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Disk storage systems entry-level disk systems – IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS4300 User Manual

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Disk Storage Systems

Entry-level Disk Systems

System x Only SAN Solutions

System p Only Direct Attach Solutions

SATA SAN Solutions

System p Only Direct Attach Solutions

DS300*

DS400*

EXP Plus 320

DS4100*

7204

Product

DS300

DS400

EXP Plus 320

DS4100 Disk System

External Disk Drive

Machine/model

1701-1RS, 1701-2RD

1700-1RS, 1700-2RD

2104/DS4, TS4

1724-100/1SC

7204-573, 7204-646

Platform
support

1

Windows 2000, Windows 2003, RedHat 3, RedHat 4,
SUSE 8, SUSE 9, SteeleEye

Windows 2000, Windows 2003, RedHat 3, RedHat 4,
SUSE 8, SUSE 9

System p, IBM AIX

Windows Server® 2003, Windows 2000 Server
w/SP4 & Adv. Server, Novell® NetWare 6.0 w/SP4,
NetWare 6.5 w/SP2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0,
4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, VMware ESX
2.5.1, AIX 5.1/5.2, 5.3, HP UX 11/11i, Solaris 7/8/9

System p, AIX
7204 646 – also supports Linux version SLES 9

Host
connectivity

iSCSI

Fibre Channel

Ultra 320 SCSI

Fibre Channel

Ultra SCSI - LVD

SAN support

Switched Ethernet

Direct, Switched Fabric

N/A

Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric

N/A

Copy services

IBM FlashCopy®

FlashCopy

N/A

FlashCopy option, Enhanced Remote Mirroring

N/A

Availability
features

Fault Tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hotswap Power,
Hotswap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing drivers

Fault Tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hotswap Power,
Hotswap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing drivers

RAID with server adapters, redundant power/cooling,
hot-swap drives, enclosure services

Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant power/cooling, hot-
swap drives, dual controllers, concurrent microcode
update capability, dual-pathing driver

Controller

Dual active 1GB iSCSI RAID Controllers

Dual Active 2GB FC RAID Controllers

Adapters in server

Single/dual 2GB RAID controller

Cache (min, max)

256MB Battery Back-up

256MB Battery Back-up

N/A

256MB, 512MB

N/A

RAID support

0, 1, 5, 10, 50

0, 1, 5, 10, 50

0, 1, 5 (using server-based adapters)

0, 1, 3, 5, 10

N/A

Capacity
(min, max)

36GB, 4.2TB

36GB, 12TB with 2 EXP400 Expansion Units

32GB, 2TB

250GB, Dual controller supports 44.8TB with seven
Expansion Units
Single controller supports 5.6TB

7204-573; 73GB
7204-646; 146GB

Drive interface

Ultra320 SCSI

Ultra320 SCSI

Ultra 320 SCSI

2GB FC-AL

Ultra SCSI

Drive support

73GB, 146GB, 300GB 10,000 rpm disk drives; 36GB,
73GB, 146GB 15,000 rpm disk drives

73GB, 146GB, 300GB 10,000 rpm disk drives; 36GB,
73GB, 146GB 15,000 rpm disk drives

18.2GB, 36.4GB, 73.4GB and 146.8GB 10,000 rpm
disk drives; 36.4GB and 73.4GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives

250GB, 400GB 7,200 rpm SATA disk drives

Single Drive
7204-573; 73GB
7204-646; 146GB

Clustering
Support

Microsoft Windows MSCS

Microsoft Windows MSCS

IBM HACMP™

Microsoft Clustering Services, IBM SAN Volume
Controller 2.1.0

N/A

* In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)—New DS300, DS400 and DS4100 are not available.