SVC functions, including FlashCopy, RemoteCopy, Volume Mirroring, and thin provisioning

• The IBM 2812 XIV Storage System Gen3 Model 114 for machine types 2810 and 2812 is an innovative, high-end, open disk system designed to help reduce costs, simplify management and speed access to important data. IBM XIV Storage System Model 114 for machine types 2810 and 2812 is now offering the 3 Terabyte (TB) Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives populated in the XIV interface and data modules.
• IBM XIV Storage System Gen3 with software release 11.1 now includes support for optional IBM XIV SSD Caching. This new feature is designed to provide a performance boost for Gen3 systems with more cache capacity than existing DIMM RAM and the ability to serve up to 3x the performance for OLTP workloads. With SSD caching, Gen3 with software release 11.1 further strengthens its ability to provide consistent high performance and enterprise functionality, along with low total cost of ownership (TCO) and ease of use. The enhancements in this release is intended to enable:
• Obtain random read hit ratio and IOPS performance
• Benefit from the combination of SSD technology and unique XIV caching implementation

• The IBM 2810 is the XIV Storage System, designed to be a scalable enterprise storage system based upon a grid array of hardware components.
• The IBM 2810 XIV Storage System Model 214 offers up to twelve 10GbE ports for connecting to iSCSI-attached hosts or twenty-two 1GbE ports, up to 15 CPUs providing ninety physical cores (180 logical cores using Intel Hyper-Threading technology), more energy-efficient hardware that can reduce power consumption by up to 16% compared to previous models, up to 24 x 8Gb FC ports for host connectivity, up to 6 TB of SSD cache by using 400 GB drives, up to 243 TB of useable capacity, and up to 360 GB of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cache.
• Up to twelve 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for connecting to iSCSI-attached hosts or twenty-two 1Gb Ethernet ports
• Up to 15 CPUs providing ninety physical cores (180 logical cores using Intel Hyper-Threading technology)
• More energy-efficient hardware that can reduce power consumption by up to 16% compared to previous models
• Up to 24 x 8Gb Fibre Channel (FC) ports for host connectivity
• Up to 6 TB of SSD cache by using 400 GB drives
• Up to 243 TB of useable capacity
• Up to 360 GB of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cache
• IBM XIV Storage System Gen3 with software version 11.2.0 enables performance enhancements over previous models:
• Up to 5 times performance increase in iSCSI throughput with new 10Gb Ethernet (GbE) ports
• Up to 4.5 times performance boost for random database-like workloads with SSD read-caching (optional)
• Sequential read performance as high as 13.7 GB/s
• Support for Windows Server 2012, including space reclamation
• Drive rebuild times as fast as 26 minutes for a fully utilized 2 TB hard disk drive under heavy load

• The IBM 2812 is the XIV Storage System, designed to be a scalable enterprise storage system based upon a grid array of hardware components.
• The IBM 2812 XIV Storage System Model 214 offers up to twelve 10GbE ports for connecting to iSCSI-attached hosts or twenty-two 1GbE ports, up to 15 CPUs providing ninety physical cores (180 logical cores using Intel Hyper-Threading technology), more energy-efficient hardware that can reduce power consumption by up to 16% compared to previous models, up to 24 x 8Gb FC ports for host connectivity, up to 6 TB of SSD cache by using 400 GB drives, up to 243 TB of useable capacity, and up to 360 GB of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cache.
• Up to twelve 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for connecting to iSCSI-attached hosts or twenty-two 1Gb Ethernet port.
• Up to 15 CPUs providing ninety physical cores (180 logical cores using Intel Hyper-Threading technology)
• More energy-efficient hardware that can reduce power consumption by up to 16% compared to previous models
• Up to 24 x 8Gb Fibre Channel (FC) ports for host connectivity
• Up to 6 TB of SSD cache by using 400 GB drives
• Up to 243 TB of useable capacity
• Up to 360 GB of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cache
• IBM XIV Storage System Gen3 with software version 11.2.0 enables performance enhancements over previous models:
• Up to 5 times performance increase in iSCSI throughput with new 10Gb Ethernet (GbE) ports
• Up to 4.5 times performance boost for random database-like workloads with SSD read-caching (optional)
• Sequential read performance as high as 13.7 GB/s
• Support for Windows Server 2012, including space reclamation
• Drive rebuild times as fast as 26 minutes for a fully utilized 2 TB hard disk drive under heavy load

