Introduction to EMC Clariion SAN storage systems
If your Windows or UNIX networks are expanding to keep pace with a growing business, you need more than simple, server-based information storage solutions. You need an enterprise-capable, fault-tolerant, high-availability solution --- and EMC CLARiiON products are the answer.
CLARiiON storage systems employ the industrys most extensive set of data integrity and data availability features, such as dual-active storage processors, mirrored write caching, data verification, and fault-recovery algorithms. CLARiiONstorage systems support complex cluster configurations, including Oracle and Microsoft software.
CLARiiON data storage solutions have long been recognized as the most robust and innovative in the industry. Features of CLARiiON systems include:
Remote Mirroring
Point-in-Time Image Copy
LUN Masking
LUN Security
Fabric Awareness
In addition to all this, CLARiiON disk arrays are Microsoft Cluster / RAID certified and compatible with Windows NT/2003 and all major platforms. The common platforms are Linux, windows, IBM AIX, 32bit as well as 64 bit operating systems are supported by emc.
Success is measured by market acceptance. One thing that makes CLARiiON unique is its broad range of scalability. A single CLARiiON can go from a complete 34 TB storage array in about 30 centimeters of rack space all the way up to a 240-drive
CLARiiON can support a range of environments, from those composed of workgroup and departmental applications all the way through such ultra-difficult computing environments as Oil Exploration. Large companies are running on CLARiiON. High-tech companies, like Cisco and Intel, also use CLARiiON to run their businesses.
All this performance and flexibility has to be backed by superior availability, and here is where CLARiiON really shines. Its design has no single point of failure, all the way down to the fans and power cords. It's designed for non-stop operation software upgrades and hardware reconfigurations can be done online. And the new point-to-point DAE design delivers advanced diagnostic capability, providing the highest levels of reliability with large-capacity, high-drive-count configurations.
With these capabilities, CLARiiON is certainly suitable for mission-critical applications. It's always checking the integrity of itshardware and software. Potential problems are escalated pro-actively to EMC through its CLARalert phone-home capability.
You'll also appreciate the investment protection that comes with every CLARiiON. Every few months, EMC offers new drives, new controllers, and new features, all of which can be installed into your existing system.
With cx4 you get more advanced technologies than in any other midrange system at the lowest cost of ownership. Decrease costs and energy use through innovations like Flash drives, UltraFlex technology, and CLARiiON Virtual Provisioning. Also cx4 has the ability to support dual-protocol Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) connections with online expansion, a unique feature in the market.
Being the first midrange storage array in the market to support state-of-the-art solid state disks (SSDs), which are more than 30 times faster than traditional drives, deliver sub-millisecond response times and are 98% more energy efficient on an IOPs (Input/Output operations Per Second) basis.
An adaptive cooling design and support for new low power one terabyte SATA disk drives that maximize energy efficiency. With this new design, the amount of energy used to cool the system can be significantly reduced as cooling fans vary speeds as needed to maintain the proper temperature. The new low power drives, which spin at a slower RPM, use 32 percent less energy per terabyte than traditional SATA drives.
EMC's advancements in and improvements to hardware, software, processes, and implementation of best practices all serve to significantly accelerate the evolution of high availability within its midrange products. The comprehensive and sound methodology employed by EMC to monitor and advance the high-availability characteristics ensures commitment to customers for future enhancements.
