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IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage

Most advanced architecture, flexible clustered scale-out solution

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Host interface CIFS, NFS, FTP, HTTPS
Supported drives SAS: 600 GB (15K rpm), 900 GB (10K rpm)
Near-line SAS: 2 TB , 3 TB (7200 rpm)
RAID levels RAID 6
Maximum drives supported 7,200
Fans and power supplies Fully redundant, hot swappable
Rack support 42 Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA) units
Management software SONAS software
Warranty One year 9 × 5 next business day, upgrade to 24 hour × 7 days a week × 4 hour response
Dimensions Width: 644 mm (25.4 in.)
Depth: 1329 mm (52.3 in.)
Height: 2015 mm (79.3 in.)
Weight Fully populated
Model weight:
2851-RXA Fibre Channel 9003 794 Kg (1750 lbs)
2851-RXA Fibre Channel 9004 749 Kg (1650 lbs)
2851-RXA Fibre Channel 9005 1044 Kg (2300 lbs)
2851-RXB 1343 Kg (2960 lbs)
2851-RXC 817 Kg (1800 lbs)
Environment Allowable:
Recommended:
Conforms to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Class 1
Nonoperating (equipment powered off)
Shipping:
Supported systems For supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications, SAN switches and directors, consult your IBM sales representative.
Certifications For ISV solutions, please visit the ISV Solutions resource library at: ibm.com/systems/storage/solutions/isv/index.html
Voluntary manufacturer service 3 years service from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on the following working day at no additional cost, on-site service for certain components, customer replaceable units (CRUs) for all other units (depending on country).

The conditions relating to this voluntary manufacturer service will be provided upon delivery and can also be found under ibm.com/servers/support/machine_warranties . The warranty issued in accordance with the General IBM Terms & Conditions remains unaffected. Specifically, the legally regulated warranty period of 12 months referred to in the General IBM Terms & Conditions remains unaffected.

“Supplementary maintenance services” are available in addition to the voluntary manufacturer service.