• The IBM 2812 XIV Storage System Gen3 Model 114 for machine types 2810 and 2812 is an innovative, high-end, open disk system designed to help reduce costs, simplify management and speed access to important data. IBM XIV Storage System Model 114 for machine types 2810 and 2812 is now offering the 3 Terabyte (TB) Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives populated in the XIV interface and data modules.
• IBM XIV Storage System Gen3 with software release 11.1 now includes support for optional IBM XIV SSD Caching. This new feature is designed to provide a performance boost for Gen3 systems with more cache capacity than existing DIMM RAM and the ability to serve up to 3x the performance for OLTP workloads. With SSD caching, Gen3 with software release 11.1 further strengthens its ability to provide consistent high performance and enterprise functionality, along with low total cost of ownership (TCO) and ease of use. The enhancements in this release is intended to enable:
• Obtain random read hit ratio and IOPS performance
• Benefit from the combination of SSD technology and unique XIV caching implementation
• A virtualized grid-based array of storage devices
• Up to 180 2 TB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives
• Up to 161 TB of useable capacity in a single frame
• Up to 24 ports of 8Gb Fibre Channel host connectivity
• Up to 22 ports of 1Gb iSCSI host connectivity
• Up to 360 GB of cache
• High-performance InfiniBand interconnectivity
• Multi-core processors
• Advanced software functions:
• Synchronous and asynchronous remote mirroring
• Thin provisioning
• Data migration
• Quality of Service controls
• LDAP authentication support
• VMware VAAI support
• Differential, writeable snapshot technology
• One and three-year warranty models
• SSD caching increases the effective amount of read cache available to the system, with an emphasis on a read-cache for random I/O.
• Designated SSD drives on each module is intended to be up to 0.4 TB, providing increased performance with higher cache hits compared to disk drives.

• The 4939 is an IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node that is an integrated storage system for IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System, designed to deliver high performance, advanced function, high availability, and modular and scalable storage capacity.
• The IBM 4939 Model A29 is a Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure.
• IBM PureFlex System is a new category of systems that integrates multiple server architectures, networking, storage, and system management capability into a single system.
• IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is a powerful block storage system designed to integrate into the IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System infrastructure for extremely rapid storage deployment and breakthrough management simplicity.
• Is built on the industry-leading storage virtualization and efficiency capabilities of IBM Storwize V7000
• Features sophisticated storage technologies including thin provisioning, automated tiering, external storage virtualization, Real-time Compression, clustering, replication, and a next-generation graphical user interface (GUI)
• Supports 8Gb Fibre Channel (FC) and 10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI host connectivity
• Supports twenty-four 2.5-inch 6Gb SAS drives, nearline drives, and solid state drives per enclosure
• Scalable to 240 drives per system and 960 drives per clustered system with the attachment of Flex System V7000 and Storwize V7000 expansion enclosures

• The 4939 is an IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node that is an integrated storage system for IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System, designed to deliver high performance, advanced function, high availability, and modular and scalable storage capacity.
• The IBM 4939 Model A49 is a Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure
• IBM PureFlex System is a new category of systems that integrates multiple server architectures, networking, storage, and system management capability into a single system.
• IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is a powerful block storage system designed to integrate into the IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System infrastructure for extremely rapid storage deployment and breakthrough management simplicity.
• Is built on the industry-leading storage virtualization and efficiency capabilities of IBM Storwize V7000
• Features sophisticated storage technologies including thin provisioning, automated tiering, external storage virtualization, Real-time Compression, clustering, replication, and a next-generation graphical user interface (GUI)
• Supports 8Gb Fibre Channel (FC) and 10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI host connectivity
• Supports twenty-four 2.5-inch 6Gb SAS drives, nearline drives, and solid state drives per enclosure
• Scalable to 240 drives per system and 960 drives per clustered system with the attachment of Flex System V7000 and Storwize V7000 expansion enclosures 

