http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md3660f/pd
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerVault_MD_specsheet.pdf
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerVault_MD_specsheet.pdf
It features:
- 60 drive bays, expandable with up to two MD3060e (60 disks) for a total of 180 disks (using 4TB drive = 720TB).
- redundant controller, power supplies, fans
- hot pluggable disks
- choice of SLC based SSD, SAS and NL SAS disks
- SSD caching
- snapshots
- async or sync remote replication (optional Feature)
- vSphere integration with vSphere Storage API for Storage Awareness (VASA) and vSphere SRM support for SAN based replication
- $341 per TB for raw storage (includes 5 x 400GB SLC SSD)
From http://www.genesys4s.ro/repository/GS/interface/newsletter/MD3x60.pdf
Each Raid Controller:
Youtube video:
Potential uses:
- Low cost FC SAN block storage
- vSphere datastore storage for VMs
- NAS, run VM with Windows/FreeNAS/OpenFiler VM and provide low cost CIFS/NFS for non mission critical storage
- HA NAS (see previous blog entry or Dell NX3610)
- Alternative to tape for backups
Still waiting for official Dell Performance stats, but older Dell MD3200 had following results:
http://don.blogs.smugmug.com/2007/10/01/dell-md3000-great-das-db-storage
Dell MD3260F is rebadged Netapp E5460:
Specs:
http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/e5400/e5400-tech-specs.aspx
http://www.netapp.com/au/system/pdf-reader.aspx?cc=au&m=ds-3169-e5400-storage-system.pdf&pdfUri=tcm:28-107674
Rock solid with a demonstrated 99.999% uptime and over 650,000 E-series units deployed:
https://communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/netapp-360/blog/2013/10/15/e-series-under-the-covers-rock-solid
SGI also OEM this device as IS5x00 with 12GB cache/controller:
http://www.sgi.com/products/storage/raid/5500.html
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CD8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.meetup.com%2F7028082%2Fis5600_customer_presentation.pptx&ei=CYVtUqnNJorlrAf5qYCYDg&usg=AFQjCNFFOwY4mEhKvjfCAR0H3F-3ZUUV6A&sig2=HGO6mVpX0WX_TOQm-4jUxg
SGI have great SPC benchmark results with their OEM product:
SPC-1 - 82,519 IOPS, $3.52/IOPS:
http://www.storageperformance.org/benchmark_results_files/SPC-1/SGI/A00114_SGI_IS5500-SP/a00114_SGI_IS5500-SP_SPC1-full-disclosure.pdf
SPC-2 - 4,064.49 MBPS, Price/Performance $28.57:
http://www.storageperformance.org/benchmark_results_files/SPC-2/SGI_SPC-2/B00059_SGI_IS5500-SP/b00059_SGI_IS5500-SP_SPC-2_executive-summary.pdf
IBM also OEM this device as DCS3700 with 12GB cache/controller
SPC-2 - 4,018.59 MBPS, Price/Performance $34.96:
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