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HP Drives Support Cascade Replication Host Support LUN Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory RAID Level MD3000 Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Need to purchase Double Take 4 server with dual controller 256 Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM MSA2012 G2 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 4x MSA60 up to 60 drive Optional License: HP StorageWorks Mirroring. OEM from Double Take 8 server with dual controller 511 in a Dual Controller Support 255 Snapshot / per system Yes 1GB / per controller 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 73GB, 146GB, 300GB, 450GB SAS drives at 15K RPM 73GB, 146GB, 300GB at 10K RPM NONE 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM 60GB, 120GB , 250GB at 5.4K RPM

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy Effiecient SATA

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More Disks, higher capacity Objection: The MSA2000 supports 2.5 disks and up to 99 disks with MSA70. Response: In fact, 2.5 disk is not that mature for its lower performance and higher price. The maximum capacity with 2.5 SAS disk is 146GB while 3.5 SAS d 450GB. Customer who would like to have 90 disks expansion may focus on capacity expansion or multi-host connection. For capacity expansion, using 3.5 S be a good way to reduce cost. For multi-host connection, the customer could buy two MD3000 system which will provide better performance and almost the s price.

More RAID level support Objection: The MSA2000 supports more raid option 0,1,3,5,6,10,50 while MD3000/I support 0,1,10,5,6 Response: Dell has selected only optimal RAID levels to cover an organizations range of data requirements. This removes the complexity of unnecessary R levels to choose from that are often not used in todays environments and/or have proven to be obsolete (i.e. RAID 3). Dell has also implemented the highest performing RAID 6 implementation that is hardware-based instead of HPs software-based RAID 6 which requires greater CPU cycles and impacts performance Bigger Cache, Higher Performance Objection: The MSA2000 support 2GB cache while MD3k series only support 1GB cache Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will also increase the closer rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there. Referencing the performance numbers in testing, it is evident that the cache of the HP MSA2000 series was not able to out perform the MD3000 or MD3000i with 512MB of cache in IOPs or bandwidth

MSA2000 can provide remote DR Objection: MSA2000 supports Replication Software Response: In fact, MSA2000 is using Double-Take as their replication software. The software is host-based, not array-based. We also could use Double-Tak for MD3k is on the certification list of Double-Take.

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MD3000i Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Need to purchase Double Take 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) 256 Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller MSA2000i G2 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 4x MSA60 up to 60 drive Optional License: HP StorageWorks Mirroring. Licensed from Double Take 32 server 512 with Dual Controller Support 255 Snapshot / per system Yes 1GB / per controller

0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K 146 GB, 300 GB, 450GB SAS drives at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM 60GB, 120GB , 250GB at 5.4K RPM

acity with 2.5 SAS disk is 146GB while 3.5 SAS disk is connection. For capacity expansion, using 3.5 SAS would will provide better performance and almost the same

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. This removes the complexity of unnecessary RAID RAID 3). Dell has also implemented the highest uires greater CPU cycles and impacts

, cache hit rates will also increase the closer cache hit ormance numbers in testing, it is evident that the 1GB in IOPs or bandwidth

not array-based. We also could use Double-Take solution

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HP Drives Support Cascade SAS Technogy Drive Support Drive Terminology Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Pros: 1. 2. 3. 4. Cons: 1. 2. 3. 4. Believed to have phenomenally slow LUN creation (300GB LUN on G2 required 24 hours to create) Believed to have very slow management (web interface requires many seconds for any operation) Volume Copy is known to significantly slow down the MSA2000 G2 & believed to do the same on G3 Controller upgrades are disruptive and require scheduled downtime G3 is claimed to double the bandwidth of the prior G2 Supports both 2.5-in and 3.5-in drive types Supports some level of Drive Spin Down Supports Remote Snap via iSCSI Yes 512MB / per controller MD3000/ i Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive 1.0 45 Drives Only 3.5" Hard Drive Support 128 Snapshot/ per system P2000 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 4x MSA60 up to 60 drive 2.0 149 2.5" Drives & 69 3.5" Drives Support mix of 2.5" & 3.5" Drives Default comes with 64 Snaps and optional upgrade to 512 Yes 2GB / per controller

