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IBM System DS4700 Express

In a continuing effort to provide storage solutions that are designed to provide low total cost of ownership, high performance, robust functionality, and unparalleled ease of use, IBM offers the IBM System Storage DS4700 Express. As part of the DS4000 series, the DS4700 Express offers high-performance 4 Gbps capable Fibre Channel connections, up to 33.6 TB of Fibre Channel physical storage capacity, 112 TB of SATA physical storage capacity, and powerful system management, data management and data protection features. The DS4700 Express is designed to expand from workgroup to enterprise-wide capability with up to six Fibre Channel expansion units with the DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Unit.

Highlights

  • Optimize performance with end-to-end 4 Gbps capable Fibre Channel interface technology
  • Achieve up to 1550 MBps bandwidth for high throughput applications
  • Support for Fibre Channel hard disk drives
  • Centrally manage the DS4000™ series with the IBM System Storage™ DS4000 Storage Manager
  • Increase connectivity through eight host channels with dual controllers
  • Support for up to 112 disk drive modules with the attachment of six DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units
  • Designed to be NEBS-3 compliant, powered from a -48 V dc Telco industry-standard power source

Common features

  • Dynamic Capacity Expansion (DCE)
  • System Storage DS4000 Storage Manager software
  • IBM FlashCopy® to take point-in-time copies of logical volumes
  • Dynamic Volume Expansion
  • VolumeCopy feature designed to provide full replication of one logical volume to another
  • Enhanced Remote Mirror to multi-LUN applications
  • Hot-spare disk drives

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  IBM DS4700

 

IBM System DS4700 Express Model

 
 
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  • Up to 4 GB cache battery-backed on model 72
  • Up to 2 GB cache battery-backed on model 70
  • Model 72 has 8 host ports and 4 drive ports-Fibre Channel (FC) Switched and FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard, Auto-sensing 1 Gbps/2 Gbps/4 Gbps
  • Model 70 has 4 host ports and 4 drive ports-Fibre Channel (FC) Switched and FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard, Auto-sensing 1 Gbps/2 Gbps/4 Gbps
  • Supports 2 Gbps FC: 10K – 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB, 300 GB E-DDM , 15K – 36.4 GB, 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB E-DDM
  • Supports 4 Gbps FC: 15k – 146.8 GB, 73.4 GB, 36.4 GB E-DDM
  • Supports 4 Gbps SATA: 7.2K 500/750 GB and 1 TB GB E-DDM
  • RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10 support
  • Up to 128 storage partitions
  • 112 Fibre Channel drives (using 6 DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units)
  • Dual redundant, hot-swappable cooling fans
  • 19-inch, industry-standard rack
 
 
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