High-end storage systems

Features: EMC Corporation has continued the most comprehensive rollout of

new storage systems and enhancements in the industry. EMC is introducing new

versions of its high-end EMC Symmetrix DMX-3 system, mid-tier EMC CLARiiON CX3

UltraScale series system, EMC disk library virtual tape library system and EMC

Celerra NS series IP system, which serve as the foundations of an information

lifecycle management infrastructure.






The new storage systems incorporate the latest technology and advanced EMC
features to provide customers with superior functionality — combined with

integrated, single-source service and support — to deliver the best overall

value in the industry, an EMC statement said.








“It is impressive that EMC is providing concurrent improvements to four of its
major storage system product lines,” said Tony Asaro, senior analyst,

Enterprise Strategy Group. “End user companies know that they can go to EMC

for any type of storage system whether it is enterprise-class, midrange, NAS or

VTL. Not only do they provide these diverse storage solutions but they are also

leaders in all of these categories.”






Symmetrix DMX-3 model 950, a new entry point into high-end storage, delivering
up to 70 per cent better power efficiency than alternatives by packing more

capacity, performance and functionality into a compact package.







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combined Fibre Channel/iSCSI feature of the new end-to-end 4Gb/s (gigabit-

per-second) CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series systems, providing advanced

functionality and up to 49 per cent more iSCSI performance and 74 per cent more

fibre channel performance in combined environments than alternative systems.






The third generation of the EMC Disk Library, which leverages the power of
CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series systems to double the performance of previous EMC

Disk Library models. With 70 petabytes of capacity deployed in just over two

years, the EMC Disk Library also supports more configurations and applications

than any open virtual tape library (VTL) on the market.






The new Celerra NS40, NS40G (Gateway) and NS80 and NS80G systems use
next-generation EMC blade server technology for improved performance,

scalability and availability.