EMC CLARiiON Systems: How They Compare

Networked Storage Systems

 
EMC CLARiiON CX3 model 80
EMC
CLARiiON CX3 model 80

EMC CLARiiON CX3 model 40
EMC
CLARiiON CX3 model 40

EMC CLARiiON CX3 model 20
EMC
CLARiiON CX3 model 20

EMC CLARiiON CX3 model 10
EMC
CLARiiON CX3 model 10


EMC
CLARiiON AX4

Maximum capacity per system

353 TB

173 TB

83 TB

45 TB

60 TB

HA hosts per array

256

128

128

64

64

Maximum logical units

2048

2048

1024

512

512

Host ports per array

8 FC

8 FC or 4 FC and 8 IP

12 FC or 4 FC and 8 IP

4 FC and 4 IP

4 FC or 4 IP

System cache

16 GB

8 GB

4 GB

2 GB

2 GB

Drives per array

480

240

120

60

60

Disk type

Fibre Channel and SATA II

Fibre Channel and SATA II

Fibre Channel and SATA II

Fibre Channel and SATA II

SATA II and SAS

Software

Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, VisualSRM

Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, VisualSRM

Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, VisualSRM

Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, VisualSAN, VisualSRM

AX4 Integrated Software Suite, Navisphere Express, Navisphere Manager, SAN Copy/E, VisualSRM, Replistor, SnapView, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S

Host support

Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware

Windows*, Linux*, NetWare, Solaris, VMware, AIX, HP-UX

* iSCSI Connectivity

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