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Buffalo D-Link

Alex ZengChina / Taiwan / Hong Kong+86 133 2877 [email protected]

Steven LeeSouth Asia/ India / ANZ+60 [email protected]

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Fujitsu

Heritage ProWare

unYong Junguth Korea2 10 5042 1207unyoung. [email protected]

UIT Lenovo


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HP MD3000 MSA2012 G2

Drives Support Support 15 drives/ per enclosure Support 12 drives / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 4x MSA60 up to 60 drive

ReplicationNeed to purchase Double Take

Optional License: HP StorageWorks Mirroring.

OEM from Double Take

Host Support 4 server with dual controller 8 server with dual controller

LUN 256 511 in a Dual Controller

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Support 255 Snapshot / per system

Virtual Copy Yes Yes

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 1GB / per controller

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM,

300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM

73GB, 146GB, 300GB, 450GB SAS drives at

15K RPM 73GB, 146GB, 300GB at 10K RPM

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM NONE

Hard Drive (SATA) 250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM

Energy Effiecient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM 60GB, 120GB , 250GB at 5.4K RPM

Objection: The MSA2000 supports 2.5 disks and up to 99 disks with MSA70.

Objection: The MSA2000 supports more raid option 0,1,3,5,6,10,50 while MD3000/I support 0,1,10,5,6

Objection: The MSA2000 support 2GB cache while MD3k series only support 1GB cache

Objection: MSA2000 supports Replication Software

MSA2000 can provide remote DR

Response: Dell has selected only optimal RAID levels to cover an organizations range of data requirements. This removes t

levels to choose from that are often not used in todays environments and/or have proven to be obsolete (i.e. RAID 3). Dell h

performing RAID 6 implementation that is hardware-based instead of HPs software-based RAID 6 which requires greater CP

performance

Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rate

rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there. Referencing the performance numbe

cache of the HP MSA2000 series was not able to out perform the MD3000 or MD3000i with 512MB of cache in IOPs or band

Response: In fact, MSA2000 is using Double-Take as their replication software. The software is host-based, not array-based

for MD3k is on the certification list of Double-Take.

Objective Handling:

More Disks, higher capacity

More RAID level support

Bigger Cache, Higher Performance

Response: In fact, 2.5 disk is not that mature for its lower performance and higher price. The maximum capacity with 2.5 SA

450GB. Customer who would like to have 90 disks expansion may focus on capacity expansion or multi-host connection. For

be a good way to reduce cost. For multi-host connection, the customer could buy two MD3000 system which will provide bett

price.

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MD3000i MSA2000i G2

Support 15 drives/ per enclosure Support 12 drives / per enclosure

With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 4x MSA60 up to 60 drive

Need to purchase Double Take

Optional License: HP StorageWorks Mirroring.

Licensed from Double Take

16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) 32 server

256 512 with Dual Controller

Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Support 255 Snapshot / per system

Yes Yes

512MB / per controller 1GB / per controller

0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K

RPM, 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K

RPM

146 GB, 300 GB, 450GB SAS drives at 15K

RPM

500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM NONE

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K

RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM

1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM 60GB, 120GB , 250GB at 5.4K RPM

he complexity of unnecessary RAID

s also implemented the highest

U cycles and impacts

will also increase the closer cache hit

rs in testing, it is evident that the 1GB

width

. We also could use Double-Take solution

S disk is 146GB while 3.5 SAS disk is

capacity expansion, using 3.5 SAS would

er performance and almost the same

MSA2000i

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HP MD3000/ i P2000

Drives Support Support 15 drives/ per enclosure Support 12 drives / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 4x MSA60 up to 60 drive

SAS Technogy 1.0 2.0

Drive Support 45 Drives 149 2.5" Drives & 69 3.5" Drives

Drive Terminology Only 3.5" Hard Drive Support mix of 2.5" & 3.5" Drives

Snapshot

Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Default comes with 64 Snaps and optional

upgrade to 512



Pros:

1. G3 is claimed to double the bandwidth of the prior G22. Supports both 2.5-in and 3.5-in drive types3. Supports some level of Drive Spin Down4. Supports Remote Snap via iSCSI

Cons:

1. Believed to have phenomenally slow LUN creation (300GB LUN on G2 required 24 hours to create)2. Believed to have very slow management (web interface requires many seconds for any operation)3. Volume Copy is known to significantly slow down the MSA2000 G2 & believed to do the same on G34. Controller upgrades are disruptive and require scheduled downtime

