IBM System Storage DS3400 Express

The IBM System Storage DS3400 Express leads the way for organisations to cost-effectively take advantage of consolidating storage with a Fibre Channel direct-attach or SAN solution

As a business matures, so does the amount of data and the value of the data that it holds within the organization. If the data is distributed across servers and individual storage systems, the business will face increased cost and complexity along with the accompanying business risks.

The IBM System Storage™ DS3400 Express leads the way for these organizations to take advantage of consolidating and sharing this data within a direct-attach or FC SAN solution. The DS3400 Express adds the most advanced front-end 4 Gbps FC technology to IBM time-proven designs for enterprise-class RAID storage. With FC host connectivity and SAS back-end technology, the DS3400 Express is designed to improve productivity through data consolidation, availability, performance and scalability.

Product features

• Easy to deploy and manage with the DS3000 Storage Manager
• Flexible for use with IBM System x, System p and BladeCenter servers
• Affordable for the small and medium business budgets
• It’s an ideal system for environments that want to initially deploy the DS3400 Express as a DAS system, and then seamlessly transition to SAN when ready
• A great fit for existing SANs as it can easily integrate into 1, 2 and 4 Gbps infrastructures and provide robust and reliable storage at an affordable price
• “Start small, grow big” scalability with SAS expansion supporting up to a total of 48 drives
• Premium key-enabled features offered for additional functionality and flexibility

Hardware summary

• 2 U rack mount enclosure with 12 easily accessible drive bays
• Support for dual-ported and hot-swappable SAS disks at 15,000 rpm speeds and SATA disks at 7,200 rpm speed
• Scalable to 5.4 TB of storage capacity with 450 GB hot-swappable SAS disks or 12.0 TB with SATA disks in the first enclosure
• Expandable by attaching up to three EXP3000s for a total of 21.6 TB of storage capacity with 450 GB SAS or up to 48.0 TB with 1.0 TB SATA
• Supports a tiered storage strategy with SAS and SATA drive support in a single enclosure
• Built-in reliability features with dual-redundant power-supplies standard
• Telco models with –48 V dc power supplies
• Three-year limited warranty2 on parts and labor

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