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IBM Drive Support Cascade MD3000 Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive 4 (no additional license to access > 4 partition) Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM DS3200 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 3x EXP3000 up to 48 drive 3 server( if host group/ server mapping more then 4 partition will need additional license) Same Yes 512MB (optional upgrade 1GB) / per ctrl 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 36 GB, 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS drives at 15K RPM or 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS at 10K RPM NONE

Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory RAID Level

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Clustering

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE Yes Yes

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Larger Cache, Better performance Objection: The IBM DS3200 supports a cache upgrade optionmost likely available at a significant price premiumthat increases on-board cache from 512 1GB, resulting in a total of 2GB mirrored cache for dual controller configurations. This represents 2X more cache than the MD3000 Response: The extra cache could yield performance benefits in some application scenarios, but this is not a given. The majority of DAS array systems of this integrate 512MB, which has proven ideal for one to four servers Better Scalability and Densitiy Objection: IBM claims support for up to three add-on EXP3000 disk units, increasing expansion breadth to 48 drives, or 14.4 TB, based on 300GB disk optio the majority of customers today, this expansion range is significantly beyond intermediate-term requirements.

Response: Expansion is planned for the MD3000 to 45 drives in the first half of 2007. For customers today, it is important to note that the MD3000 scales to 4.5TB within the control unitthats 20% more expansion breadth in the control unit than IBMs DS3200, which means compelling $/GB value for capacity-co customers today. Notably, for MD3000 units deployed today, external expansion can be accomplished via a simple firmware upgrade.

Support more hosts, better scalability Objection: The IBM DS3200 supports an optional daughter card that enables three active host ports on each controller. This means up to six non-HA hosts o HA hosts can be directly interconnected to the array. The Dell PowerVault MD3000 supports two host ports on each controller, for direct interconnect of a tota non-HA hosts or two HA hosts

Response: The daughter card option, along with the other options available for the DS3200, will most likely come at a price premium that will drive up the tot ownership for the product, with significant impact on value. To realize best value for small-scale consolidation, customers are best served by entry SAN platfo such as the Dell|EMC AX products. Notably, also, the Dell|EMC CX300 represents a remarkably scalable, yet affordable, enterprise-class SAN platform.

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MD3000i Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive DS3300 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 3x EXP3000 up to 48 drive 4 default (additional license required to > 4 server) ; max server connection: 16 Same Yes 512MB (optional upgrade 1GB) / per ctrl 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 36 GB, 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS drives at 15K RPM or 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS at 10K RPM NONE

16 server / 32 (virtual machine) Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / Per Controller 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE Yes Yes

e premiumthat increases on-board cache from 512MB to e cache than the MD3000 ot a given. The majority of DAS array systems of this type

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to 48 drives, or 14.4 TB, based on 300GB disk options. For ents.

ay, it is important to note that the MD3000 scales to over which means compelling $/GB value for capacity-conscious a a simple firmware upgrade.

each controller. This means up to six non-HA hosts or three ts on each controller, for direct interconnect of a total of four

ely come at a price premium that will drive up the total cost of ation, customers are best served by entry SAN platforms , yet affordable, enterprise-class SAN platform.

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SUN Drive Support Cascade MD3000 Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive StorageTek 2530 Support 12 drives / per enclosure

Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory RAID Level

Only with 3x Expansion up to 48 drive 3 server (if host group/ server mapping 4 server (no additional license to access > 4 more then 4 partition will need additional partition) license) Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM Same Yes Same 0, 1, (1+0), 3, 5 and 6 (p+q) 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 SAS drives at 15K RPM or 400 GB 10K RPM NONE

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Clustering

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE Yes Yes

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More RAID level support Objection: The StorageTek series supports more raid option 0, 1, (1+0), 3, 5 and 6 (p+q) while MD3000/I support 0,1,10,5,6 Response: Dell has selected only optimal RAID levels to cover an organizations range of data requirements. This removes the complexity of unnecessary RAID levels to choose from that are often not used in todays environments and/or have proven to be obsolete (i.e. RAID 3).

