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IBM System Storage DS4700 Express

Scalable, high-performance storage for on demand computing environments

  

Overview   |   Features and benefits   |   Specifications

Feature Benefits
Eight 4 Gbps FC host ports
  • Designed to deliver high bandwidth for the most demanding applications

  • Designed to provide up to 1550 MBps of bandwidth for high throughput applications through the eight channels
Backward compatibility with 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps devices
  • Plan for the future while leveraging current investments

  • Auto-negotiate connection speed to ease configuration in mixed environments
Support for multiple RAID levels
  • Helps provide high availability and security for mission-critical data

  • Flexibility to configure system to address varying service levels
Redundant, hot-swappable components
  • Replace components while avoiding disruption of DS4700 Express operations

  • Help address demanding service levels
Up to 112 Fibre Channel drives
  • Upgrade from a workgroup SAN to an enterprise network storage system with a single DS4700 Express
Dynamic Capacity Expansion (DCE)
  • Add DS4000 EXP810 enclosures to an existing DS4700 Express without stopping operations

  • Bring unused storage online for a new host group or an existing volume to provide additional capacity on demand.
Up to 64 partitions
  • Help optimize the utilization of storage devices

  • Help reduce hardware and storage management costs.
System Storage DS4000 Storage Manager software
  • Supports centralized management of local and networked DS4000 series systems

  • Quickly configure and monitor storage from a browser-based interface.

  • Configure volumes, perform routine maintenance and add new enclosures and capacity without interrupting access to data
Mix Fibre Channel attachment units
  • Allocate Fibre Channel disk to applications that demand the highest performance and have high I/O rates
FlashCopy
  • Make point-in-time copies of logical volumes for file restoration, backups, application testing or data mining
Dynamic Volume Expansion
  • Expand logical volumes without disrupting operations




 
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