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Disk Storage Systems (continued)
IBM System Storage N series
N5000 series
N3700 N5200 N5500
Model 2863-A10 (single)
2863-A20 (clustered)
2864-A10 (single)
2864-A20 (clustered)
2865-A10 (single)
2865-A20 (clustered)
Maximum raw capacity 16TB 84TB 168TB
Storage controllers/filers Active/Active with automatic failover to secondary
system
Active/Active with automatic failover to secondary
system
Active/Active with automatic failover to secondary
system
Fibre channel (FC) disk
drive support
72GB 10K,72GB 15K,144GB 10K,300GB 10K 72GB 10K,72GB 15K,144GB 10K,300GB 10K 72GB 10K,72GB 15K,144GB 10K,300GB 10K
SATA disk drive support 250GB 7.5K,320GB 7.5K,500GB 7.5K 250GB 7.5K,320GB 7.5K,500GB 7.5K 250GB 7.5K,320GB 7.5K,500GB 7.5K
Expansion units(disk
drives supported)
EXN1000 (SATA) EXN2000 (FC) EXN1000 (SATA) EXN2000 (FC) EXN1000 (SATA) EXN2000 (FC)
Host connectivity &
platform support
The N series systems support a multitude of host
attachment capabilities via FCP, CIFS,NFS and iSCSI
protocols.See product “Interoperability Matrix” for
more information.
The N series systems support a multitude of host
attachment capabilities via FCP, CIFS,NFS and iSCSI
protocols.See product “Interoperability Matrix” for
more information.
The N series systems support a multitude of host
attachment capabilities via FCP, CIFS,NFS and iSCSI
protocols.See product “Interoperability Matrix” for
more information.
Network protocol support NFS V2/V3/V4 over UDP or TCP,PCNFSD V1/V2 for
(PC) NFS client authentication,Microsoft CIFS, iSCSI,
FCP,VLD,HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1 Virtual Host
NFS V2/V3/V4 over UDP or TCP,PCNFSD V1/V2 for
(PC) NFS client authentication,Microsoft CIFS, iSCSI,
FCP,VLD,HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1 Virtual Host
NFS V2/V3/V4 over UDP or TCP,PCNFSD V1/V2 for
(PC) NFS client authentication,Microsoft CIFS, iSCSI,
FCP,VLD,HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1 Virtual Host
Other protocol support SNMP, NDMP, LDAP,NIS, DNS SNMP, NDMP, LDAP,NIS, DNS SNMP, NDMP,LDAP, NIS,DNS
Operating system Data ONTAP™ Data ONTAP Data ONTAP
Onboard I/O ports* Two optical FC ports for tape attachment
Four 1 GBps Ethernet
Eight 2 GBps FC
Eight 1 GBps Ethernet
Eight 2 GBps FC
Eight 1 GBps Ethernet
PCI-X *
For additional FC HBA’s or
Gbe NIC cards
NA
6 6
Performance* 13,620 IO/sec 34,089 IO/sec 47,927 IO/sec
NVRAM * 256MB 1GB 1GB
ECC Memory* 2GB 4GB 8GB
Data protection RAID,Snapshot™, SnapRestore™, SnapMirror®,
SyncMirror®,SnapVault®,Open System Snap Vault
RAID, Snapshot, SnapRestore, SnapMirror,
SyncMirror,SnapVault,Open System Snap Vault
RAID, Snapshot, SnapRestore, SnapMirror,
SyncMirror,SnapVault,Open System Snap Vault
Redundancy/high
availability
CompactFlash dual redundant hot plug integrated
cooling fans,hot-swappable autoranging power
supplies,clustered filers,hot-swappable disk days
CompactFlash dual redundant hot plug integrated
cooling fans,hot-swappable autoranging power
supplies,clustered filers,hot-swappable disk days
CompactFlash dual redundant hot plug integrated
cooling fans,hot-swappable autoranging power
supplies,clustered filers,hot-swappable disk days
Backup External tape (SCSI or fibre channel) External tape (SCSI or fibre channel) External tape (SCSI or fibre channel)
RAID levels RAID 4,RAID-DP (double parity) RAID 4,RAID-DP (double parity) RAID 4,RAID-DP (double parity)
System management FilerView®, SecureAdmin™,SNMP, DataFabric
Manager®
FilerView,SecureAdmin, SNMP DataFabric Manager FilerView,SecureAdmin, SNMP,DataFabric Manager
Storage management Industry standard NDMP protocols Industry standard NDMP protocols Industry standard NDMP protocols
Standard software
features
Snapshot, FlexVol™, Integrated Automatic RAID
Manager,Fast Boot,NIS, DNS,SNMP, FilerView,
NDMP, LDAP,iSCSI,AutoSupport
Snapshot, FlexVol, Integrated Automatic RAID
Manager,Fast Boot,NIS, DNS,SNMP, FilerView,
NDMP, LDAP,iSCSI,AutoSupport
Snapshot, FlexVol, Integrated Automatic RAID
Manager,Fast Boot,NIS, DNS,SNMP, FilerView,
NDMP, LDAP,iSCSI,AutoSupport
Optional software
features
CIFS Protocol,NFS Protocol,HTTP Protocol,FCP
Protocol,Cluster Failover, FlexClone,FlexCache,
MultiStore,SnapLock Compliance, SnapLock
Enterprise, SnapMirror,SnapMover, SnapRestore,
SnapVault,Open Systems SnapVault,LockVault,
SnapDrive for Windows,SnapDrive for Unix:AIX,
Solaris, HP-UX, Linux,SnapValidator, SyncMirror,
SnapDrive, SnapManager for SQL,SnapManager for
Exchange,Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange,
OSSV, DataFabric Manager
CIFS Protocol,NFS Protocol,HTTP Protocol,FCP
Protocol,Cluster Failover, FlexClone,FlexCache,
MultiStore,SnapLock Compliance, SnapLock
Enterprise, SnapMirror,SnapMover, SnapRestore,
SnapVault,Open Systems SnapVault,LockVault,
SnapDrive for Windows,SnapDrive for Unix:AIX,
