CLARiiON CX3-20F - Fibre Only

The CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series delivers industry-leading application performance, new levels of scalability and reliability, and new ease-of-use capabilities. With immediate support for the full suite of CLARiiON advanced-software functionality, customers can easily manage and protect their data while meeting required service levels.

The powerful CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series of networked storage systems delivers maximum business benefits with new levels of performance, scalability, flexibility, and ease-of-use—all at prices that match your budgets. Choose from the cost-effective CLARiiON CX3 Model 20 (CX3-20), the midrange powerhouse CX3 Model 40 (CX3-40), or the CX3 Model 80 (CX3-80)—the world’s largest, most powerful midrange storage array.

Breakthrough UltraScale architecture integrates extensive, unique intellectual property from EMC—including 45 patent-pending innovations. This highly scalable design enables seamless scalability from 365GB up to 239TB. And all CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale systems give you the flexibility to mix and match high-performance and low-cost drives to meet different service levels—for all-in-one tiered storage. With CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series systems, you get end-to-end 4 Gb/s bandwidth.

The CX3-20 is the entry point to the UltraScale series. With four 4Gb/s front-end and two 4Gb/s back-end connections, it scales up to 120 drives, 60TB of capacity, and 128 high-availability (dual-connected) hosts.

EMC CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale solutions provide exceptional reliability and availability, plus advanced capabilities enabling seamless growth—along with new levels of consolidation. Choose the performance, capacity (up to 237 TB), and capabilities you need. And get the flexibility to upgrade when your needs change. All at prices that match your budget. EMC CLARiiON CX3 systems include:

• CX3 model 10: Cost-effective entry point to the advanced capabilities of the CX3 UltraScale series.
• CX3 model 20: Flexible solution that meets your storage requirements for mail/messaging, databases, file/print, Web services, distributed applications, and more.
• CX3 model 40: High performance and capacity for high-bandwidth applications, heavy OLTP or e-mail workloads, and other demanding applications.
• CX3 model 80: World's largest, most powerful midrange storage array, scaling up to 237 TB—for the most data-intensive workloads and large-scale consolidation.

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EMC CLARiiON products include:
CLARiiON CX3-10, CLARiiON CX3-20C, CLARiiON CX3-20F , CLARiiON CX3-40C, CLARiiON CX3-40F, CLARiiON CX-3-80, CLARiiON AX4, CLARiiON AX100, CLARiiON AX150, CLARiiON CX200, CLARiiON CX300, CLARiiON CX400, CLARiiON CX500, CLARiiON CX600, CLARiiON CX700, CLARiiON FC Series, CLARiiON C Series, CLARiiON NS Series