Description

IBM System Storage DS4700 Express is a disk storage solution designed for on-demand computing environments. It features eight 4 Gbps host ports, backwards compatibility with 1 and 2 Gbps devices, support for multiple RAID levels, redundant hot swappable components, up to 112 fibre channel drives, dynamic capacity expansion (DCE), up to 64 partitions, DS4000 Storage Manager software, FlashCopy (for point-in-time copies), mixed fibre channel attachment units, and dynamic volume expansion. It enables IT administrators to optimize DAS/SAN data availability, performance, and security, and reduce interruptions to system I/O. Features include fibre channel interface, lifecycle management, data management, performance management, and flash copy capability.