NEW - 3.5" drive 6Gb/s SAS array |  | NEW - 2.5" drive 6Gb/s SAS Array |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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PowerVault MD1200 High Capacity, Outstanding Flexibility | PowerVault MD1220 High Performance, Energy-Efficient | PowerVault MD1000 Disk Storage Enclosure Simple Server Expansion | PowerVault MD1120 High performance storage expansion for existing 3Gb/s SAS architectures | PowerVault MD3000 Disk Storage Array High Availability Server Expansion |
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GREAT FOR Mainstream or capacity-intensive applications
Deployment flexibility and mixed-drive options for tiered data environments
Improved density with a 2U 12 drive enclosure *
6Gb/s SAS environments
Expansion of a single PowerEdge Server, behind a PERC H800
| GREAT FOR I/O-intensive or random-access applications
Customers with power and cooling concerns
6Gb/s SAS environments
Customers looking for a small-form-factor array (2.5-inch drives)
Expansion of a single PowerEdge Server, behind a PERC H800
| GREAT FOR Versatile storage expansion enclosure for high performance or high capacity applications
Modular SAS architecture for easy storage expansion on a PowerEdge server and PowerVault MD3000 and MD3000i
| GREAT FOR Space and energy efficient enclosure for high performance applications
Modular SAS architecture for easy storage expansion on a PowerEdge server
| GREAT FOR High performance storage array for critical applications and two node clusters
Redundant architecture with dual active-active RAID controllers, mirrored cache, and IO multi-pathing
SAS disk drives offer high performance for email, database, web, or file serving applications
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HIGHLIGHTS Standard edition of Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008
Easy and quick setup with Initial Configuration Tool
Reduces duplicate files and allows data collaboration between teams
| | HIGHLIGHTS Support for both SAS and SATA disk drives in a single enclosure.
Supports daisy chaining of 2 more MD1000 for higher capacity expansion requirements.
Supports PERC 5/E as well as PERC 6/E RAID Controllers and MD3000 and MD3000i storage arrays.
| HIGHLIGHTS Support for 2.5" SAS disk drives in a single enclosure.
Supports daisy chaining of 2 more MD1120 per RAID port for higher capacity expansion requirements.
Supports Dual-Ported PERC 6/E RAID Controllers allowing for up to 6 MD1120s to be connected to a single server (3 enclosures per port)
| HIGHLIGHTS Enhanced protection or performance offered through RAID 0, 1, 5,6 and 10
Dual Active/Active controllers for high availability
Can mix both SAS and SATA drives in the same enclosure
Easy to use task based configuration tool
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Drive Bays Both 2.5" and 3.5" drives 3.5" drives: SAS HDDs 2.5" drives: SAS HDDs and SSDs * | Drive Bays 2.5" drives SAS HDDs and SSDs * | Drive Bays Holds up to 15 SAS or SATA drives, can be expanded with up to 6 MD1000 expansion modules to 90 total drives behind a PERC RAID controller | Drive Bays Holds up to 24 SAS drives, can be expanded with up to 6 MD1120 expansion to 144 total drives behind a RAID PERC 6/E connection | Drive Bays Holds up to 15 SAS or SATA drives, can be expanded with up to 2 MD1000 expansion to 45 total drives in a single array |
Storage Capacity 12 drives per array | Storage Capacity 24 drives per array | Storage Capacity Store up to 30TB * of capacity per enclosure with 2TB * SATA drives expandable to 180TB per PERC RAID controller.
| Storage Capacity Store up to 12TB * of capacity per enclosure with 500GB drives expandable to 72TB per PERC RAID controller (72 drives per port on Dual-Ported PERC 6/E for a total of 144 drives). | Storage Capacity
Store up to 90TB * storage capacity per array with 2TB SATA drives
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Expansion 8 arrays behind a PERC H800 host-RAID adaptor for a total of 96 drives | Expansion 8 arrays behind a PERC H800 controller for a total of 192 drives | Expansion 6 arrays per PERC 6/E RAID controller for a total of 90 drives | Expansion 6 arrays per PERC 6/E RAID controller for a total of 144 drives | Expansion Up to 3 enclosures for a total of 45 drives |
Model Rack-mounted enclosure consuming only two units (2U) of rack space | Model Rack-mounted enclosure consuming only two units (2U) of rack space | Model PowerVault MD1000 Rack Mounted Enclosure consuming only three units (3U) of rack space | Model PowerVault MD1120 Rack Mounted Enclosure consuming only two units (2U) of rack space | Model PowerVault MD3000 Rack Mounted Enclosure consuming only three units (3U) of rack space |
Management Software Utilizes server management — Dell Open Manage | Management Software Utilizes server management — Dell Open Manage | Management Software Utilizes server management — Dell Open Manage | Management Software Utilizes server management — Dell Open Manage | Management Software Modular Disk Storage Manager |
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