IBM System Storage DS5020 Express

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

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8 Gbps Fibre Channel interface technology
1 Gbps iSCSI optional interface
Easy to deploy and manage with System Storage DS Storage Manager software
Intermix Fibre Channel, SED, SATA, SAS, SAS-NL and SSD disk drives
Scalable to 336 TB with 3 TB hot-swappable SAS-NL disks or 100.8 TB of storage capacity with 900 GB hot-swappable SAS disks with the attachment of six EXP520 Expansion Units
Achieve up to 3700 Mbps bandwidth for high-throughput applications
Flexible for use with IBM System x®, IBM System p® and IBM BladeCenter® servers
Affordable for the small and medium business budgets
Direct-attach, SAN solution or tiered SAN solution

Model	Model description	Cache	Model includes
1814-20A	Dual controller Express	4 GB battery-backed	Eight 8 Gbps Fibre Channel host ports