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Enterprise External RAID Vendor Product Summary

Enterprise RAID Product Announcements Summary

Types of Drives:
FC - Fiber Channel with capacities up to 300GB and 10,000 or 15,000 RPM - highest performance and reliability
SATA - Serial ATA with capacities up to 500GB and 7,200 RPM - lower cost and reliability
FATA - Fiber ATA with capacities up to 500GB and 7,200 RPM - alternative to SATA

Vendor
Model(s)
 Drives(RPM) GB RAID Types Architecture
Front end (MB/s)
Back end (MB/s)
Available
EMC Symmetrix 8430, 8730 50(10k), 36(10k), 18(10k) 1, S SCSI Bus
100
40
4/2000
Symmetrix 8230, 8530, 8830 73(10k), 36(10k), 180(7.2k) 1, S SCSI Bus
100
40
9/2001
DMX 800, 1000, 2000 146(10k), 73(10k) 1, S FC-2
200
200
2/2003
DMX 3000 146(10k), 73(10k) 1, S FC-2
200
200
7/2003
DMX2 73(15k) 1, 10, 5, S FC-2
200
200
2/2004
DMX3 300(10k), 146(15k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
200
9/2005
DMX2, DMX3 500(7.2k) FATA 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
200
"early" 2006
HDS 9960 47(10k) ,18(10k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
8/2000
9910, 9960 73(10k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
11/2000
9910, 9960 180(7.2k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
1/2002
9970V, 9980V 73(10k), 36(15k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
100
5/2002
9970V, 9980V 146(10k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
100
1/2003
USP 100, 600, 1100 146(10k), 73(15k), 73(10k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
200
9/2004
NSC55 300(10k) 1, 10, 5, 6 FC-2
200
200
7/2005
USP, NSC   1, 10, 5, 6 FC-2
400
200
11/2005
HP XP 512 73(10k), 47(10k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
8/2000
XP 48, 512 180(7.2k), 18(15k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
10/2001
XP 256, 1024 73(10k), 36(15k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
100
5/2002
XP 12000 146(10k), 73(10&15k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200

200
9/2004
XP 10000 300(10k) 1, 10, 5, 6 FC-2
200

200
7/2005
IBM 2105-E 36(10k), 18(10k) 5 SSA Bus
100
40
9/1999
2105-F 73(10k) 5 SSA Bus
100
40
12/2001
2105-F 36(15k), 18(15k) 5 SSA Bus
100
40
5/2002
2105-800 146(10k), 73(10k), 36(10&15k), 18(15k) 5, 10 SSA Bus 100 40
11/2002
2105-750 146(10k), 73(10k) 5, 10 SSA Bus 100 40
4/2004

DS6000

300(10k), 146(10k), 73(15k) 5,10 FC-2 200 200
12/2004
DS8000 300(10k), 146(10k), 73(15k) 5,10 FC-2 200 200
3/2005
DS6000 500GB (7.2k) FATA 5,10 FC-2 200 200 9/2006
DS8000 500GB (7.2k) FATA 5,10 FC-2 400 200 9/2006
Sun SE 9910, 9960 73(10k), 47(10k), 18(10k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
9/2001
SE 9910, 9960 180(7.2k) 1, 5 FC-2
200
100
2/2002
SE 9970, 9980 73(10k), 36(15k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
100
5/2002
SE 9990 146(10k), 73(15k), 73(10k) 1, 10, 5 FC-2
200
200
9/2004
SE 9985 300(10k) 1, 10, 5, 6 FC-2
200
200
7/2005

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