***Above is prilimary study based on the FC model. Stay tuned for the iSCSI & SAS model


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IBM MD3000 DS3200

Drive Support Support 15 drives/ per enclosure Support 12 drives / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 3x EXP3000 up to 48 drive

Host Support

4 (no additional license to access > 4

partition)

3 server( if host group/ server mapping more

then 4 partition will need additional license)

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Same


Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 512MB (optional upgrade 1GB) / per ctrl

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 3, 5, 10

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM

36 GB, 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS drives

at 15K RPM or 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS

at 10K RPM



Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONEClustering Yes Yes

Larger Cache, Better performance

Objective Handing:

Response: Expansion is planned for the MD3000 to 45 drives in the first half of 2007. For customers today, it is importan

4.5TB within the control unitthats 20% more expansion breadth in the control unit than IBMs DS3200, which means cocustomers today. Notably, for MD3000 units deployed today, external expansion can be accomplished via a simple firmw

Objection: The IBM DS3200 supports an optional daughter card that enables three active host ports on each controller.

HA hosts can be directly interconnected to the array. The Dell PowerVault MD3000 supports two host ports on each cont

non-HA hosts or two HA hosts

Response: The daughter card option, along with the other options available for the DS3200, will most likely come at a pri

ownership for the product, with significant impact on value. To realize best value for small-scale consolidation, customers

such as the Dell|EMC AX products. Notably, also, the Dell|EMC CX300 represents a remarkably scalable, yet affordable,

Support more hosts, better scalability

Objection: The IBM DS3200 supports a cache upgrade optionmost likely available at a significant price premiumthat

1GB, resulting in a total of 2GB mirrored cache for dual controller configurations. This represents 2X more cache than th

Response: The extra cache could yield performance benefits in some application scenarios, but this is not a given. The

integrate 512MB, which has proven ideal for one to four servers

Objection: IBM claims support for up to three add-on EXP3000 disk units, increasing expansion breadth to 48 drives, or

the majority of customers today, this expansion range is significantly beyond intermediate-term requirements.

Better Scalability and Densitiy


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MD3000i DS3300


With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 3x EXP3000 up to 48 drive

16 server / 32 (virtual machine)

4 default (additional license required to > 4

server) ; max server connection: 16

Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Same

Yes Yes

512MB / Per Controller 512MB (optional upgrade 1GB) / per ctrl

0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 3, 5, 10

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM

36 GB, 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS drives

at 15K RPM or 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB SAS

at 10K RPM


250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM

1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE

Yes Yes

t to note that the MD3000 scales to over

mpelling $/GB value for capacity-consciousare upgrade.

his means up to six non-HA hosts or three

roller, for direct interconnect of a total of four

ice premium that will drive up the total cost of

are best served by entry SAN platforms

enterprise-class SAN platform.

increases on-board cache from 512MB to

MD3000

majority of DAS array systems of this type

14.4 TB, based on 300GB disk options. For

TechnicalObjection

DS3300


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SUN MD3000 StorageTek 2530


Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 3x Expansion up to 48 drive

Host Support

4 server (no additional license to access > 4

partition)

3 server (if host group/ server mappingmore then 4 partition will need additional

license)

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Same


Cache Memory 512MB / per controller Same

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, (1+0), 3, 5 and 6 (p+q)

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM

146 GB, 300 GB, 450 SAS drives at 15K

RPM or 400 GB 10K RPM



Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONEClustering Yes Yes


Response: Dell has selected only optimal RAID levels to cover an organizations range of data requirements. This

removes the complexity of unnecessary RAID levels to choose from that are often not used in todays environments

and/or have proven to be obsolete (i.e. RAID 3).

Objective Handling:

Objection: The StorageTek series supports more raid option 0, 1, (1+0), 3, 5 and 6 (p+q) while MD3000/I support

0,1,10,5,6


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MD3000i StorageTek 2510


With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Only with 3x Expansion up to 48 drives

16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine)

4 default (additional license required to > 4

server) ; max server connection: 16

Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Same

Yes Yes

512MB / per controller Same

0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, (1+0), 3, 5 and 6 (p+q)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM

146 GB, 300 GB, 450 SAS drives at 15K

RPM or 400 GB 10K RPM


250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500 GB, 750 GB and 1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM

1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONEYes Yes

StorageTek 2510


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NetApp MD3000 FAS2020


Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Support up to 68 drive

Interface Support SAS Only FC and iSCSI

Host Support 4 server

4 directly connected servers;24 SAN host

connected servers on FAS2020

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per system Support 51,000 Snapshot / per controller

Volume Disk Copy Yes Yes

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 1GB/ per controller

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 4, 6 DP

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM Not Specified

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM Not Specified

Hard Drive SATA 250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM Not Specified

Energy efficient SATA II 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Not Specified

Cluster Yes Yes

Objection: NetApp 2000 support NAS, iSCSI and FC SAN

Faster CPU, better performance

Flexibility and ease of use.