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MD3000i Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive StorageTek 2510 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 3x Expansion up to 48 drives 4 default (additional license required to > 4 server) ; max server connection: 16 Same Yes Same 0, 1, (1+0), 3, 5 and 6 (p+q) 146 GB, 300 GB, 450 SAS drives at 15K RPM or 400 GB 10K RPM NONE

16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE Yes Yes

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NetApp Drive Support Cascade Interface Support Host Support Snapshot Volume Disk Copy Cache Memory RAID Level MD3000 Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive SAS Only 4 server Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM FAS2020 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Support up to 68 drive FC and iSCSI 4 directly connected servers;24 SAN host connected servers on FAS2020 Support 51,000 Snapshot / per controller Yes 1GB/ per controller 4, 6 DP

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive SATA Energy efficient SATA II Cluster

Not Specified Not Specified

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM Not Specified 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes Not Specified Yes

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Flexibility and easy to move from iSCSI to FC Objection: NetApp 2000 support NAS, iSCSI and FC SAN Response: It is true, but Multiprotocol environments result in ever decreasing performance and larger, faster systems include very expensive SW & Features FC host ports requires purchase of FCP. NAS software is expensive. Faster CPU, better performance Objection: NetApp FAS2020 has faster CPUs than Dell MD3000 systems Response: Dell uses hardware XOR. NetApp depends entirely on the CPUs to handle all XOR burden plus system software and snap software. Flexibility and ease of use.

Objection: NetApp offers numerous software options that are unmatched by Dells MD3000 line Response: NetApp offers numerous software options that are unmatched by Dells MD3000 line. NetApps Software solutions become very expensive, espec dual controller (clustered) configurations while MD3000 software is licensed per system. Additionally there are many third party solutions that enable custom choose from best-of-breed to supplement the features of the MD3000.

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MD3000i Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive iSCSI 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM FAS2020 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Support up to 68 drive FC and iSCSI Not Specified for ISCSI host connection Support 51,000 Snapshot / per controller Yes 1GB/ per controller 4, 6 DP

Not Specified Not Specified

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM Not Specified 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes Not Specified Yes

ster systems include very expensive SW & Features. Use of

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us system software and snap software.

ps Software solutions become very expensive, especially e are many third party solutions that enable customers to

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LeftHand Drive Support With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Cascade Interface Support Host Support Snapshot Volume Disk Copy Cache Memory Internal Memory RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Replication Storage Virtualization Performance Email 4K Block 8K Block 15 SAS Drive; 2244 IOPS 15 SAS Drive; 1924 IOPS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Additional License; Double Take replicate OS,application and storage data to DR site No 2x 1Gbps / per controller 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Yes 512 MB/ per controller NONE 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM MD3000i Support 15 drives in 3U/ per enclosure

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Storage Virtualization Objection: P4300 support storage virtualization Response: Yes we agree that this is a powerful tools that will improve performance while scaling more drives. BUT will you customer willing to pay for another set of P4300 for this features. Furthermore there is not expansion option only adding more P4300 controller to increase capacity

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P4300 SATA / SAS Support 16 drives in 4U. Each array support 8 drive x 2 = 16 No expansion option available. To achieve 45 drives, total 6x P4000. Able to expand up 256 drive max 2x 1Gbps / per ctrl; option to upgrade 10Gbps Not Specified for ISCSI host connection Yes (SANIQ/Smart Snapshot) Yes (SANIQ/Smart Clone) - dedup features 512MB / per controller 4GB / per controller 5, 6, 10 300GB SAS 15K RPM NONE 750GB SATA 7.2K RPM NONE Yes, Will need to 2 array to achieve HA (initial configuration) Additional License, SANIQ/ Remote Copy. Only replicate SAN storage data to DR site Yes, Min need two sets of P4000 for storage clustering

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16 SAS Drive; 2200 IOPS 16 SAS Drive; 1759 IOPS

rmance while scaling more drives. BUT will you customer willing to pay for ption only adding more P4300 controller to increase capacity

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D-Link Drive Support Cascade Supported Interface Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy System Memory Cache Memory RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Clustering Virtualization 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes Support VMWARE, Hyper-V, XEN 256/ 512MB (upgrade) / controller 0, 1, 1+0 and 5 NONE NONE 400GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE NONE NOT Supported NOT Supported 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Yes MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 2x ISCSI per ctrl 8x iSCSI only one ctrl - Do Not Support MPIO Not Specified for ISCSI host connection NONE NONE DSN 3200 Support 15 drives / per enclosure No expansion option available.

