Dell EMC CX3-40 Disk Storage Array

Dell Updated: 2008-09-10 RSS
Dell EMC CX3-40 Disk Storage Array

Dell's dual mode Fibre Channel / iSCSI technology offers extreme versatility for your business by using either technology, or both combined.

* iSCSI uses traditional IP connections to connect the Dell/EMC CX3 storage array to server hosts. iSCSI is an ideal choice for a remote server environment or limited budgets.
* Dual mode arrays create integration between your Fibre Channel SANs and IP networks, allowing the use of Fibre Channel in areas where performance needs are most critical and iSCSI for secondary or remote servers. Optimizing for dual mode can help streamline costs and IT efficiency by consolidating data management and security within one environment.

New Software Capabilities
* Enhanced security capabilities provide customers with improved access control, a more secure infrastructure, as well as greater compliance and audit ability.
* RAID 6 support offers an extra layer of data protection for customers who want to further reduce the risk of losing data based on multiple drive faults.
* iSCSI remote replication over Ethernet ports for Dell/EMC CX3 FC/iSCSI systems which can eliminate the need for a FC-IP bridge, lower costs, and simplify management.
* ALUA (Asymmetric Logical Unit Access) offers improved customer experience for native path management capabilities.

Choice of Drive Support
The Dell/EMC CX3 series of SAN arrays feature comprehensive drive compatibility, enhancing scalability and data storage breadth. Use the massive 1TB1 SATA II drives to archive infrequently accessed data, or for backup to disk applications. With scalable support for Fibre Channel and SATA drive technology, the Dell/EMC CX3 series arrays are enterprise ready solutions for today and tomorrow, whatever your needs.
Seamless Upgrades for Investment Protection

Easily convert or upgrade your legacy Dell/EMC CX storage technology to the current CX-3 generation with an upgrade kit.

Dell offers clear investment protection, helping to preserve the value of your Dell/EMC CX SAN array throughout the lifecycle of ownership. Easily convert or upgrade your legacy CX technology to the current generation with an upgrade kit, and migrate your data in place. And when you invest in Dell/EMC CX3-10, Dell/EMC CX3-20 or Dell/EMC CX3-40 you can seamlessly upgrade into a Dell/EMC CX3-20, Dell/EMC CX3-40 or Dell/EMC CX3-80 as your business needs grow. Commonality within CX families, and backwards compatible software means that your SAN responsible IT staff doesn't need retraining, and you can scale your technology to your enterprise growth as you go.
Dell's CX3 series of SAN arrays are designed and engineered for optimal performance with both Dell servers and storage.

Seamless Integration with Servers
Dell's CX3 series of SAN arrays is designed and engineered for optimal performance with both PowerEdge server and PowerVault storage technologies. When you order a Dell PowerEdge server to support your Dell/EMC CX3 SAN array, you can have your Host Bus Adapter and most software pre-configured at our factory to simplify setup, reduce complexity, and provide your organization with a system that integrates perfectly with your Dell technology.
The Dell/EMC CX3-40 storage array offers 4Gb/second of Fibre Channel data transfer for increased storage-access speeds.

Introducing 4-Gigabit Architecture
The Dell/EMC CX3-40 doubles the 2-Gigabit architecture of previous generations of storage to give you 4-Gigabits/second of Fibre Channel data transfer, allowing you to take advantage of new SAN technologies for increased input/output and storage-access speeds. The Dell/EMC CX3-40 can also interoperate with earlier-generation technologies, allowing you to leverage your existing SAN investments.

Excellent combination of performance and scalability
Well suited for capacity-managed applications in mid-large sized business, with up to 231TB.
The Dell/EMC CX3-40 is an ideal consolidated storage solution for applications that require high-performance and large capacities that can be easily managed. A good match for large databases, messaging, remote replication, or OLTP applications requiring enterprise storage reliability and performance. The Dell/EMC CX3-40 scales up to 231TB.
The Dell/EMC CX3-40 storage array offers the excellent performance and scalability - supporting up to 128 servers and 240 drives.

Built for Scalable Storage Growth
Supports up to 128 servers and 240 drives
With a fully scalable architecture and full 4-gigabit Fibre Channel support, the Dell/EMC CX3-40 deploys quickly and seamlessly expands from gigabytes to terabytes to meet unpredictable storage growth requirements. With a mix of Fibre Channel drives for performance and SATA II drives for lower cost capacity, the Dell/EMC CX3-40 offers the right blend of technologies for rapidly growing datacenters.

A Choice of Drive Technologies
Fibre Channel or SATA II
With the flexibility to deploy a mix of high-performance Fibre Channel drives or high capacity, low cost SATA II drives, you can now address the varied requirements of your applications.
Each Dell/EMC CX3-40 storage array is offered with a robust suite of EMC storage management software.

Robust Suite of EMC Management Software
Comprehensive Software Packages
Easily discover, configure, manage, and monitor all aspects of the array with the Navisphere®  Management Suite. The array-based management software permits streamlined, efficient management of one or more CX arrays and is accessible locally or from a remote location over a secure connection.

Optional SnapView, SAN Copy, MirrorView, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager (NQM), Access Logix, PowerPath, and Visual SRM software provide efficient backup and disaster recovery capabilities:
* Help increase application availability while reducing backup windows with EMC SnapView
* Help ensure information is protected from system and site failures with EMC MirrorView
* Provide high-speed data mobility between Dell/EMC CX series and other supported storage systems with EMC SAN Copy