IBM System Storage DCS3700 Storage System

Highlights

• Provides 6 Gbps SAS high-density storage system that delivers scalable capacity at an affordable price point
• Supports high-performance streaming applications that have rigorous bandwidth requirements, such as rich media, financial markets, telecommunications and weather modeling
• Helps optimize the flow and management of large, file-based data while retaining ease of data access
• Meets the most demanding data growth requirements, with dense capacity packaging of up to 45 TB/U
• Enables intermixing of Solid State Drives, high-performance SAS drives and nearline SAS drives

• Management expertise built into intuitive and powerful storage management software
• When combined with the best-in-class IBM General Parallel File System, the new DCS3700 can help organizations optimize the flow and management of large file-based data, while retaining ease of data access
• Superior serviceability and easy installation, with front-load 12-drive drawers that can be extended while the drives remain active, allowing for individual drive replacement without affecting the operation of other drives
• Multilevel data protection with IBM FlashCopy, Volume Copy and Remote Mirroring across Fiber Channel
• Energy-saving implementations for cost savings today and tomorrow, with a high-density enclosure, power supplies designed with multiple efficiency standards and variable speed fans
• Mixed host interfaces that support DAS and SAN tiering to reduce overall operation and acquisition costs
• Investment protection and cost-effective backup and recovery, with remote mirror across Fibre Channel host ports and compatibility with DS3500, DS5000 and DS4000
• Support for low-power, highly-reliable and high performance Solid State Drives

The era of smarter computing is here, and is being driven by the need for more data with faster data access. Low-latency application performance in applications such as life sciences, real-time analytics, rich media, seismic processing, weather forecasting, telecommunications and financial markets require high-performance storage architectures. In addition, these organizations are often looking for a better way to improve operational efficiency while maintaining the same data center footprint, quality of service and high availability.

The new IBM® System Storage® DCS3700 meets an organization’s demand for both more capacity and space restriction demands. Designed for applications with high-performance streaming data requirements, the DCS3700 offers optimal space utilization, low power consumption and high performance. Organizations can now have a storage solution to maximize storage density, reduce operational expenditures and ensure high productivity.

IBM has combined highly available dense storage capabilities and the proven System Storage disk controllers in the DCS3700. With up to 60 SAS drives in just 4U of rack space, it can reduce operational costs for capacity-intensive applications. With up to 4000 MB/s in sustained drive reads, the DCS3700 storage system is equally adept at delivering throughput to bandwidth-intensive applications and IOPs to databases and Microsoft Exchange and other applications. With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, the DCS3700 is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to IBM System x® servers, IBM BladeCenter® and IBM Power Systems™.