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IBM System Storage DS4200 Express

Model 7V

Scalable, high-capacity SATA disk storage solution.

Highlights

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4 Gbps Fibre Channel interface

technology

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Up to 1550 MBps bandwidth for

high throughput applications

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SATA-only hard disk drives

supported

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Includes IBM System Storage®

DS4000™ Storage Manager to

help centrally manage the

DS4000 Series

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Four total host channels with

dual controllers for increased

connectivity

4Gb Fibre Channel interface technology

The IBM System Storage DS4200 disk

storage system supports a high-

performance 4 Gbps Fibre Channel

interface for increased host connectivity

to deliver necessary bandwidth for high

throughput applications. Designed for

data-intensive applications that demand

increased connectivity provided by four

4 Gbps host channels designed to pro-

vide up to 1600 MBps of sustained

bandwidth for high throughput applica-

tions through the four channels directly

attached to the host servers or con-

nected to a Fibre Channel storage area

network (SAN).

Designed to help lower your Total Cost of

Ownership (TCO)

The IBM System Storage DS4200 Disk

Storage System offers customers a

SAN solution to take advantage of the

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Scalable, high-capacity SATA disk storage solution. IBM System Storage DS4200 Express Model 7V 4Gb Fibre Channel interface technology The IBM System Storage DS4200 disk storage system supports a highperformance 4 Gbps Fibre Channel interface for increased host connectivity to deliver necessary bandwidth for high throughput applications.
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performance offered by 4 Gbps tech- multiple RAID levels and redundant, nology. The IBM DS4200 4 Gbps SAN hot-swappable components—the product is designed to offer up to DS4200 Disk Storage System can help 1600 MBps throughput with up to you maintain data availability and 121,500 IOPS (input/output per sec- security. ond). A 4 Gbps storage array requires Not too big. Not too small. Designed for mid-sized business, the IBM Express Portfolio™ of offerings is just right.
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Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) The DS4200 controller is a great The DS4200 storage system’s four Information is the lifeblood of an fit for both transaction-oriented and 4 Gbps drive connections support up on demand business.
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demands increase. Autonomic features connectors. The DS4000 EXP420 ESM can be combined to help address addi- such as online firmware upgrades and designs will support a 4 Gbps Fibre tional performance and capacity DS4000 Service Alert also help Channel loop. The 500GB SATA ll drive requirements—further enhancing your enhance the system’s usability. is a 3 Gbps drive that supports capabil- scalability options.
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DS4000 Storage Manager is designed capability allows IT organizations to The VolumeCopy feature is designed to to allow administrators to quickly con- strategically allocate storage capacity, provide full replication of one logical vol- figure and monitor storage from a helping to optimize the utilization of ume (source) to another (target) within Java™ technology-based Web browser storage space and helping reduce the DS4200. VolumeCopy is designed interface.
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These applications can add to the Additional services for hardware instal- Manager to IBM to help expedite diag- capabilities of the DS4200 by enabling lation, DS4000 Storage Manager con- nosis and repair of failed hardware and backup and storage reporting. figuration and advanced storage software problems. management are also available from The IBM System Storage Proven™ pro- IBM Global Services (IGS).
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IBM System Storage DS4200 Express Model 7v at a glance Characteristics Model RAID controller Cache Host interface Drive interface Supported drives RAID levels Storage partitions Maximum drives supported Fans and power supplies Rack support Management software SAN support Warranty Physical characteristics Dimensions Supported systemsa 1814-7VA Dual active 2GB battery-backed 4 host ports, Fibre Channel (FC) Switched and FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard, Auto-sensing 1 Gbps/2 Gbps/4 Gbps 4 drive ports—Fib
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For more information Contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner or visit: ibm.com/storage/disk/ds4200 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 IBM Systems and Technology Group 9000 Rita Road Tucson, AZ 85744 U.S.A. ibm.com/servers/eserver/express Produced in the United States August 2006 All Rights Reserved MB, GB and TB equal 1,000,000, 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, respectively, where referring to storage capacity.