Response: NetApp offers numerous software options that are unmatched by Dells MD3000 line. NetApps Software sol

dual controller (clustered) configurations while MD3000 software is licensed per system. Additionally there are many thir

choose from best-of-breed to supplement the features of the MD3000.

Objection: NetApp offers numerous software options that are unmatched by Dells MD3000 line

Flexibility and easy to move from iSCSI to FC

Objective Handing:

Objection: NetApp FAS2020 has faster CPUs than Dell MD3000 systems

Response: It is true, but Multiprotocol environments result in ever decreasing performance and larger, faster systems inc

FC host ports requires purchase of FCP. NAS software is expensive.

Response: Dell uses hardware XOR. NetApp depends entirely on the CPUs to handle all XOR burden plus system softw


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MD3000i FAS2020


With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive Support up to 68 drive

iSCSI FC and iSCSI

16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Not Specif ied for ISCSI host connection

Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Support 51,000 Snapshot / per controller

Yes Yes

512MB / per controller 1GB/ per controller

0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 4, 6 DP

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM Not Specified

500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM Not Specified

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K RPM Not Specified

1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Not Specified

Yes Yes

tions become very expensive, especially

party solutions that enable customers to

lude very expensive SW & Features. Use of

are and snap software.

TechnicalObjection

FAS2020


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LeftHand MD3000i

Drive Support

Support 15 drives in 3U/ per enclosure

CascadeWith 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives

Interface Support 2x 1Gbps / per controller

Host Support 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine)

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller

Volume Disk Copy Yes

Cache Memory 512 MB/ per controller

Internal Memory NONE

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q)

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or

400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM

Near Line SAS

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM

Storage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl

Replication

Additional License; Double Take replicate OS,application and

storage data to DR site

Storage Virtualization No

Performance

Email

4K Block 15 SAS Drive; 2244 IOPS

8K Block 15 SAS Drive; 1924 IOPS

Objection: P4300 support storage virtualization

Objective Handling:

Storage Virtualization

Response: Yes we agree that this is a powerful tools that will improve performance while sc

another set of P4300 for this features. Furthermore there is not expansion option only adding


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P4300 SATA / SAS

Support 16 drives in 4U. Each array support 8 drive x 2 = 16

No expansion option available. To achieve 45 drives, total 6xP4000. Able to expand up 256 drive max

2x 1Gbps / per ctrl; option to upgrade 10Gbps

Not Specified for ISCSI host connection

Yes (SANIQ/Smart Snapshot)

Yes (SANIQ/Smart Clone) - dedup features

512MB / per controller

4GB / per controller

5, 6, 10

300GB SAS 15K RPM

NONE

750GB SATA 7.2K RPM

NONE

Yes, Will need to 2 array to achieve HA (initial configuration)

Additional License, SANIQ/ Remote Copy. Only replicate SAN

storage data to DR site

Yes, Min need two sets of P4000 for storage clustering

16 SAS Drive; 2200 IOPS

16 SAS Drive; 1759 IOPS

aling more drives. BUT will you customer willing to pay for

more P4300 controller to increase capacity

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D-Link MD3000i DSN 3200

Drive Support Support 15 drives / per enclosure Support 15 drives / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives No expansion option available.

Supported Interface

2x ISCSI per ctrl

8x iSCSI only one ctrl - Do Not Support MPIO

Host Support 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Not Specified for ISCSI host connection

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller NONE

Virtual Copy Yes NONE

System Memory

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 256/ 512MB (upgrade) / controller

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 1+0 and 5

Hard Drive (SAS)


300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPMNONE


Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 400GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE

Storage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl NONE

Clustering Yes NOT Supported

Virtualization Support VMWARE, Hyper-V, XEN NOT Supported


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DSN 3400

Support 15 drives / per enclosure

No expansion option available.

