EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 Series

Comparison to DMX-3 Models

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Agenda

 Specification Comparison
– System Resources
– Physical and Cooling Specifications
– Power Specifications
– Power Cables and Connectors

 Detailed Descriptions of DMX-4 Features

– Fibre Channel Back-End
 Point-to-Point Technology
 4Gb/s Back-End Loop Support
– Flash Drive Support
– SATA II Drive Support
– Spare Drive Requirement
– DMX-4 950 Mainframe Connectivity

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 Specification Comparison
– System Resources
– Physical and Cooling Specifications
– Power Specifications
– Power Cables and Connectors

 Detailed Descriptions of DMX-4 Features

– Fibre Channel Back-End
 Point-to-Point Technology
 4Gb/s Back-End Loop Support
– Flash Drive Support
– SATA II Drive Support
– Spare Drive Requirement
– DMX-4 950 Mainframe Connectivity

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Specification Comparison
System Resources
DMX-3 and DMX-4
Features/Specification
Open systems/mainframe
CPU Processors
Memory Directors
Maximum Global Memory
Fibre Channel Back-end
Maximum Back-end Channel Speed
Disk adapters
Disk Ports
Number of disks
Maximum raw capacity (TB)
Usable Connectivity Ports
2-8x Fibre Channel remote replication ports
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Symmetrix DMX-3 Symmetrix DMX-4
Open systems and Mainframe Open systems and Mainframe
1.3 GHz PowerPC 1.3 GHz PowerPC
8 8
512 GB (256 GB effective) 512 GB (256 GB effective)
Traditional Loop Point-to-Point
2Gb/s 4Gb/s
1, 2, 3, or 4 DA pairs 1, 2, 3, or 4 DA pairs
16-64 16-64
96-2400 96-2400
1103.13 1103.13
2-64x Fibre Channel host/SAN ports 2-64x Fibre Channel host/SAN ports
2-8x Fibre Channel remote replication ports
2-48x iSCSI ports 2-48x iSCSI ports
2-48x FICON host ports 2-48x FICON host ports
2-8x GigE remote replication ports 2-8x GigE remote replication ports
2-64x ESCON host ports 2-64x ESCON host ports
2-8x ESCON remote replication ports 2-8x ESCON remote replication ports
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Specification Comparison
System Resources
DMX-3 950 and DMX-4 950
Features/Specification
Open systems/mainframe
CPU Processors
Memory Directors
Maximum Global Memory
Fibre Channel Back-end
Maximum Back-end Channel Speed
Disk adapters
Disk Ports
Number of disks
Maximum raw capacity (TB)
Usable Connectivity Ports
2-8x Fibre Channel remote replication ports
2-10x Ethernet remote replication ports
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Symmetrix DMX-3 950 Symmetrix DMX-4 950
Open systems only Open systems and Mainframe
1.3 GHz PowerPC 1.3 GHz PowerPC
2 2
128 GB (64 GB usable) 128 GB (64 GB usable)
Traditional Loop Point-to-Point
2Gb/s 4Gb/s
1 or 2 DA pairs 1 or 2 DA pairs
8-16 8-16
32-360 32–360
179.9 179.9
8-16x Fibre Channel host/SAN ports 8-16x Fibre Channel host/SAN ports
2-8x Fibre Channel remote replication ports
2-10x iSCSI ports 2-10x iSCSI ports
2-10x Ethernet remote replication ports
4-8x FICON host/SAN ports
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Specification Comparison
Physical & Cooling Specifications
DMX-3 and DMX-4

Features/Specification System Bay Storage Bay

Height (in/cm) 76.66/194.7 76.66/194.7

Width (in/cm) 24.02/61.0 30.02/76.3

Depth (in/cm) 41.16/104.5 41.88/106.4

Front and Rear Service Area (in/cm) 42.0/106.7 42.0/106.7

Weight (lb/kg) 1,626/737.5 2,422/1,098.6

Power (kVA) 6.4 6.1

Cooling (Btu/hr) 21,502 20,819

Physical & Cooling Specifications are the SAME!

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Specification Comparison
Physical & Cooling Specifications
DMX-3 950 and DMX-4 950

Features/Specification System Bay Storage Bay

Height (in/cm) 76.66/194.7 76.66/194.7

Width (in/cm) 24.02/61.0 30.02/76.3

Depth (in/cm) 41.16/104.5 41.88/106.4

Front and Rear Service Area (in/cm) 42.0/106.7 42.0/106.7

Weight (lb/kg) 1,879/852.3 2,422/1,098.6

Power (kVA) 4.7 5.9

Cooling (Btu/hr) 16,036 20,137

Physical & Cooling Specifications are the SAME!

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Symmetrix DMX-4 provides increased features without
increasing power and cooling!
New
 Fibre Channel Back-End
– Point-to-Point Technology
– 4Gb/s Back-End Loop Support

 Flash Drive Support

 SATA II Drive Support
 Spare Drive Requirement
 DMX-4 950 Mainframe Connectivity

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Fibre Channel Back-End

DMX-4 Disk Array Enclosure (DAE)

 The DMX-4 DAE delivers the same architecture and amount of drive
slots as DMX-3 while providing additional resiliency and serviceability
benefits
Front View
 Up to fifteen
low-profile disk
drives

Rear View

 Two Link  Two Power

Control Cards Supply/Cooling
(LCCs) modules

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Fibre Channel Back-End
DMX-3 DMX-4

 Traditional Loop  Point-to-Point Connection

– Signal passes through all drives – Independent relationship with each
on the loop drive on the loop

 2 Gb/s Loop Speed  2 or 4 Gb/s Loop Speed

 Fibre channel disk drives  Fibre channel and SATA II disk

drives

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Spare Drives

DMX-4 Required Spare Drive Counts

 DMX-4 or DMX-4 950 with 4
directors:
– 2 spare drives for every 100 physicals
of each drive type
– Minimum of 8 spare drives for the
entire system

 DMX-4 950 with 2 directors:

– 2 spare drives for every 100 physicals
of each drive type
– Minimum of 4 spare drives for the
entire system

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