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DSN 3400 Support 15 drives / per enclosure No expansion option available. 1x 10GBps iSCSI (only one ctrl) - Do Not Support MPIO Not Specified for ISCSI host connection NONE NONE 512MB / controller 512MB (upgradable 4GB) / controller 0, 1, 1+0, and 5 NONE NONE 400GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE NONE NOT Supported NOT Supported

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Buffalo Drive Support Cascade Supported Interface Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Clustering MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 2x 1Gbps / per ctrl 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Yes 512 MB/ per controller 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes

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Terastation ISCSI Support 4 drives / per enclosure No expansion option available. Setup multiple unit and combine as a single ISCSI storage array. 1x 1Gbps, does not support MPIO Not Specified for ISCSI host connection NONE NONE NONE 0, 1, 5, 10 NONE NONE 250GB, 500GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM NONE NONE HA Storage Controller NOT Supported

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Heritage Drive Support Cascade Host Support LUN Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Battery Cache RAID Level MD3000 Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 4 server Up to 256 LUNs Support 128 Snapshot/ per ctrl YES 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Backup 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) HS8120TS2 Support 8 drives / per enclosure No expansion option available. 2 server Up to 128 LUNs NONE NONE 128MB / per array Optional Upgrade 0, 1, (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Clustering

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, NONE 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes NONE 250, 500, 750 GB, 1 TB (7200 RPM) NONE NONE NO

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Bigger Cache, Higher Performance Objection: The HS16100I2 support 2GB cache while MD3k series only support 1GB cache Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will also increase the closer cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to

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MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Up to 256 LUNs Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Yes 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Backup 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) HS16100I2 Support 16 drives / per enclosure No expansion option available. Not Specified for ISCSI host connection Up to 128 LUNs Yes NONE 512MB / per controller (option to upgrade 2GB) Optional Upgrade 0, 1, (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60,NRAID & JBOD

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, NONE 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes NONE 250, 500, 750 GB, 1 TB (7200 RPM) NONE NONE No

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ProWare Drive Support Cascade Host Support SAS/SATA Intermix LUN Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Battery Cache RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Clustering MD3000 Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 4 server Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure Up to 256 LUNs optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Backup 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes, up to 2 server SB-3163S-S3S3 Support 16 drives / per enclosure Not Specified 2 server NONE Up to 128 LUNs NONE NONE 256MB / array ~ optional upgrade to 2GB NONE 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 and JBOD Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified NONE NONE

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More Disks, higher capacity Objection: The SB-3164E-G1S3 (4x ISCSI) can support more capacity Response: The question is SMB customer will not used that much of capacity expansion. Also if the cascade up 80 drives it will create more IOPS burden to the storage controller. More RAID level support Objection: The MSA2000 supports more raid option 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 while MD3000/I support 0,1,10,5,6 Response: Dell has selected only optimal RAID levels to cover an organizations range of data requirements. This removes the complexity of unnecessary RAID levels to choose from that are often not used in todays environments and/or have proven to be obsolete (i.e. RAID 3). Bigger Cache, Higher Performance Objection: The SB-3164E-G1S3 (4x ISCSI) support 2GB cache while MD3k series only support 1GB cache Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will also increase the closer cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there.

