Product name

DS8100

DS6800

DS8300

Machine/Model

2107/921

1750/511

2107/922/9A2

Platform Support

IBM System System x, System i, System p, System z, i5/OS, OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Linux for S/390, z/OS, z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux for System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS, TRU64, NetWare, VMWare, Apple Macintosh OS X, Fujitsu Primepower, SGI IRIX

IBM System x, System i, System p, System z, i5/OS, OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Linux for S/390, z/OS, z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux for System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS, TRU64, NetWare, VMWare, Apple Macintosh OS X, Fujitsu Primepower, SGI IRIX

IBM System x, System i, System p, System z, i5/OS, OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003,Linux for S/390, z/OS, z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux for System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS, TRU64,NetWare, VMWare, Apple Macintosh OS X, Fujitsu Primepower, SGI IRIX

Host connectivity

1Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON, ESCON

1Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON, ESCON

1Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON, ESCON

SAN support

Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric

Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric

Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric

Copy services

FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, Global Copy, z/OS Global Mirror

FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, Global Copy, as target for z/OS Global Mirror

FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, Global Copy, z/OS Global Mirror

Availability features

Fault Tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap RAID Controller Cards, Battery Backup Units, Fibre Channel switch controllers, power supplies, non-disruptive hardware and software code load updates, multi-pathing device driver

Fault Tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap RAID Controller Cards, Battery Backup Units, Fibre Channel switch controllers, power supplies, non-disruptive hardware and software code load updates, multi-pathing device driver

Fault Tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap RAID Controller Cards, Battery Backup Units, Fibre Channel switch controllers, power supplies, non-disruptive hardware and software code load updates, multi-pathing device driver

Controller

Dual active/active

Dual active/active

Dual active/active

Cache(Min, Max)

16/128GB

4GB

32/256GB

Raid support

5, 10

5, 10

5 ,10

Capacity (Min, Max)

1.1TB, 115TB

292GB, 38.4TB

1.1TB, 192TB

Drive Interface

2Gb Fibre Channel

2Gb Fibre Channel

2Gb Fibre Channel

Drive support

73GB 15K, 146GB 10K, 300GB 10K

73GB 15K, 146GB 10K, 300GB 10K, 146GB 15K

73GB 15K, 146GB10K, 300GB 10K