1x 10GBps iSCSI (only one ctrl) - Do Not Support MPIO


NONE

NONE

512MB / controller

512MB (upgradable 4GB) / controller

0, 1, 1+0, and 5

NONE

NONE

400GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM

NONENONE

NOT Supported

NOT Supported


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Buffalo MD3000i

Drive Support Support 15 drives / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives

Supported Interface 2x 1Gbps / per ctrl

Host Support 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine)

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller

Virtual Copy Yes

Cache Memory 512 MB/ per controller

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q)

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM, 300GB or

400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM


Storage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl

Clustering Yes


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Terastation ISCSI


No expansion option available. Setup multiple unit and

combine as a single ISCSI storage array.

1x 1Gbps, does not support MPIO


NONE

NONE

NONE

0, 1, 5, 10

NONE

NONE

250GB, 500GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

NONE

NONE HA Storage ControllerNOT Supported


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Heritage MD3000 HS8120TS2


Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives No expansion option available.

Host Support 4 server 2 server

LUN Up to 256 LUNs Up to 128 LUNs

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per ctrl NONE

Virtual Copy YES NONE

Cache Memory512MB / per controller 128MB / per array

Battery Cache Up to 72 Cache Memory Backup Optional Upgrade

RAID Level0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0, 1, (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60

Hard Drive (SAS)



NONE


Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 250, 500, 750 GB, 1 TB (7200 RPM)


Storage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl NONE

Clustering Yes NO

Objection: The HS16100I2 support 2GB cache while MD3k series only support 1GB cache


Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache

Objective Handling:


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MD3000i HS16100I2

Support 15 drives / per enclosure Support 16 drives / per enclosure

With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives No expansion option available.

16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) Not Specified for ISCSI host connection

Up to 256 LUNs Up to 128 LUNs

Support 128 Snapshot/ per controller Yes

Yes NONE

512MB / per controller512MB / per controller (option to upgrade 2GB)

Up to 72 Cache Memory Backup Optional Upgrade

0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q)0, 1, (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60,NRAID & JBOD



NONE


500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 250, 500, 750 GB, 1 TB (7200 RPM)

1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE

Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl NONE

Yes No

HS16100I2


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ProWare MD3000 SB-3163S-S3S3


Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Not Specified


SAS/SATA Intermix Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure NONE

LUN Up to 256 LUNs Up to 128 LUNs

Snapshot optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot NONE

Virtual Copy Yes, optional upgrade NONE

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 256MB / array ~ optional upgrade to 2GB

Battery Cache Up to 72 Cache Memory Backup NONE

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 and JBOD

Hard Drive (SAS)


300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPMNot Specified

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM Not Specified

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM Not Specified

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Not SpecifiedStorage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl NONE

Clustering Yes, up to 2 server NONE

Objection: The MSA2000 supports more raid option 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 while MD3000/I support 0,1,10,5,6

Objection: The SB-3164E-G1S3 (4x ISCSI) support 2GB cache while MD3k series only support 1GB cache


Objection: TheSB-3164E-G1S3 (4x ISCSI) can support more capacity

Response: The question is SMB customer will not used that much of capacity expansion. Also if the cascade up 80 drives it will create

more IOPS burden to the storage controller.

Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will also

increase the closer cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there.

Objective Handling:

More Disks, higher capacity


Response: Dell has selected only optimal RAID levels to cover an organizations range of data requirements. This removes the

complexity of unnecessary RAID levels to choose from that are often not used in todays environments and/or have proven to be

obsolete (i.e. RAID 3).


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MD3000i SB-3164E-G1S3 (4x ISCSI)


With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 4x JBOD can be cascaded = 80 drives

16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) 32 Server

Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure NOT SUPPORTED

Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported 1024 LUNs -> 2TB LUN Supported

optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot 32 Snapshot embedded in the array

Yes, optional upgrade NONE

512MB / per controller 256MB / array ~ optional upgrade to 2GB

Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup NONE

0, 1,10, 5, 6 (p+q) 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30,50,60 and JBOD


300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPMNot Specified



1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Not SpecifiedYes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl NONE

Yes, up to 8 server Yes. Up to 16 host - but no HARDWARE HA

SB-3164E-G1S3


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H3C MD3000i IX1000

Drive Support

Support 15 drives / per enclosure Support 16 SATA drives only / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives No expansion available

Host Support 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine) 64 server

Replication Optional upgrade ; Double Take Software YES, optional upgrade

Snapshot optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot YES, optional upgrade

Virtual Copy Yes, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 2 GB / per controller

Battery Cache Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup NONE


Hard Drive (SAS)




Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 250GB, 500GB, 750GB at 7.2K RPM

Energy efficient SATA II 1TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONEStorage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl NONE

Clustering Yes NONE

IX1500 have larger cache and better performance

Objective Handing:

Objection: IX1500 declare they have 4GB cache MD3k onlyl have 1GB cache

Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache hit rates will

also increase the closer cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there. In fact,

IX1500 architect is based on a server with Suse linux installed. It is hard to tell how many cache are used by Suse and how many

cached are data cached.

