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Figure 3-1 IBM System Storage DS8800, the IBM fourth generation high-end disk system
The IBM System Storage DS8800 adds Models 951 (base frame) and 95E (expansion unit) to
the 242x machine type family, delivering cutting edge technology, improved space and energy
efficiency, and increased performance. Compared with its predecessors, the IBM System
Storage DS8100, DS8300 and DS8700, the DS8800 is designed to provide new capabilities
for the combination of price and efficiency that is right for all application needs. The IBM
System Storage DS8800 is a high performance, high capacity series of disk storage systems.
It offers balanced performance and storage capacity that scales linearly up to hundreds of
terabytes.
The IBM System Storage DS8800 highlights include:
► Robust, flexible, enterprise class, and cost-effective disk storage
► Exceptionally high system availability for continuous operations
► Cutting edge technology with small form factor (2.5-inch) SAS-2 drives, 6 Gbps SAS-2
high density storage enclosures
► 8 Gbps Fibre Channel host and device adapters providing improved space and energy
efficiency, and increased performance
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