The
FC4700 is the first EMC CLARiiON system to support advanced
storage software to better meet today's business demands.
Whether it's adding to a web site, replacing an existing
OLTP system, or building a data warehouse, today's IT
organization must be able to respond at Internet speed.
The CLARiiON FC4700 meets this need by providing a highly
scalable, easy-to-reconfigure solution.
A
fully redundant, highly available system with no single
point of failure, the FC4700 retains all of the same data
integrity and high-availability features for which EMC
CLARiiON is so well respected - global hot spares, redundant
power and cooling, and data path parity checking throughout
the array. The FC4700 advances midrange features as well
with new multiprocessor storage processors, four Fibre
Channel disks, and raw capacity of up to 7.3 TB.
High
availability
In addition to its fault-resilent architecture, the FC4700
extends availability protection outside the array through
CLARiiON Application Transparent Failover software. This
software ensures that users always have access to information,
even in the event of a failure in one of the data paths
between the host and FC4700. This level of protection
becomes paramount as you build larger Fibre Channel switched
environments.
High
performance
The FC4700 exploits the potential of Fibre Channel interface
to deliver unparalleled performance. The FC4700 has four
GBIC connections or ports, each delivering 100MB/s Fibre
Channel throughput. Capable of delivering more than 50,000
I/Os per second, and over 360 MB/s sustained throughput,
the EMC FC4700 is the ideal array for a broad spectrum
of applications. From OLTP and Web Servers to data warehouses
and graphics-intensive or video-streaming environments,
the FC4700 delivers information fast.
Flexibility
in deployment model
To facilitate standardization and consolidation, the
EMC CLARiiON FC4700 has a number of connectivity options.
Direct attachment to a single or multiple heterogeneous
hosts with a variety of operating systems, through major
clustering software or to storage area networks, is provided.
While the FC4700 allows multiple or clustered hosts to
share a single array to enhance performance and data availability,
Access Logix creates a safe environment by protecting
data where it resides - on the array.
Building-block
approach
The FC4700 is available in a rackmount configuration and
supports from 10 to 100 disks 
utilizing
easy-to-configure building blocks. Available for the array
are 18, 36, and 73 GB 10,000 RPM disks and an 18 GB 15,000
RPM disk for a total raw capacity of up to 7.3 TB. Capacity
can be expanded online, and the systems can be dynamically
and easily reconfigured.
The
CLARiiON FC4700 supports 2 GB of memory, a portion of
which is reserved for write cache mirrored between the
two storage processors. The CLARiiON FC4700 is the industry's
first multi-personality storage solution. The FC4700 can
be easily implemented in a SAN environment or redeployed
in a NAS environment by simply swapping its storage processors
and attachment personality, loading file system support
software, configuring the file systems, and loading data.
This unique feature provides unsurpassed investment protection
and flexibility.
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