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IBM System Storage EXP3000

The EXP3000 Express supports attachment to the DS3000 Express Series providing a highly available storage system scaling up to 48 SAS and/or SATA disk drives. Up to three EXP3000s can be connected to expand capacity and IOPs performance of the solution to help address your data needs today and tomorrow.

Highlights

  • 3 Gbps SAS drive expansion technology
  • Support for up to 5.4 TB of SAS disk physical storage capacity (450 GB SAS drives) in a single enclosure
  • Support for up to 12 TB of SATA disk physical storage capacity (1.0 TB SATA drives) in a single enclosure
  • SAS or SATA hard disk drive intermix supported with select IBM System x™, IBM System p®, and IBM BladeCenter® servers using the DS3000 series of storage systems, MegaRAID or ServeRAID™ host bus adapters
  • Three EXP3000s can be attached to a DS3000 storage system to expand up to 21.6 TB of physical storage capacity when utilizing 450 GB SAS drives or 48.0 TB of physical storage capacity when utilizing 1 TB SATA drives
  • Telco model supports -48 V DC power supplies
  • NEBS and ETSI compliance for AC and DC models
  • 50 GB SATA Solid State Disk drive supported in EXP3000 expansion units that are directly attached to System x servers via the ServeRAID MR10M SAS/SATA controller adapter installed in the System x server.

Common features

  • Affordable—A high capacity and robust solution for cost-focused budget
  • Flexible—Supports SAS and SATA drive intermix for tiered storage within a single enclosure
  • Scalable—Increase disk capacity with multiple EXP3000s
  • Performance Oriented—SAS platform helps enable increased bandwidth and high-throughput
  • Robust —Customer-replaceable and hot-swappable components and point-to-point architecture ensure high reliability

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  IBM EXP3000

 

IBM System Storage EXP3000

 
 
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  • Model 1727-01X—IBM System Storage EXP3000
    1727-02T—IBM System Storage EXP3000 with DC power supplies
  • Environmental Services Module Single ESM with dual ESM upgrade
    SAS interface: Mini-SAS connectors
  • Drives supported SAS 15,000 rpm capacities: 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB
    SATA 7,200 rpm capacities: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1.0 TB
    Solid State Disk: 50 GB SATA (System x direct attach only via the ServeRAID MR10M SAS/SATA controller adapter)
  • Fans and power supplies Two hot-swappable 530 watt (115 – 230 V AC) power supplies
  • Rack support 19-inch, industry-standard rack
  • Warranty Three year parts and labor warranty
  • EXP3000 Physical characteristics
    Dimensions 8.7 cm x 44.7 cm x 55.0 cm (3.43 in x 21.6 in x 17.6 in) (HxWxD)
 
 
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