IBM System Storage DS3400

4 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) interface technology

Start with a DAS configuration and seamlessly transition to a FC SAN when ready

Easy to deploy and manage with the DS3000 Storage Manager

Combination of 12 SAS—up to 7.2 TB—or SATA—up to 24.0 TB—drives per enclosure

Expandable to 28.8 TB with SAS or up to 96.0 TB SATA with up to three EXP3000 enclosures

Flexible power options for Telco applications and NEBS and ETSI compliance

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.

Data Sheet

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

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 7.2 TB of storage capacity with 600 GB hot-swappable SAS disks or 24.0 TB with SATA disks in the first enclosure    Expandable by attaching up to three EXP3000s for a total of 28.8 TB of storage capacity with 600 GB SAS or up to 96.0 TB with 2.0 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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Simple With the DS3000 Storage Manager software’s simple user interface, the DS3400 Express can be installed and managed by users with limited IT expertise.

Scalable IBM system architecture to grow with customer needs providing capacity expansion up to 48 drives and optional replication features.

Flexible Access your data across System x, System p and BladeCenter servers in either direct-attach or FC SAN configurations Supports nearline and secondary storage in a single enclosure

Affordable Excellent value for small and medium business budgets as well as larger organizations looking to support their departments or remote sites.

Models 1726-41X—single controller 1726-42X—dual controller 1726-42T—dual controller Telco

RAID controller Dual active

Cache per controller 512 MB battery-backed cache with 1 GB upgrade option

Host interface Two host ports per controller, Fibre Channel (FC) 4 Gbps auto-sensing 1 Gbps/2 Gbps

Drive interface Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

Supported drives 3 Gbps SAS: 146 GB, 300 GB, and 450 GB SAS drives at 15,000 rpm speeds 6 Gbps SAS: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB SAS drives at 15,000 rpm speeds 3 Gbps SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1.0 TB, 2.0 TB SATA drives at 7,200 rpm speed

RAID levels RAID 0, -1, -3, -5, -6, -10

Storage partitions 4, 8, 16, 32

Maximum drives supported 48 SAS or SATA drives (using three EXP3000 Expansion Units)

Fans and power supplies Dual-redundant, hot-swappable

Rack support 19" industry-standard rack

Management software IBM System Storage DS3000 Storage Manager

SAN support IBM supported FC switches

Warranty1 Three-year parts and labor warranty

Size Height: 8.7 cm (3.4 in.) Depth: 55.0 cm (21.6 in.) Width: 44.7 cm (17.6 in.) Weight: approximately 17.2 kg (38.0 lb) for a standard unit; when fully configured, 29.2 kg (64.5 lb)

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