IBM System Storage DS3950 Express

Manage growth, complexity, and risk with scalable, high-performance storage

  • 8 Gbps Fibre Channel interface technology
  • 1 Gbps iSCSI optional interface
  • Easy to deploy and manage with the DS Storage Manager
  • Intermix Fibre Channel, SAS and SATA disk drives
  • Scalable to 224 TB with 2 TB hot-swappable SATA disks or 100.8 TB of storage capacity with 900 GB hot-swappable SAS disks with the attachment of six EXP395 Expansion Units
  • Achieve up to 3700 MBps bandwidth for high throughput applications
  • Flexible for use with IBM System x®, IBM System p® and BladeCenter servers
  • Affordable for the small and medium business budgets
  • Direct-attach, SAN solution or tiered SAN solution
Model Model description Cache Model includes
1814-94H Dual controller 2 GB battery-backed Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel host ports
1814-98H Dual controller 4 GB battery-backed Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and four 1 Gbps iSCSI host ports