|
Company |
Product |
Date & URL |
Announcement Summary |
 |
Symmetrix |
25 Apr 2000 |
8000 Series announcement |
| Symmetrix |
10 Sep 2001 |
Announcement of new models: 8230, 8530, 8830 |
| Symmetrix DMX |
03 Feb 2003 |
DMX Series (800, 1000, 2000) announcement |
| Symmetrix DMX |
30 Jul 2003 |
DMX 3000, Ficon, SRDF/A availability |
| Symmetrix DMX2 |
09 Feb 2004 |
128 MB cache, 73GB (15,000 RPM) HDDs and RAID-5 |
| Symmetrix DMX3 |
25 Jul 2005 |
300GB (10,000 RPM) & 146GB (15,000 RPM) HDDs, up to 256GB usable mirrored cache, available 9/2005 |
| Symmetrix DMX2, 3 |
25 Jul 2005 |
500GB (7,200 RPM) available "early" 2006 |
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9900 |
26 Jun 2000 |
9900 series announcement |
| 9900 |
28 Nov 2000 |
9910 model announcement |
| 9900 |
10 Sep 2001 |
2Gb host attachment |
| 9900 |
12 Mar 2002 |
Ficon support GA |
| 9900V |
7 May 2002 |
9980V & 9970V announcement |
| 9900V |
29 Jan 2003 |
146GB HDDs ( 10,000 RPM) and 64 FC announcement |
| 9900V |
08 Oct 2003 |
128 GB cache, 48 Escon and various Business Continuity enhancements |
| USP |
07 Sep 2004 |
USP100, 600, 1100 models announcement with virtualization, logical partitioning and Universital Replication |
| NSC55 |
11 Jul 2005 |
NSC55 model announced, 300GB (10,000 RPM) HDDs and RAID-6 |
| USP & NSC55 |
Oct 2005 |
4Gb/s host attachment for USP and NSC55 |
| NSC55 |
24 Apr 2006 |
Disk-less version available |
 |
XP |
16 Jul 2001 |
Extension of Hitachi agreement for high-end disk arrays for three more years |
| XP 512/48 |
10 Sep 2001 |
XP 48/512 Seagate181 GB drive option scales to 93 TB (was 37) |
| XP 1024/128 |
07 May 2002 |
XP 1024/128 models announcement |
| XP |
13 Aug 2003 |
Extension of Hitachi agreement for high-end disk arrays for five more years |
| XP 12000 |
07 Sep 2004 |
Similar to HDS announcement |
| XP 10000 |
11 Jul 2005 |
Announcement includes 300GB (10,000 RPM) HDDs and RAID-6 |
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2105 ESS |
27 Jul 1999 |
2105-E announced with 6 GB cache and 11 TB raw capacity |
| 2105 ESS |
28 Mar 2000 |
2105-F with 8 and 16 GB cache |
| 2105 ESS |
20 Feb 2001 |
32 GB cache option up from 16 GB |
| 2105 ESS |
31 Aug 2001 |
FICON available |
| 2105 ESS |
13 Nov 2001 |
73 GB drives, scales to 28 TB, intermix of drive types |
| 2105 ESS |
23 Apr 2002 |
18 & 36 GB HDDs at 15,000 RPM and PPRC - Extended Distance |
| 2105 ESS |
15 Jul 2002 |
Models 800 & 800T with 2Gb/s Ficon / Fibre, 64GB cache, 2MB NVS & RAID 10 |
| 2105 ESS |
22 Oct 2002 |
146 GB HDDs at 10,000 RPM for 800/800T Models |
| 2105 ESS |
13 May 2003 |
PPRC and FlashCopy Enhancements |
| 2105 ESS |
14 Oct 2003 |
PPRC over FC and 800-Turbo II available 21 Nov 2003 |
| 2105 ESS |
07 Apr 2004 |
Model 750 max. 64 HDDs (4.6TB), 8GB cache, 6 FC/Ficon or 6 Escon channels available 28 May 2004 |
| DS 6000 |
12 Oct 2004 |
DS 6800 model announcement available 3 Dec 2004 |
| DS 8000 |
12 Oct 2004 |
DS 8100 & 8300 models announcement available 3 Dec 2004 |
| DS 6000 |
22 Aug 2006 |
New models and 500GB (7,200 RPM) FATA HDDs |
| DS 8000 |
22 Aug 2006 |
New turbo models, 500GB (7,200 RPM) FATA HDDs, 4Gb FC & FICON host attachment and 3-site Metro/Global Mirror |
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SE 9900 |
8 Aug 2001 |
Announcement of three year agreement for sales of HDS 9900 |
| SE 9970/9980 |
7 May 2002 |
SE 9970 & 9980 models announcement |
| SE 9900 |
25 Aug 2003 |
Extension of Hitachi and HDS agreement for high-end disk arrays through to 2006 |
| SE 9990 |
07 Sep 2004 |
Similar to HDS announcement |
| SE 9985 |
11 Jul 2005 |
Announcement includes 300GB (10,000 RPM) HDDs and RAID-6 |
