Datasheet

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Entry-level Disk Systems
System x and IBM BladeCenter® Direct Attach or SAN Solutions System p Only Direct Attach Solutions
EXP3000
Expansion Unit
DS3200
SAS Storage Controller
DS3300
iSCSI Storage Controller
DS3400
FC Storage Controller
EXP24
Product
EXP3000 DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 EXP24
Machine/model
1727-01X, 1727-02T Telco DC Power Model 1726-21X, 1726-22X,
1726-22T Telco DC Power Model
1726-31X, 1726-32X,
1726-32T Telco DC Power Model
1726-41X, 1726-42X,
1726-42T Telco DC Power Model
7031-D24—Rack version
7021-T24—Tower version
Platform
support
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Windows 2003, RedHat 3, RedHat 4, SUSE 9 Windows 2003, Windows 2008, RedHat 4,
RedHat 5, SUSE 9, SUSE 10, NetWare,
VMware 3.5/3i, AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1
Windows 2003, Windows 2008, RedHat 4,
RedHat 5, SUSE 9, SUSE 10
Windows 2003, Windows 2008, RedHat 4,
RedHat 5, SUSE 9, SUSE 10, NetWare,
VMware 2.5.4, VMware 3.0.1, VMware 3.0.2,
VMware 3.5/3i, AIX 5.2, AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1
AIX 5L 5.2
AIX 5L 5.3
RedHat 3
RedHat 4
RedHat 5
SUSE 9
SUSE 10
Host
connectivity
SAS SAS iSCSI 4 Gbps Fibre Channel SCSI
SAN support
N/A SAS SAN with BladeCenter Switched, IP SAN Direct, Switched Fabric N/A
Copy services
N/A IBM FlashCopy®, IBM VolumeCopy IBM FlashCopy, IBM VolumeCopy IBM FlashCopy, IBM VolumeCopy N/A
Availability
features
Fault-tolerant RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual pathing drives
Fault-tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing
drivers
Fault-tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing
drivers
Fault-tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing
drivers
Fault-tolerant RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives
Controller
MegaRAID 8480 Dual active 3 Gbps SAS RAID Controllers Dual active 1 Gbps iSCSI RAID Controllers Dual Active 4 Gbps FC RAID Controllers System p FC 5741 & 5742 SCSI Repeaters
Cache
(min, max)
256 MB battery backup 512 MB, 2 GB battery backup 512 MB, 2 GB battery backup 512 MB, 2 GB battery backup
N/A
RAID support
0, 1, 3, 5, 6,10 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10
Capacity
(min, max)
146 GB, 24 TB in a single EXP3000 Expansion
Units
146 GB, 96 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 96 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 96 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units
73 GB, 7.2 TB
Drive interface
3 Gbps SAS,
3 Gbps SATA II
3 Gbps SAS 3 Gbps SAS 3 Gbps SAS Ultra320 SCSI
Drive support
SAS: 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB, 15,000 rpm
disk drives,
6 Gbps SAS: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB SAS
drives at 15,000 rpm
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB SATA II
7,200 rpm
SAS: 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB, 15,000 rpm
disk drives,
6 Gbps SAS: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB SAS
drives at 15,000 rpm
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB SATA II
7,200 rpm
SAS: 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB, 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
6 Gbps SAS: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB SAS
drives at 15,000 rpm
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB SATA II
7,200 rpm
SAS: 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB, 15,000 rpm
disk drives,
6 Gbps SAS: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB SAS
drives at 15,000 rpm
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB SATA II
7,200 rpm
73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 10,000 rpm disk drives;
36 GB, 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm
disk drives
Clustering
Support
N/A Microsoft Windows MSCS Microsoft Windows MSCS Microsoft Windows MSCS HACMP™
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Disk Storage Systems