3 Gbps SAS drive expansion technology

Combination of 12 SAS—up to 7.2 TB—or SATA—up to 24.0 TB—drives per enclosure
SAS or SATA hard disk drive intermix supported with select servers using the DS3000 systems, MegaRAID or ServeRAID™ host bus adapters

Support for three EXP3000 enclosures on a DS3000 system for up to 28.8 TB with SAS or up to 96.0 TB SATA

Flexible power options for Telco applications and NEBS and ETSI compliance

The IBM System Storage® EXP3000 Express® is a high-density 2U, 19" rack mount driven closure designed for supporting a total of twelve 3.5" disk drives.

IBM System x Server Attachment
Robust and flexible, the EXP3000 Express can be used as a direct-attach solution for IBM System x servers with support of MegaRAID or ServeRAID host bus adapters. Multiple EXP3000s can be connected to expand capacity and to help address your data needs today and tomorrow.

Solid state drives present an opportunity to simplify local storage infrastructure to help maintain overall maintenance and cooling cost, while considering remote storage solutions for end-to-end data availability as part of their System x ecosystem. Solid state drives are an appropriate solution for local OS booting, high performance input/output applications, and some local storage space. Increasingly, solid state storage may be a practical component in balancing datacenter cost, reliability, and manageability.   Data Sheet

IBM System Storage DS3000 Express Series
The EXP3000 Express supports attachment to the DS3000 Express Series providing a highly available storage system scaling up to 48 SAS and/or SATA disk drives. Up to three EXP3000s can be connected to expand capacity and IOPs performance of the solution to help address your data needs today and tomorrow.

• Affordable—A high capacity and robust solution for cost-focused budget
• Flexible—Supports SAS and SATA drive intermix for tiered storage within a single enclosure
• Scalable—Increase disk capacity with multiple EXP3000s
• Performance-oriented—SAS technology enables high bandwidth and high throughput
• Robust—Customer-replaceable and hot-swappable components and point-to-point architecture ensure high reliability

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Scalability Up to 5 EXP3000s when attached to the MegaRAID 8480 adapter Up to 3 EXP3000s when attached to the DS3000 series of storage system Up to 18 EXP3000 when attached to the ServeRAID™ MR-10M   Operating systems and System x® server support Refer to the interoperability matrix for IBM System Storage® DS3000 Series, IBM MegaRAID, or IBM ServeRAID HBAs IBM System Storage EXP3000 features 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 Solid State Disk: 50 GB SATA (System x direct attach only via the ServeRAID MR10M SAS/SATA controller adapter) Point-to-point architecture Customer replaceable, hot-swappable components SES (SCSI Enclosure Service) functionality for host-based monitoring and management features Single ESM with dual ESM upgrade Compliant with product and manufacturing directives RoHS and WEEE Connector Interfaces SFF-8088 shielded mini-multilane Warranty Three-year parts and labor

Model 1727-01X—IBM System Storage® EXP3000 Express® 1727-02T—IBM System Storage EXP3000 Express with DC power supplies   Environmental services module Single ESM with dual ESM upgrade SAS interface: Mini-SAS connectors Drives supported 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 Solid State Disk: 50 GB SATA (System x direct attach only via the ServeRAID MR10M SAS/SATA controller adapter) Fans and power supplies Two hot-swappable 515 watt (115 – 230 V AC) power supplies Rack support 19", industry-standard rack Warranty Three-year parts and labor warranty Request a Quote