Dell Compellent Storage Center with Fluid Data technology delivers an all-in-one storage array that always puts data in the right place at the right time for the right cost - and dynamically adapts to meet changing business needs.
Storage Capacity
Each system supports up to 1,232 Fibre Channel drives or 960 SAS drives in the storage array**
Drive Interfaces
FC, NL-SAS and SAS drives
Different drive types, transfer rates and rotational speeds can be mixed in same system
Disk Drives Available
SSD
146GB FC
200GB SAS
Fibre Channel
300GB 15K RPM
600GB 15K RPM
SATA
1TB 7.2K RPM
2TB 7.2K RPM
SAS
146GB 15K RPM*
450GB 15K RPM
600GB 15K RPM
600GB 10K RPM*
1TB 7.2K RPM
1TB 7.2K RPM*
2TB 7.2K RPM
*2.5 drive
**The maximum usable capacity supported by a system varies based on configuration.
Each system supports up to 1,232 Fibre Channel drives or 960 SAS drives in the storage array.
Each 3.5" Fibre Channel enclosure holds up to 16 Fibre Channel or 14 SSD drives (with a FC drive in bay 1 and bay 16).
Each 3.5" SAS enclosure holds up to 12 SAS drives.
Each 2.5" SAS enclosure holds up to 24 SAS drives.
2.53 GHz Quad-core (Series 40), 3.0 GHz Dual-core (Series 30)
Maximum cache per controller 4GB (Series 40), 3.5GB (Series 30)
Battery-less (Series 40), Battery-backed cache (Series 30)
Supports RAID 0, 5, 6 and 10
Any combination of RAID levels can exist on a single Storage Center
Multiple RAID levels can exist on the same storage tier within an array
OS Support
Microsoft® Windows® Server, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, IBM AIX, Novell NetWare, Apple, Tru64, VMware®
Number of Controllers
1 or 2 per system
I/O Expansion Slots per Controller
6 PCI-E (Series 40)
1 PCI-X and 4 PCI-E (Series 30)
Controller
FCC Class A; EN55022 Class A; EN 61000-3-2/-3-3; CISPR 22 Class A; EN55024/CISPR 24; (EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4-6, EN 61000-4-8, EN 61000-4-11); EN60950/IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed (USA), CUL Listed (Canada), TUV Certified (Germany), CE Marking (Europe)
Fibre Channel Enclosure
UL and cUL listed. Tested to UL/IO/EN 60950. Certified Body Certificate and Report to IEC60950. CE marked to the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC. FCC Class A.
EMC: EN55022/EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3
SAS Enclosure
EMC FCC pt15B Class A, EN55022 Class A, CISPR 22 Class A, EN 55024, CISPR24, aEN61000-3-2/3, CNS13438 Safety EN/IEC/UL 60950-1, CNS14336 CB report: CE, UL, cUL, FCC, BSMI