Highlights
- 6 Gbps SAS systems deliver midrange performance and scalability at entry-level prices
- Data consolidation to ensure data availability and efficiency
- Management expertise built into an intuitive and powerful storage management software
- Investment protection and cost-effective backup and recovery with remote mirror across FC and compatibility with DS5000 and DS4000®
- Mixed host interfaces support enables DAS and SAN tiering reducing overall operation and acquisition costs
- Full Disk Encryption with local key management provides relentless data security
- NEBS-compliant and DC models
IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6 Gbps host interface and drive technology in the IBM System Storage® DS3500 Express®. With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to System x® servers, BladeCenter® and Power Systems™. Offering substantial improvements at a price that will fit most budgets, the DS3500 delivers superior price to performance ratios, functionality, scalability and ease of use for the entry-level storage user.
DS3500 Express is designed to offer:
- Scalability to midrange performance and features starting at entry-level prices
- Efficiency to help reduce annual energy expenditures and environmental footprint
- Simplicity that does not sacrifice control with the perfect combination of robustness and ease of use
Product features
- Next-generation 6 Gbps SAS systems deliver midrange performance and scalability at entry-level prices
- Data consolidation to ensure data availability and efficiencies across the organization
- Energy saving implementations for cost savings today and tomorrow
- The DS3500 meets the NEBs telco specification requiring very robust abilities and support for 48 V dc power supplies
- Management expertise built into an intuitive and powerful storage management software
- Investment protection and cost-effective backup and recovery with remote mirror across FC host ports and compatibility with DS5000 and DS4000
- Mixed host interfaces support enables DAS and SAN tiering reducing overall operation and acquisition costs
- Relentless data security with local key management of full drive encryption drives
- Drive and expansion enclosure intermix cost-effectively meets all application, rack and energy efficiency requirements
- DS Storage Manager software
- Partitioning
- FlashCopy®
- Volume Copy
- Remote Mirroring via FC host ports
Hardware summary
- Dual active , hot-swappable controllers
- Three interface options—SAS, iSCSI/SAS, FC/SAS
- Four or eight 6 Gbps SAS ports
- Eight 8 Gbps FC ports and four 6 Gbps SAS ports
- Eight 1 Gbps iSCSI ports and four 6 Gbps SAS ports
- Two 6 Gbps SAS drive expansion ports
- Up to 96 drives—high performance and nearline (NL) SAS, and SED SAS drives
- EXP3512 (2U 12 3.5-in drive) and EXP3524 (3U 24 2.5-in drives) enclosures
- Enclosures can be intermixed behind a controller
- 1 GB cache per controller with 2 GB upgrade
- Mirrored, battery-backed, destaged to flash
- Power/cooling module that house power supplies, redundant cooling fans
- All primary components are hot-swappable CRUs and can be easily accessed and removed or replaced
- DC-powered models available in enclosures for 24 drives of 2.5″ (DS3524 and EXP2524)
