User's Guide

Chapter 1 DX3000 and DX5000 System Description
DX3000 and DX5000 Systems
Quantum DX3000 and DX5000 User’s Guide 5
Table 1 DX3000/DX5000
Capacity Specifications
Both the DX3000 and the DX5000 use the same hard drive sleds, however,
the chassis and other system components differ between the two systems.
Refer to the following sections:
• DX3000 System Components
• DX5000 System Components
DX3000 System
Components
1
The DX3000 system houses the following components:
• Drive sleds (four or eight drive sleds per storage array) (qualified IT
personnel serviceable)
• Two redundant power supplies (qualified IT personnel serviceable)
• Redundant fan modules located internally (qualified IT personnel
serviceable)
• Motherboard, CPU, and memory (Quantum Field Service Only)
• RAID controller (Quantum Field Service Only)
• Optional Optyon™ Fibre Channel/compression board (Quantum Field
Service Only)
The qualified IT personnel serviceable components are removed and
replaced either through the front or back of the system (see
figure 3).
DX Model
(with Drive
Size)
Number of
Tape Drives
Number of
Cartridges
Usable
Capacity
DX3000 (500
GB drives)
Up to 32 virtual
tape drives
400 cartridges per
LUN (800 max)
1.3 TB to 3.5
TB
DX5000 (500
GB drives)
Up to 64 virtual
tape drives
400 cartridges per
LUN (1600 max)
4.5 TB to
10.0 TB