Response: Normally, when there are more than 10 hosts connect to a single storage, the performance of the storage will

decreased sharply. In our testing, IX1500 performance will drop when connect to four hosts. By the way, you need to buy license

when connect more than 4 host to IX1500 while MD3k is for free.

IX1500 has Disaster Recovery features

Objection: IX1500 supports Replication Software

Objection: IX1500 supports up to 64 hosts MD3000i supports up to 16 hosts

Can support more hosts, better scalability

Response: In fact, IX1500 is using Falconstor as their replication software. The software is host-based, not array-based. We alsocould use Double-Take solution for MD3k is on the certification list of Double-Take.


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IX1500 IX2000


With 3* DE1116 up to 64 disks With 3* DE1116 up to 64 disks

128 server 256 server

YES, optional upgrade YES, optional upgrade



2 GB / per controller 4 GB / per controller

NONE NONE

0, 1, 10, 5 and 6 0, 1, 10, 5 and 6

146GB, 300GB at 15K RPM 300GB, 450GB at 15K RPM

NONE NONE

250GB, 500GB, 750GB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1000GB at 7.2K RPM

NONE NONE

NONE Yes

NONE Yes

TechnicalObjection

IX2000

TechnicalObjectionTechnicalObjection


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NEC MD3000i E1-10

Drive Support Support 15 drives / per enclosure Support 12 drives only / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives

4x EXPansion support up to 60 drive; No EXPansion

support for single controller

Interface Support ISCSI only Either FC or iSCSI in a enclosure


SAS/SATA Intermix Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure Support SAS/SATA in a enclosure

Snapshot optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot NONE



Battery Cache Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup Yes, need to purchase backup battery


Hard Drive (SAS)



147GB, 300GB, 450GB at 15K RPM

for Dual controller(Single controller support only

SATA drives)


Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 750GB, 1TB (7,200rpm)


Storage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes

Clustering Yes Yes


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Hitachi Data System MD3000i Simple Storage 100

Drive Support Support 15 drives / per enclosure Support 12 drives only / per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives No expansion available

Host Support


Replication Optional upgrade ; Double Take Software Optional upgrade; Hitachi ShadowImage

LUN Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported 1028 LUN / per controller

Interface Support ISCSI only Either FC or iSCSI in a enclosure

Snapshot optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot Yes, comes with dual controller

Virtual Copy Yes, optional upgrade Yes, optional upgrade


Battery Cache Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup Up to 24h battery backup

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) RAID 6 ONLY

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM ;

300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 146GB, 300GB at 15K RPM

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM NONEHard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM


Storage Controller HA Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl Yes

Clustering Yes NO

Objection: HDS Simple Storage 100 claims that the snapshot is free

Objection: HDS Simple Storage 100 support more LUNs

Support more LUN

Response: Only support 12 drives and why the need of 1024 LUNs.

Objective Handing:

Snapshot is FREE

Response: Yes it's free but the criteria is with second controller and price of snapshot is already embedded with the cost of shapshot.


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Huawei MD3000 S2100

Drive Support Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) Support 24 drives / per enclosure (4U)

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 48 drive / per controller

Interface Support SAS Only SAS and iSCSI


LUN Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported 512 LUNs

Snapshot 128 snapshot / per system (optional) NONE



Battery Cache Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup Integrated UPS

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q) 0, 1, 5, 10

Hard Drive (SAS)


300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM 146GB, 300GB, 450GB at 15K RPM


Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, TB at 7.2K RPM

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONEStorage Controller HA Yes Yes

Virtualization Support VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN VMWARE Only

Clustering Yes NO


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S2600 SAS MD3000i

Support 12 drives / per enclosure Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U)

48 drive / per controller With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives

SAS iSCSI

4 server 16 (physical) / 32 (virtual machine)

