EMC ECS APPLIANCE

Powered by ViPR Software-Defined Storage

EMC introduces the ECS Appliance. Powered by EMC ViPR, the new ECS Appliance
provides a complete hyperscale storage infrastructure flexibly designed to fit any sized data
center. ECS Appliance offers support for rack based solutions consisting of 4 or 8 nodes with up
to 60 6TB disks per node for a maximum capacity of 2.9 PB.

Specifications
ECS APPLIANCE PRIMARY FEATURES

ECS Appliance

Node architecture
o

Intel x86 servers

JBOD direct attached storage

Up to 60 disk drives per server

10 GbE Node network connectivity

o

10 GbE HA network connectivity within rack

Up to 80 Gb/s via 10 GbE uplinks to customer network

EMC 40U Rack based solution

o

4 and 8 node configurations

HA Power

Multiple Storage Configurations

o

Unstructured storage up to 2,880 TB per rack

Mixed workload storage up to 1,440 TB per rack unstructured storage plus 120 TB
structured storage

ECS APPLIANCE DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

ARCHITECTURE

Standard 40U deep cabinet

2U 4-node server enclosure
4U 60-disk drawer based disk enclosure
High density disk enclosure holds up to 480x6TB disks per rack
Fully accessible field serviceable components
Conventional front to back cooling
HA Power cabling and cooling

SPECIFICATION SHEET

ECS-U300
CONFIGURATION

4 Nodes = 4
servers + 4
disk
enclosures

ECS-U700

ECS-U1100

4 Nodes = 4
servers + 4
disk
enclosures

4 Nodes = 4
servers + 4
disk
enclosures

ECS-U1500

ECS-U3000

4 Nodes = 4

8 Nodes = 8

servers + 4

servers + 8

disk

disk

enclosures

enclosures

DISK RATIO

1:15

1:30

1:45

1:60

1:60

DISK TYPE

6 TB 7200

6 TB 7200

6 TB 7200

6 TB 7200

6TB 7200

SIZE

360 TB

720 TB

1,100 TB

1,440 TB

2,880 TB

DIMENSIONS

Height: 75

Height: 75

Height: 75

Height: 75

Height: 75

in/190.8 cm

in/190.8 cm

in/190.8 cm

in/190.8 cm

in/190.8 cm

Width: 24

Width: 24

Width: 24

Width: 24

Width: 24

in/60.96 cm

in/60.96 cm

in/60.96 cm

in/60.96 cm

in/60.96 cm

Depth: 44

Depth: 44

Depth: 44

Depth: 44

Depth: 44

in/111.76

in/111.76

in/111.76

in/111.76

in/111.76

cm

cm

cm

cm

cm

Weight:

Weight:

Weight:

Weight:

Weight:

970 lbs

1150 lbs

1330 lbs

1,510 lbs

2,560 lbs

Max Power:

Max Power:

Max Power:

Max Power:

Max Power:

3.6 kVA

4.1kVA

4.6kVA

5.1 kVA

9.6 kVA

Max

Max

Max

Max

Max

Heatload:

Heatload:

Heatload:

Heatload:

Heatload:

13,838

15,525

17,213

32,400

BTU/hr

BTU/hr

BTU/hr

BTU/hr

POWER
SPECIFICATIONS

12,150
BTU/hr

Connection: 4 single Phase L6-30 (REDUNDANT POWER)

Input Voltage (VAC): 200 - 240
Circuit Breaker (A) max. per AC Power Source: 30A / PDU
Frequency (Hz): 60 (North America), 50 - 60 (International)
CONNECTIVITY

Uplink Connectivity: up to 8x10 GbE uplinks to customer network (80 Gb/s

maximum bandwidth), including high availability (HA) configuration
Network: dual 10 GbE data switches (TOR) and single 1 GbE management
switch (internal traffic) per rack
Disk: single SAS cable connection between servers and disk enclosures

PROTOCOL

TCP/IP

ENVIRONMENTAL

Operating Temperature (F/C): 41 - 90/ 5 - 32

SPECIFICATIONS

Max. Altitude: 7,500 ft/ 2,286 m @ 90F?/32C

Relative Humidity: 20 - 80% non-condensing
Raised Floor: Not Required

OPTIONAL

ECS-G4-X60 60 6TB Drive Upgrade Kit (360TB)

CONFIGURATION

DISK RATIO

DISK TYPE

SIZE

CONNECTIVITY

ECS-M500

ECS-M1600

8 Nodes = 8 servers + 8 disk

8 Nodes = 8 servers + 8 disk

enclosures

enclosures

4x 1:30 @ 1 TB

4x 1:30 @ 1TB

4x 1:15 @ 6TB

4x 1:60 @ 6TB

1 TB 7200 x 120

1 TB 7200 x 120

6 TB 7200 x 60

6 TB 7200 x 240

120 TB Structured Storage

120 TB Structured Storage

360 TB Unstructured Storage

1,440 TB Unstructured Storage

Uplink Connectivity: up to 8x 10 GbE uplinks to customer network

(80 Gb/s maximum bandwidth), including high availability (HA)
configuration
Network: dual 10 GbE data switches (TOR) and single 1 GbE
management switch (internal traffic) per rack
Disk: single SAS cable connection between servers and disk
enclosures
TCP/IP

PROTOCOL
SUPPORT
Height: 75 in/190.8 cm

Height: 75 in/190.8 cm

Width: 24 in/60.96 cm

Width: 24 in/60.96 cm

Depth: 44 in/111.76 cm

Depth: 44 in/111.76 cm

Weight: 1,660 lbs

Weight: 2,200 lbs

POWER

Max Power: 7.5 kVA

Max Power: 9.0 kVA

SPECIFICATIONS

Max Heatload: 25,313 BTU/hr

Max Heatload: 30,375 BTU/hr

DIMENSIONS

Connection: 4 single Phase L6-30 (REDUNDANT POWER)

Input Voltage (VAC): 200 - 240
Circuit Breaker (A) max. per AC Power Source: 30A / PDU
Frequency (Hz): 60 (North America), 50 - 60 (International)
ENVIRONMENTAL

Operating Temperature (F/C): 41 - 90/ 5 - 32

SPECIFICATIONS

Max. Altitude: 7,500 ft/ 2,286 m @ 90F?/32C

Relative Humidity: 20 - 80% non-condensing

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