Chapter 1 Overview
1.1 System Features
ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 Disk storage system User Guide
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Easy Installation and Operation Management
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Settings of the ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 and its operation management can be
performed by GUI that uses a Web browser (hereafter referred to as "GUI"), or CLI that uses
commands and command scripts.
Settings required for the ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 initial installation can be easily
performed by following the GUI wizard and inputting parameters for displayed setting items.
The ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 can be configured, and its status can be displayed and
monitored using GUI or CLI.
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ETERNUS SF Express
ETERNUS SF Express is a storage system introduction and operation support software for
the user who had put off the introduction of the storage system up to now because of
"Difficulty" and "Introduction and operation cost increase".
ETERNUS SF Express is an easy to use software addition to ETERNUS DX Disk storage
system, in order to facilitate management of ETERNUS DX Disk storage system as well as
leverage ETERNUS DX Disk storage system functionality like Snapshots, Cloning or
Replication.
For details of ETERNUS SF Express and how to download it, refer to the following web-site:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/computing/storage/software/esf-express.html
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High scalability and versatile connectivity
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Utilizes the latest disk technology
Both 3.5" SAS disks
(*1)
(300GB/450GB/600GB; 15,000rpm), and 2.5" SAS disks
(*1)
(146GB/
300GB/450GB/600GB; 10,000rpm) are available.
For data backup and archival purposes the ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 is able to use large
capacity, highly cost effective 3.5" Nearline SAS disks
(*1)
(750GB/1TB/2TB; 7,200rpm).
Flash memory based 3.5" SSDs
(*2)
(100GB/200GB) and 2.5" SSDs
(*2)
(100GB/200GB) are
also available (except for the ETERNUS DX60, which does not support SSDs).
*1:
SAS: Serial Attached SCSI
*2:
SSD: Solid State Drive
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Supports capacity expansion during system operation
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Disks and drive enclosures can be added during the system operation.
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RAID group capacity can be expanded by adding disk from the unit of one.
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Volume can be expanded during the system operation. Even when the work load
increases rapidly, the ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 can flexibly expand the volume
capacity with no interruption of the operation.
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High connectivity supports the multi-platform environments
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FC-SAN, IP-SAN, and DAS environments are supported, with Fibre Channel (maximum
transfer speed: 8Gbit/s), iSCSI (maximum transfer speed: 1Gbit/s), and SAS (maximum
transfer speed: 3Gbit/s) host interfaces being used, respectively.