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MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes, up to 8 server SB-3164E-G1S3 (4x ISCSI) Support 16 drives / per enclosure 4x JBOD can be cascaded = 80 drives 32 Server NOT SUPPORTED 1024 LUNs -> 2TB LUN Supported 32 Snapshot embedded in the array NONE 256MB / array ~ optional upgrade to 2GB NONE 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 and JBOD Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified NONE Yes. Up to 16 host - but no HARDWARE HA

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H3C Drive Support Cascade Host Support Replication Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Battery Cache RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA II Storage Controller HA Clustering With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Optional upgrade ; Double Take Software optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes No expansion available 64 server YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade 2 GB / per controller NONE 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 NONE NONE 250GB, 500GB, 750GB at 7.2K RPM NONE NONE NONE MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure IX1000 Support 16 SATA drives only / per enclosure

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IX1500 have larger cache and better performance Objection: IX1500 declare they have 4GB cache MD3k onlyl have 1GB cache Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will also increase the closer cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there. In fact, IX1500 architect is based on a server with Suse linux installed. It is hard to tell how many cache are used by Suse and how many cached are data cached. IX1500 has Disaster Recovery features Objection: IX1500 supports Replication Software Response: In fact, IX1500 is using Falconstor as their replication software. The software is host-based, not array-based. We also could use Double-Take solution for MD3k is on the certification list of Double-Take. Can support more hosts, better scalability Objection: IX1500 supports up to 64 hosts MD3000i supports up to 16 hosts Response: Normally, when there are more than 10 hosts connect to a single storage, the performance of the storage will decreased sharply. In our testing, IX1500 performance will drop when connect to four hosts. By the way, you need to buy license when connect more than 4 host to IX1500 while MD3k is for free.

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IX1500 Support 16 drives / per enclosure With 3* DE1116 up to 64 disks 128 server YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade 2 GB / per controller NONE 0, 1, 10, 5 and 6 146GB, 300GB at 15K RPM NONE 250GB, 500GB, 750GB at 7.2K RPM NONE NONE NONE IX2000 Support 16 drives / per enclosure With 3* DE1116 up to 64 disks 256 server YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade 4 GB / per controller NONE 0, 1, 10, 5 and 6 300GB, 450GB at 15K RPM NONE 500GB, 750GB, 1000GB at 7.2K RPM NONE Yes Yes

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NEC Drive Support Cascade Interface Support Host Support SAS/SATA Intermix Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Battery Cache RAID Level MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives ISCSI only 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes E1-10 Support 12 drives only / per enclosure 4x EXPansion support up to 60 drive; No EXPansion support for single controller Either FC or iSCSI in a enclosure 64 server Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure NONE NONE 1GB / per controller Yes, need to purchase backup battery 1, 3, 5, 6, 10 147GB, 300GB, 450GB at 15K RPM for Dual controller(Single controller support only SATA drives) NONE 750GB, 1TB (7,200rpm) NONE Yes Yes

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Clustering

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Hitachi Data System Drive Support Cascade Host Support Host Support Replication LUN Interface Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Battery Cache RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Clustering 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Optional upgrade ; Double Take Software Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported ISCSI only optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes 128 server Optional upgrade; Hitachi ShadowImage 1028 LUN / per controller Either FC or iSCSI in a enclosure Yes, comes with dual controller Yes, optional upgrade 1GB / per controller Up to 24h battery backup RAID 6 ONLY 146GB, 300GB at 15K RPM NONE 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM NONE Yes NO MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Simple Storage 100 Support 12 drives only / per enclosure No expansion available

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Snapshot is FREE Objection: HDS Simple Storage 100 claims that the snapshot is free Response: Yes it's free but the criteria is with second controller and price of snapshot is already embedded with the cost of shapshot. Support more LUN Objection: HDS Simple Storage 100 support more LUNs Response: Only support 12 drives and why the need of 1024 LUNs.

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Huawei Drive Support Cascade Interface Support Host Support LUN Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory Battery Cache RAID Level Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Storage Controller HA Virtualization Support Clustering MD3000 Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives SAS Only 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported 128 snapshot / per system (optional) Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes S2100 Support 24 drives / per enclosure (4U) 48 drive / per controller SAS and iSCSI 128 server 512 LUNs NONE NONE 2GB / per controller Integrated UPS 0, 1, 5, 10 146GB, 300GB, 450GB at 15K RPM NONE 500GB, 750GB, TB at 7.2K RPM NONE Yes VMWARE Only NO

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OceanStore V1000 OceanStoreS2600