• The IBM 1746 System Storage DS3500 Express Storage Systems and EXP3500 Express Expansion Units are the newest addition to the IBM System Storage DS3000 series family of entry disk storage systems.
• The DS3500 delivers affordable, entry-level configurations for small and medium businesses in compact 2U, 19-inch rack mount enclosures,
• They have the flexibility to scale in capacity, performance, host interfaces, and functions as your business grows or requirements change.
• The IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Storage System has twelve 3.5-inch SAS drive bays.
• This model is configured with dual controllers, four 6 Gb SAS ports, and 2 GB cache.
• This model conforms to applicable NEBS level 3 and ETSI documents.

• Deliver mid-range performance and scalability at entry-level prices
• Leverage built-in management expertise in intuitive and powerful storage management software
• Deliver simplified data protection management and automated recovery
• Support Enhanced Global Mirroring over IP and/or Fibre Channel
• Deliver continuous data security with full disk encryption and support high-performing solid-state drives (SSDs)
• Ensure data integrity with support for the T10 Protection Information (T10-PI) standard
• IBM® System Storage® DS3500 Express combines excellent development with leading 6 gigabits per second (Gbps) host interface and drive technology. With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, DS3500 Express is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to IBM System x® servers, IBM BladeCenter® and IBM Power Systems™. By offering substantial improvements at a price that fits most budgets, DS3500 Express delivers superior price/performance ratios, functionality, scalability and ease of use for the entry-level storage user.

• Full-time storage administrators achieve complete control over their storage configuration, and part-time users have an intuitive and simple interface
• Centralized management of all local and networked IBM System Storage DS5000, IBM System Storage DS4000 and DS3500 Express storage systems—means increased management efficiencies and a reduced learning curve with simple management
• Investment protection with optional Disaster Recovery option delivering enhanced remote mirroring support across Fibre Channel or IP host interfaces
• Auto Support feature allows centralized collection and reporting of key operational statistics for ongoing trend analysis and product improvement
• Equally adept at IOPS and megabytes per second, DS3500 Express supports applications with wide-ranging performance requirements
• Well suited for consolidation and virtualization environments that have diverse workloads and application requirements
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• The IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Storage System has twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS drive bays.
• This model is configured with dual controllers, four 6 Gb SAS ports, and 2 GB cache.
• This model conforms to applicable NEBS level 3 and ETSI documents.
• The IBM 1746 System Storage DS3500 Express Storage Systems and EXP3500 Express Expansion Units are the newest addition to the IBM System Storage DS3000 series family of entry disk storage systems.
• The DS3500 delivers affordable, entry-level configurations for small and medium businesses in compact 2U, 19-inch rack mount enclosures,
• It has the flexibility to scale in capacity, performance, host interfaces, and functions as your business grows or requirements change.

• The 1814 IBM System Storage DS3950 Express Disk System expands IBM's disk storage offerings that are specifically designed to help address midrange or departmental storage requirements.
• The IBM 1814 DS3950 Express Model 94H has 3U rack-mountable enclosure with 16-drive bays
• 2 GB cache memory (1 GB per RAID controller)
• Two storage partitions enabled
• Dual-intelligent RAID controllers
• Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel host ports (two ports per controller)
• Four 4 Gbps Fibre Channel drive expansion ports,Version 07.60 firmware preloaded on controller
• Dual power supplies, redundant cooling
• Rack mounting rails
• Two rack power distribution unit (PDU) power cords; country-specific line cords orderable via separate part number, and Documentation on CD-ROM and hardcopy.