Highlights

-Four Gigabits per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel (FC) interface technology.
-Easy to deploy and manage with the DS3000 Storage Manager.
-Combination of 12 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) 3.5" drives per enclosure.
-Expandable by attaching up to three EXP3000s, a total of 14.4 TeraByte (TB) of storage capacity with 300 GB SAS or up to 36.0 TB with 750 GB SATA.
-Flexible for use with IBM System x and BladeCenter servers.
-Affordable for the SMB budgets.
-Telco model supports -48v DC power supplies.
-Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) compliance for AC and DC models.

As a business matures, so does the amount of data and the value it holds within the organisation. If the data is distributed across servers and individual storage systems, the business will face increased cost, complexity and the accompanying business risks.

The IBM System Storage DS3400 leads the way for these organisations to take advantage of consolidating and sharing this data within a direct-attach or Storage Area Network (SAN) solution. With SAS and SATA drive intermix support, the DS3400 can be optimised with the right workload demand utilising the appropriate drive technology. The DS3400 offers the opportunity to meet the demands of data expansion, data availability and flexibility in a simple, affordable disk system.

Select configurations of the DS3400 are part of the IBM Express Portfolio, designed and priced to meet the needs of mid-sized businesses. The Express models combine the DS3400 storage system with the FC cables and Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers to help you get started with storage quickly.