512 LUNs Up to 256 LUNs - > 2TB LUN Supported

Yes, comes with no additional license optional upgrade up to 128 snapshot

Yes, comes with no additional license Yes, optional upgrade

2GB / per controller 512MB / per controller

Integrated UPS Up to 72 Cache Memory Cache Backup

0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 50 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q)

146GB, 300GB, 400GB, 450GB at 15K RPM



600GB at 10K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

750 GB, 1TB, 2TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

NONE 1TB SATA at 5.4K RPMYes Yes. Dual Active/Active Ctrl

VMWARE Only VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN

Yes Yes

OceanStore V1000OceanStoreS2600


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OceanStore V1000 OceanStoreS2600 iSCSI

Support 24 drives / per enclosure (4U) Support 12 drives / per enclosure

48 drive / per controller 48 drive / per controller

iSCSI iSCSI

128 server 256 server

512 LUNs 512 LUNs

NONE Yes, comes with no additional license

NONE Yes, comes with no additional license

2GB / per controller 2GB / per controller

Integrated UPS Integrated UPS

0, 1, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 50

NONE 146GB, 300GB, 400GB, 450GB at 15K RPM

NONE 600GB at 10K RPM

500GB, 750GB, TB at 7.2K RPM 750 GB, 1TB, 2TB at 7.2K RPM

NONE NONE

Yes Yes

Not Supported VMWARE Only

NO Yes


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Fujitsu MD3000 MD3000i

Drive Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 15 drives / per enclosure (3U)

Cascade 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives

Hard Drive Intermix Yes Yes

Host InterfaceSAS Only ISCSI Only


Snapshot Yes Yes


Continues Data Protection None None

Replication Optional: Double Take Optional: Double Take

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 512MB / per controller

RAID 6 Yes Yes

Hard Drive (SAS)





Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM

Virtualization Support VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN

Clustering Yes Yes


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Eternus DX60

24 drives

None

Yes, but only limited to SAS and Near-line SAS

Either Fibre Channel(4/2/1 Gbit/s), iSCSI (1 Gbit/s),

SAS (3 Gbit/s)

32 single controller / 64 dual controller

Yes

None

None

None

1Gb/ per controller

Yes

300 GB / 450 GB at 15,000 rpm

750 GB / 1 TB at 7,200 rpmNone

None

VMWARE and XEN

Yes


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Langchao MD3000 AF2000

Drive Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 12 drives / per enclosure

Cascade 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 24 drives

Host Interface SAS Only FC or Ultra320SCSI or iSCSI

Host Support 4 server ?

Snapshot Yes No


Continues Data Protection No No

Replication Optional: Double Take No

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 512MB/ per controller

RAID 6 Yes No

Hard Drive (SAS)



73GB,146GB, 10K RPM

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM No

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONEVirtualization Support VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN NONE

Clustering Yes Yes


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MD3000i AF2000S

15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 12 drives / per enclosure

2x MD1000 up to 45 drives No EXPansion available

ISCSI Only FC or Ultra320SCSI or iSCSI

16 server ?

Yes No

Yes Yes

No No

Optional: Double Take No

512MB / per controller 256MB/ per controller

Yes No

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K RPM

; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K RPM

36GB, 73GB,146GB, 10K RPM

500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM No

500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE


VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN NONE

Yes Yes

AF2000S


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Langchao MD3000 BE800

Drive Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 8 drives / per enclosure

Cascade 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Scale up to 392 drives

Host Interface 4x SAS (3GB/s) 4x PCIe

Management Port Network Port (RJ45) RS232

Host Support 4 server ?

Snapshot Yes Yes

Virtual Copy Yes No

Continues Data Protection No No

Replication Optional: Double Take No

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller 256MB/ per controller

RAID 6 Yes Yes

Hard Drive (SAS)



Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM NONE

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPMEnergy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM NONE

Virtualization Support VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN NONE

Controller Dual Active/Active Single Controller

Clustering Yes NO

Objective Handling:

BE 800 can scale up to 392 drives

Response: The performance will be a problem if it's scale up to this level of drives

Objection: The BE800 supports support up to 392 drives

Objection: BE2000e declare they have 2GB cache MD3k onlyl have 1GB cache

Response: Higher cache size in many environments, will not improve performance. As cache size increases, cache

cache hit rates are to 100%, the less likely the cache hit rate will continue to increase from there. In fact, BE2000e arch

installed. It is hard to tell how many cache are used by Suse and how many cached are data cached.

