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System Storage DS3950 Express

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 System Storage DS3950 Express

In a continuing effort to provide storage solutions that are designed to provide low total cost of ownership, high performance, robust functionality, and unparalleled ease of use, IBM offers the IBM System Storage DS3950 Express. As part of the DS series, the DS3950 Express offers high-performance 8 Gbps capable Fibre Channel connections, optional 1 Gbps iSCSI interface for less demanding applications and lower cost implementation, up to 67.2 TB of Fibre Channel physical storage capacity, 224 TB of SATA physical storage capacity, and powerful system management, data management and data protection features. The DS3950 Express is designed to expand from workgroup to enterprise-wide capability with up to six Fibre Channel expansion units with the EXP395 Expansion Unit.

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Optimized data management requires storage solutions with high data availability, strong storage management capabilities and powerful performance features. IBM offers the IBM System Storage DS3950 Express, designed to provide lower total cost of ownership, high performance, robust functionality, and unparalleled ease of use. As part of the IBM DS series, the DS3950 Express offers:

Achieve a lower total cost of ownership

Facing relentless data growth and shrinking budgets, companies continue to look for ways to reduce costs through efficiencies. 8 Gb/s FC allows companies to reduce the number of HBAs per server and the number of overall ports in their FC SAN infrastructure without sacrificing performance, thus saving acquisition and operational costs.

Additionally, the DS3950s auto-negotiating 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel interfaces allow it to seamlessly integrate into an existing 2 Gb/s or 4 Gb/s infrastructure, while providing the buyer with investment protection going forward when the SAN inevitably becomes 8 Gb/s.

The DS3950s design avoids over-configuration for an affordable entry-point while offering seamless pay-as-you-grow scalability as requirements change. Its efficient storage utilization lowers raw capacity requirement, and support for intermixing high performance and high capacity drives enables enclosure-based tiered storage. These unique capabilities reduce the number of drives needed to meet performance and/or capacity demandslower acquisition and operational expenditures.

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