Buy Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage Area Network (SAN)

The Dell PowerVault MD3000 is a high performance, direct attached storage for high data availability

Supports up to four PowerEdge servers
Ideal for 2 node cluster configurations
Up to 45 disk drives and 45TB of capacity
Supports both SAS and SATA drives

The Dell PowerVault MD3000 is built for high-performance 2-node clusters or direct attached up to four PowerEdge servers, the PowerVault MD3000 is a modular disk storage array capable of housing up to fifteen 3.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives in a single 3U rack enclosure. The PowerVault MD3000 direct attached storage array is expandable by simply adding up to two additional expansion enclosures for a total of 45 drives and 45TB capacity. The entire storage array subsystem is managed from a single software application-known as the Modular Disk Storage Manager-which streamlines the management and maintenance of storage as it scales. With the PowerVault MD3000, storage can be quickly and easily added as needed without disruption to operations.

Dell PowerVault MD3000 Drives and Capacity

Hard Drives

Up to fifteen (15) 3.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-pluggable hard drives, at speeds of 5.4K, 7.2K, 10K or 15K

Drive speeds and capacities

SAS Drives

15,000 RPM SAS drives available in 73GB, 146GB, 300GB1 or 450GB

10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 300GB, 400GB1 or 600GB

Nearline SAS (7,200 RPM) drives available in 500GB, 750GB1 or 1TB1

SATA Drives

7,200 RPM SATA II drives available in 250GB, 500GB, 750GB1 or 1TB1

Energy efficient SATA II (5,400 RPM) drives available in 1TB1

Maximum Capacity (per enclosure)

15TB using fifteen 1TB1 SATA or SAS disk drives

Expansion Capability

Expands to 3 enclosures (45 drives) with two PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures

Connectivity

Support for either up to 2 Highly Available (redundant data paths) hosts or up to 4 non-HA (single data path) hosts using SAS 5/E HBA

Storage Controllers and RAID Levels

Storage Controllers
Dual storage controllers provides failover and redundant enclosure management capabilities 512 MB of battery backed cache (72 hours) per controller
Both models support both IPV4 and IPV6 addressing

RAID Levels: Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, and 6

Up to 30 physical disks per disk group

Up to 256 virtual disks

Array Management

Management Software: Modular Disk Storage Manager, Java-Based task-oriented UI

Multi-path (failover) SW provides management of redundant data paths between host and storage

Optional Premium Software Features:

BasicSnapshots: up to 4 snapshots per virtual disks and 128 snapshots per system

Enhanced Snapshots: up to 8 snapshots per virtual disk and 128 per system

Basic SnapShots PLUS Virtual Disk Copy: up to 4 snapshots and up to 8 simultaneous virtual disk copies

Enhanced Snapshots PLUS Virtual Disk Copy: up to 8 snapshots and up to 8 simultaneous virtual disk copies

Back-Panel Connectors

Single Port Option:

SAS connectors (per storage controller)

1x4 3.0 Gbps SAS (SFF 8470) "IN" connector for connection to the host

1x4 3.0 Gbps SAS (SFF 8470) "OUT" connector for future expansion capability

Management Port (per storage controller)

1 10/100 Ethernet Connection (RJ45) for "out-of-band" enclosure management capability

Serial connector (per storage controller)

1 6-pin UART mini-DIN connector (for service technician use only)

Dual Port Option:
SAS connectors (per storage controller)

2x4 3.0 Gbps SAS (SFF 8470) "IN" connector for connection to the host

1x4 3.0 Gbps SAS (SFF 8470) "OUT" connector for future expansion capability

Management Port (per storage controller)

1 10/100 Ethernet Connection (RJ45) for "out-of-band" enclosure management capability

Serial connector (per storage controller)

1 6-pin UART mini-DIN connector (for service technician use only)

LED Indicators

Front panel

1 two-color LED indicator for system status

1 single-color LED indicators for power

1 LED unused in this system

Hard-drive carrier

1 single-color activity LED

1 two-color LED status indicator per drive

Storage Controller

1 two-color LED status indicator per SAS IN/OUT port (total 3 on dual port option, 2 on single port option)

1 one-color Battery Fault LED for battery-backed cache

1 one-color Cache Activity LED

2 one-color Controller Fault and Controller Power LEDs

2 one-color LEDs for Ethernet link and speed

Power supply/cooling fan module

3 LED status indicators for power supply status, power supply/fan fault and AC status. Call RICOM for new and refurbished Dell PowerVault MD3000 storage units.

Manufacturer Part# : PowerVault MD3000

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