Highlights
- End-to-end 4 Gbps capable Fibre Channel interface technology to help optimize performance
- Up to 1550 MBps bandwidth for high throughput applications
- Support for Fibre Channel hard disk drives
- Includes IBM System StorageT DS4000T Storage Manager to help centrally manage the DS4000 series
- Eight total host channels with dual controllers for increased connectivity
- Support for up to 112 disk drive modules with the attachment of six DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units
- NEBS-3 compliant designed to be powered from a -48 V dc Telco industry-standard power source
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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, 84 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.
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Product features
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| · 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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Hardware summary
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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 750 GB, 500 GB E-DDM |
| · RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5 and 10 support |
| · Up to 64 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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