S2600 SAS Support 12 drives / per enclosure 48 drive / per controller SAS 4 server 512 LUNs Yes, comes with no additional license Yes, comes with no additional license 2GB / per controller Integrated UPS 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 50 146GB, 300GB, 400GB, 450GB at 15K RPM 600GB at 10K RPM 750 GB, 1TB, 2TB at 7.2K RPM NONE Yes VMWARE Only Yes MD3000i Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives iSCSI 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, optional upgrade 512MB / per controller Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes

OceanStore V1000 Support 24 drives / per enclosure (4U) 48 drive / per controller iSCSI 128 server 512 LUNs NONE NONE 2GB / per controller Integrated UPS 0, 1, 5, 10 NONE NONE 500GB, 750GB, TB at 7.2K RPM NONE Yes Not Supported NO

OceanStoreS2600 iSCSI Support 12 drives / per enclosure 48 drive / per controller iSCSI 256 server 512 LUNs Yes, comes with no additional license Yes, comes with no additional license 2GB / per controller Integrated UPS 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 50 146GB, 300GB, 400GB, 450GB at 15K RPM 600GB at 10K RPM 750 GB, 1TB, 2TB at 7.2K RPM NONE Yes VMWARE Only Yes

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Fujitsu Drive Support Cascade Hard Drive Intermix Host Interface Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Continues Data Protection Replication Cache Memory RAID 6 Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Virtualization Support Clustering MD3000 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Yes SAS Only 4 server Yes Yes None Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller Yes 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes MD3000i 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Yes ISCSI Only 16 server Yes Yes None Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller Yes 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes

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Eternus DX60 24 drives None Yes, but only limited to SAS and Near-line SAS Either Fibre Channel(4/2/1 Gbit/s), iSCSI (1 Gbit/s), SAS (3 Gbit/s) 32 single controller / 64 dual controller Yes None None None 1Gb/ per controller Yes 300 GB / 450 GB at 15,000 rpm 750 GB / 1 TB at 7,200 rpm None None VMWARE and XEN Yes

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Langchao Drive Support Cascade Host Interface Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Continues Data Protection Replication Cache Memory RAID 6 Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Virtualization Support Clustering MD3000 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives SAS Only 4 server Yes Yes No Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller AF2000 12 drives / per enclosure 24 drives FC or Ultra320SCSI or iSCSI ? No Yes No No 512MB/ per controller

Yes No 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 73GB,146GB, 10K RPM 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes No NONE NONE NONE Yes

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MD3000i 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives ISCSI Only 16 server Yes Yes No Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller AF2000S 12 drives / per enclosure No EXPansion available FC or Ultra320SCSI or iSCSI ? No Yes No No 256MB/ per controller

Yes No 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM 36GB, 73GB,146GB, 10K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes No NONE NONE NONE Yes

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Langchao Drive Support Cascade Host Interface Management Port Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Continues Data Protection Replication Cache Memory RAID 6 Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Virtualization Support Controller Clustering MD3000 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 4x SAS (3GB/s) Network Port (RJ45) 4 server Yes Yes No Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller BE800 8 drives / per enclosure Scale up to 392 drives 4x PCIe RS232 ? Yes No No No 256MB/ per controller

Yes Yes 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; NONE 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Dual Active/Active Yes NONE 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE NONE Single Controller NO

Objective Handling:
BE 800 can scale up to 392 drives Objection: The BE800 supports support up to 392 drives Response: The performance will be a problem if it's scale up to this level of drives BE 800 I/O connection is PCI/e Objection: BE800 claims to have 20GB/s transfer rate Response: This is not an industry standard for external storage. Most well know brand follow the SAS methodology. Question is that is fast but will it be a consistent transfer speed and reliable?

BS2000e have larger cache and better performance Objection: BE2000e declare they have 2GB cache MD3k onlyl have 1GB cache Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will also increase the closer cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there. In fact, BE2000e architect is based on a server with Suse lin installed. It is hard to tell how many cache are used by Suse and how many cached are data cached.