BE 800 I/O connection is PCI/e

Objection: BE800 claims to have 20GB/s transfer rate

Response: This is not an industry standard for external storage. Most well know brand follow the SAS methodology.

consistent transfer speed and reliable?

BS2000e have larger cache and better performance


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MD3000i BS3000

15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 12 drives / per enclosure

2x MD1000 up to 45 drives Scale up to 96 drives

ISCSI iSCSI

Network Port (RJ45) RS232

16 server 256 erver

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

No No

Optional: Double Take No

512MB / per controller 2GBonly single controller version

Yes No

73GB, 146GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K

RPM ; 300GB or 400GB or 600GB at 10K

146GB, 300GB at 15 RPM;

400GB SAS at 10K RPM;

500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM No

500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM


VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN VMWARE

Dual Active/Active Single Controller

Yes Yes

it rates will also increase the closer

itect is based on a server with Suse linux

uestion is that is fast but will it be a


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Lenovo MD3000

Drive Support Support 15 drives/ per enclosure

Cascade With 2x MD1000 up to 45 drive

Host Support

4 (no additional license to access > 4partition)

Snapshot Support 128 Snapshot/ per system

Virtual Copy Yes

Cache Memory 512MB / per controller

RAID Level 0, 1,10, 5, support 6 (p+q)

Hard Drive (SAS)

73GB, 146 GB, 300GB or 450 GB at 15K


RPM

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB 7.2K RPM

Hard Drive (SATA)

250GB, 500GB, 750GB or 1TB at 7.2K

RPM


Clustering Yes

Larger Cache, Better performance

Response: The daughter card option, along with the other options available for the SureSAS 212 G2, will m

ownership for the product, with significant impact on value. To realize best value for small-scale consolidatio

Dell|EMC AX products. Notably, also, the Dell|EMC CX300 represents a remarkably scalable, yet affordable,

Objection: Levono claims support for up to three add-on expansion array disk units, increasing expansion br

Response: Expansion is planned for the MD3000 to 45 drives in the first half of 2007. For customers today, i

the control unitthats 20% more expansion breadth in the control unit than Lenovos SureSAS 212 G2, whi

today. Notably, for MD3000 units deployed today, external expansion can be accomplished via a simple firm

Support more hosts, better scalability

Objection: The Lenovo SureSAS212 G2 supports an optional daughter card that enables three active host p

Objective Handing:

Objection: The Lenovo SureSAS212 G2 supports a cache upgrade optionmost likely available at a signifi

Response: The extra cache could yield performance benefits in some application scenarios, but this is not a

512MB, which has proven ideal for one to four servers

Better Scalability and Densitiy

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SureSAS212 G2


Only with 3x expansion array up to 48 drive

3 server( if host group/ server mapping more then 4partition will need additional license)

Same

Yes

512MB (optional upgrade 1GB) / per ctrl

0, 1, 3, 5, 10

300 GB SAS drives at 15K RPM

NONE

1.0 TB at 7.2K RPM

NONE

Yes

st likely come at a price premium that will drive up the total cost of

, customers are best served by entry SAN platforms such as the

enterprise-class SAN platform.

eadth to 48 drives, or 14.4 TB, based on 300GB disk options. For

it is important to note that the MD3000 scales to over 4.5TB within

h means compelling $/GB value for capacity-conscious customers

are upgrade.

orts on each controller. This means up to six non-HA hosts or three

ant price premiumthat increases on-board cache from 512MB to

given. The majority of DAS array systems of this type integrateTechnicalObjection


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Xyratex MD3000 E5412E

Drive Support 15 drives / per enclosure (3U) 12 drives / per enclosure (3U)

Cascade 2x MD1000 up to 45 drives 5x Expansion Chassis up to 60 drives

Host Interface SAS Only SAS Only


Snapshot Yes - 8 snapshot per LUN, up to 256 Yes - 24 snapshot per LUN; up to 512

Virtual Copy Yes None

Continues Data Protection None None

Replication Optional: Double Take None


RAID 6 Yes Yes

Hard Drive (SAS)



Not Specified

Near Line SAS 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM Not Specified

Hard Drive (SATA) 500GB, 750GB, 1TB at 7.2K RPM Not Specified

Energy efficient SATA 1TB, 2TB SATA at 5.4K RPM Not SpecifiedVirtualization Support VMWARE, Hyper-V and XEN None

Clustering Yes Yes


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