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.