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IBM Storage 'N' Series Compare

IBM MODELS N3300 N3400 N3600 N6040 N6060 N6070 N7900
System Storage
N Series Gateway
- - - IBM N6040 IBM N6060 IBM N6070
IBM Model Numbers
(s-single, c-clustered)
N/A N/A N/A 2858
A10(s)*
2858-
A20(c)*

*w/ feature
code 9551
2858
A22(c)*

*w/ feature
code 9551

2858
A21(c)*

*w/ feature
code 9551
2867-
G21(c)

*w/ feature
code 9551

FC Max N/A N/A N/A 189TB 302TB 378TB 529TB
SATA Max N/A N/A N/A 420TB 672TB 840TB 1176TB
System Storage
N Series
IBM Model Numbers
(s-single, c-clustered)
2859-A10(s)
2859-A20(c)
2859-A11(s)
2859-A21(c)
2862-A20(c) 2858-A10(s)
2858-A20(c)
2858-A22(c) 2858-A21(c) 2867-A21(c)
Processor/Type Intel®
2.2 GHz
Celeron
Intel® 1.6GHz
Dual Core Xeon
Intel®
2.2 GHz
Celeron
AMD®
2.4GHz
Dual Core
Opteron®
AMD®
2.6GHz
Dual Core
Opteron®
AMD®
2.6GHz
Dual Core
Opteron®
AMD®
2.6GHz
Dual Core
Opteron®
Processor/Number5 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/4 2/4 4/8
Memory/RAM2 1GB 4GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB
Memory/Non-volatile2 128MB 256MB 256MB 512MB 2GB 2GB 2GB
Max. Raw Capacity 68TB 136TB 104TB 420TB 672TB 840TB 1176TB
Max. Disk Drives 68 136 104 420 672 840 1176
Max LUNs 1024 1024 1024 2048 2048 2048 2048
Single Controller 2RU 2RU 4RU 6RU 6RU 6RU 6RU
Clustered Pair 2RU 2RU 4RU 6RU 6RU 6RU 12RU
FC 144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
SATA 500GB
1TB
500GB
1TB
500GB
1TB
500GB
1TB
500GB
1TB
500GB
1TB
500GB
1TB
SAS 144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
144/300/
450/600GB
Ethernet, 1Gb 4/4 8/8 4/8 4/36 4/36 4/36 12/52
Ethernet, 10Gb - - - 0/16 0/16 0/16 0/20
Fibre Channel, 2Gb - - - - - - -
Fibre Channel, 4Gb 4/4 4/4 4/8 8/40 8/40 8/40 16/56
PCI-X/PCI-Express
Expansion Slots3
Expansion Shelves
  Max. Disk
Drives
Disk Drive
Capacities
Disk Drive
Type/Size
Interface
Modules
Interface
Type
Power
Supply
Form
Factor
EXN1000

2861-001
14 500GB 7.2K
1TB 7.2K
2TB 7.2K
SATA 2 x AT-FCX 2Gb Fibre
Channel
AC 3RU
EXN3000

2857-003
24 500GB 7.2K, 1TB 7.2K, 2TB 7.2K, 300GB 15K,
450GB 15K, 600GB 15K
SATA/SAS 2 x IOM3 12Gb SAS AC 4RU
EXN4000

2863-004
14 300GB 10K-15K, 450GB 15K, 600GB 15K FC 2 x ESH4 4Gb Fibre
Channel
AC 3RU

1 SAS drives are only supported in the primary shelf of the N3300/N3600 series models. SAS expansion shelves will be available at a later date
2 Single controller configuration
3 Dual controller specifications
4 Onboard FC ports for N3300/N3600 can be used for either target (SAN) and/or initiator (disk) mode

5 The second number refers to dual controller specifications

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