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5.25" (3U) high, and modular expansion enclosures of the same size to add
capacity as your needs grow.
The IBM TotalStorage DS6800 (Model 511) and Expansion Enclosure (Model
EX1) provide an intelligent disk system that delivers enterprise-class storage
capabilities in a space-efficient 2Gbps fibre architecture.
The TotalStorage DS6800 consists of redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
and cooling fan assemblies, redundant RAID Controllers, supporting RAID 5,
RAID 10 and optional TotalStorage Resiliency Family functions, IBM
TotalStorage FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, Metro/Global Copy
The DS6800 with Expansion Enclosures supports up to 224 disk drives for a total
of up to 67.2 TB of storage. IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Expansion Enclosure
attaches to the DS6800. 2Gbps Fibre Channel Disk Drive Sets drives are
available in 73 GB 15,000 rpm, 146 GB 10,000 rpm, and 300 GB 10,000 rpm
capacities.
The IBM TotalStorage DS6800 supports the attachment of 13 DS6000
Expansion Enclosures. Storage capacity is among the attached servers using
the Browser-based Management GUI, the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage
Manager.
The DS6000 is designed to support a broad range of operating environments
including IBM eServer zSeries, IBM Eserver i5 or iSeries, and pSeries servers,
as well as servers from Sun, Hp, and other Intel-based providers. SCSI
attachment is not supported on the DS6000. For IBM Eserver i5 or iSeries
attachment via 2Gbps Fibre Channel controllers is supported.
For additional information about DS6000, see the following Web site:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/index.html
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