Solaris, HP-UX, Linux,SnapValidator, SyncMirror,
SnapDrive, SnapManager for SQL,SnapManager for
Exchange,Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange,
OSSV, DataFabric Manager
CIFS Protocol,NFS Protocol,HTTP Protocol,FCP
Protocol,Cluster Failover, FlexClone,FlexCache,
MultiStore,SnapLock Compliance, SnapLock
Enterprise, SnapMirror,SnapMover, SnapRestore,
SnapVault,Open Systems SnapVault,LockVault,
SnapDrive for Windows,SnapDrive for Unix:AIX,
Solaris, HP-UX, Linux,SnapValidator, SyncMirror,
SnapDrive, SnapManager for SQL,SnapManager for
Exchange,Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange,
OSSV, DataFabric Manager
Highlights
●
Ease of installation—offers installation tools designed to help simplify installation and setup
●
Increased Access—allows heterogeneous access to IP attached storage and fibre channel
attached storage subsystems
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Operating System—optimized and finely tuned for storing and sharing data assets, designing
to enable greater efficiency within your organization and help lower total cost of ownership
through improved efficiency and productivity
●
Flexibility—enables cross-platform data access for Microsoft Windows,UNIX and Linux envi-
ronments that can help reduce network complexity and expense, and allow data to be shared
across the organization
●
Network Attached Storage (NAS)—Supports Network File System (NFS),Common Internet File
System (CIFS) protocols for attachment to Microsoft Windows,UNIX and Linux systems.
●
IP SAN—supports Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocols for IP SAN
attached to a multitude of host servers including Microsoft Windows,Linux, and UNIX systems
●
FC SAN—supports fibre channel protocols (FCP) for accommodating attachment and partici-
pation in fibre channel SAN environments.
●
Scalability—supports non-disruptive capacity increases as well as thin-provisioning (dynami-
cally allow the increase and decrease of user capacity assignments).Allows you to scale your
storage infrastructure to keep pace with company growth
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Designed to maintain availability and productivity during upgrades
●
Manageability—includes integrated system diagnostics and management tools, which are
designed to help minimize downtime
●
Redundancy—several redundancy and hot-swappable features provide the highest system
availability characteristics
●
Copy Services—provides extensive outboard services that help recover data in disaster
recovery environments
●
Near-line Storage—SATA drive technology enables on-line and quick access to archived and
non-intensive transactional data
●
WORM data protection—software and hardware features that offer non-erasable and non-
rewritable data protection to meet the industry’s highest regulatory requirements for retaining
company data assets
IBM System Storage N series Gateways
The IBM System Storage N series Gateway products are based on the same technology as
our N series appliance models and provide a tremendous amount of flexibility by allowing
attachment to fibre channel attached storage subsystems.All N series Gateway systems uti-
lize a single operating system across the entire platform and offer a combination of multiple
advanced function software features that provide one of the industries most multifaceted
storage platforms ranging from comprehensive system management, storage management,
onboard and outboard copy services, virtualization technologies and disaster recovery and
backup solutions.
The N series systems are designed to support a mix of muti-vendor storage subsystems
(including IBM,Hitachi and HP) and allow you the ability to serve fibre channel-based SAN
storage to clients and servers over an IP network. In many cases this greatly reduces the
expense of attaching small expensive servers to a fibre channel network thus eliminating the
costly need for additional Microsoft Client Access Licenses (CAL), HBA’s and additional FC
switched ports.Thus allowing connection to fibre channel attached storage at a fraction of
the cost.
In simple terms,the N series Gateways bridge the gap between servers attached to an IP
network and storage devices attached to a fibre channel network providing you the cost effi-
ciency of IP and the performance and growth potential of fibre channel.
NOTES: *Systems are based on dual clustered storage controllers.Divide all numbers by
1
/
2
if a single
storage controller system is ordered.A single controller can be easily upgraded to a dual controller sys-
tem as your computing needs increase.The dual controller is a fully redundant system and is designed
to provide failover and failback capabilities.The N3700 Interoperability Matrix and the N5000
Interoperability Matrix can be found at the following web site: ibm.com/storage/nas
