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Disk Storage SystemsEntry-level Disk Systems
Systemx and IBM BladeCenter®Direct Attach or SAN Solutions Systemp Only Direct Attach Solutions
EXP3000 DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 EXP24
Product EXP3000 DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 EXP24
Machine/model 1727-01X,1727-02T Telco DC Power Model 1726-21X, 1726-22X
1726-21E Express
1726-22E Express,1726-22T Telco DC Power
Model
1726-31X,1726-32X
1726-31E Express
1726-32E Express,1726-32T Telco DC Power
Model
1726-41X,1726-42X
1726-41E Express
1726-42E Express,1726-42T Telco DC Power
Model
7031-D24—Rack version
7021-T24—Tower version
Platform
support1
Windows 2003,RedHat 3, RedHat 4, SUSE 9 Windows 2003, RedHat 4, RedHat 5, SUSE 9,
SUSE10, NetWare, VMware 3.5/3i
Windows 2003,RedHat 4, RedHat 5, SUSE 9,
SUSE10
Windows 2003,RedHat 4, RedHat 5, SUSE 9,
SUSE10, NetWare, VMware 2.5.4,VMware 3.0.1,
VMware 3.0.2,VMware 3.5/3i, AIX 5.2,AIX 5.3
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 N/A Switched, IP SAN Direct,Switched Fabric N/A
Copy services N/A IBMFlashCopy®, IBMVolumeCopy IBM FlashCopy,IBMVolumeCopy IBM FlashCopy,IBMVolumeCopy 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 GB 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, 1,5,10, 50 0, 1,3,5, 10 0,1, 3,5,10 0, 1,3,5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10
Capacity
(min, max)
146 GB,12 TB in a single EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB,48 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 48 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 48 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 SATA II
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA II
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA II
Ultra320 SCSI
Drive support SAS:73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives; 500 GB,750 GB, 1 TB SATA II 7,200 rpm
SAS:73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
SATA:500 GB, 750 GB,1 TB SATA II 7,200 rpm
SAS:73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
SATA:500 GB, 750 GB,1 TB 7,200 rpm
SAS:73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
SATA:500 GB, 750 GB,1 TB 7,200 rpm
73GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 10,000 rpm disk drives;
36GB, 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™