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MD3000i 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives ISCSI Network Port (RJ45) 16 server Yes Yes No Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller Yes 73GB, 146GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Dual Active/Active Yes

BS3000 12 drives / per enclosure Scale up to 96 drives iSCSI RS232 256 erver Yes Yes No No 2GB only single controller version No 146GB, 300GB at 15 RPM; 400GB SAS at 10K RPM; No 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE VMWARE Single Controller Yes

methodology. Question is that is fast but will it be a

reases, cache hit rates will also increase the closer t, BE2000e architect is based on a server with Suse linux

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Lenovo Drive Support Cascade Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Cache Memory RAID Level MD3000 Support 15 drives/ per enclosure With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive 4 (no additional license to access > 4 partition) Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Yes 512MB / per controller 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Yes

Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Clustering

Objective Handing:

Larger Cache, Better performance Objection: The Lenovo SureSAS212 G2 supports a cache upgrade optionmost likely available at a significant price premiumthat increases on-board cach 1GB, resulting in a total of 2GB mirrored cache for dual controller configurations. This represents 2X is not a given. The majority of Response: The extra cache could yield performance benefits in some application scenarios, but this more cache than the MD3000 DAS array systems of this 512MB, which has proven ideal for one to four servers

Better Scalability and Densitiy Objection: Levono claims support for up to three add-on expansion array disk units, increasing expansion breadth to 48 drives, or 14.4 TB, based on 300GB the majority Expansion is planned for expansion range is drives in the beyond intermediate-term requirements. is important to note that the MD3000 scales to Response: of customers today, this the MD3000 to 45 significantly first half of 2007. For customers today, it

the control unitthats 20% more expansion breadth in the control unit than Lenovos SureSAS 212 G2, which means compelling $/GB value for capacity-con today. Notably, for MD3000 units deployed today, external expansion can be accomplished via a simple firmware upgrade.

Support more hosts, better scalability Objection: The Lenovo SureSAS212 G2 supports an optional daughter card that enables three active host ports on each controller. This means up to six non HA hosts can be daughter card option, along with the The Dell PowerVault MD3000 SureSAStwo host ports on each controller,afor direct interconnect ofdrive u Response: The directly interconnected to the array. other options available for the supports 212 G2, will most likely come at price premium that will a tota

ownership for the product, with significant impact on value. To realize best value for small-scale consolidation, customers are best served by entry SAN platfo Dell|EMC AX products. Notably, also, the Dell|EMC CX300 represents a remarkably scalable, yet affordable, enterprise-class SAN platform.

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SureSAS212 G2 Support 12 drives / per enclosure Only with 3x expansion array up to 48 drive 3 server( if host group/ server mapping more then 4 partition will need additional license) Same Yes 512MB (optional upgrade 1GB) / per ctrl 0, 1, 3, 5, 10

300 GB SAS drives at 15K RPM NONE 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM NONE Yes

able at a significant price premiumthat increases on-board cache from 512MB to Technical ents this more cache than the MD3000 DAS array systems of this type integrate but 2X is not a given. The majority of Objection

ng expansion breadth to 48 drives, or 14.4 TB, based on 300GB disk options. For m requirements. is important to note that the MD3000 scales to over 4.5TB within stomers today, it

AS 212 G2, which means compelling $/GB value for capacity-conscious customers ia a simple firmware upgrade.

ee active host ports on each controller. This means up to six non-HA hosts or three two host ports on each controller,afor direct interconnect ofdrive upof four non-HAof 212 G2, will most likely come at price premium that will a total the total cost

ale consolidation, customers are best served by entry SAN platforms such as the , yet affordable, enterprise-class SAN platform.

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Xyratex Drive Support Cascade Host Interface Host Support Snapshot Virtual Copy Continues Data Protection Replication Cache Memory RAID 6 Hard Drive (SAS) Near Line SAS Hard Drive (SATA) Energy efficient SATA Virtualization Support Clustering MD3000 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives SAS Only 4 server Yes - 8 snapshot per LUN, up to 256 Yes None Optional: Double Take 512MB / per controller Yes 73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN Yes E5412E 12 drives / per enclosure (3U) 5x Expansion Chassis up to 60 drives SAS Only 4 server Yes - 24 snapshot per LUN; up to 512 None None None 1GB / per controller Yes Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified None Yes

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