EMC Celerra Systems: How They Compare


EMC Celerra
Unified Storage Platforms
EMC Celerra
Gateway Platforms
Applications profile Distributed file server environments with specific performance, availability, and scalability requirements in a unified storage environment where SAN infrastructure is not a requirement Environments with existing SAN infrastructure, growing deployments of file servers, and specific multi-protocol performance, availability, and scalability requirements
NAS servers NX4

  • 1 or 2 X-Blades

NS-120

  • 1 or 2 X-Blades

NS-480

  • 2 or 4 X-Blades

NS-960

  • 2 to 8 X-Blades
 NS40G

  • 1 or 2 X-Blades

NS-G8

  • 2 to 8 X-Blades
Packaging Unified storage solution with up to 8 X-Blades and EMC CLARiiON storage Gateway solution with up to 8 X-Blades
Number of control stations 1 (1-2 for NS-960) 1 (1-2 for NS-G8)
Maximum storage capacities NX4

  • Up to 32 TB usable (16 TB maximum per active X-Blade), SAS and SATA drives
  • Up to 60 drives raw capacity

NS-120

  • Up to 64 TB usable (32 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC and SATA drives
  • Up to 120 drives raw capacity

NS-480

  • Up to 192 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 480 drives raw capacity

NS-960

  • Up to 760 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 960 drives raw capacity
 NS40G

  • Up to 128 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC and SATA drives
  • Up to 256 TB raw capacity based on RAID 1 configuration

NS-G8

  • Up to 896 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC and SATA drives
  • Up to 1.8 PB raw capacity based on RAID 1 configuration
Network access NX4

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade
  • 4 Fibre Channel Ports

NS-120

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade
  • 8 Fibre Channel ports

NS-480

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per X-Blade
  • 8 Fibre Channel ports

NS-960

  • 6 UltraFlex IO slots per X-Blade*
  • Up to 12 Fibre Channel ports

* Slot can contain either quad 10/100/1000, dual GigE Optical + dual 10/100/1000, or single 10GigE Port

 NS40G

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade

NS-G8

  • 6 UltraFlex IO slots per X-Blade*

* Slot can contain either quad 10/100/1000, dual GigE Optical + dual 10/100/1000, or single 10GigE Port
Network protocols NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS, FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, MPFS, Fibre Channel Option NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS, FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, MPFS
Operating environments UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only) UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)
Software
  • EMC Celerra Anti-Virus
  • EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management
  • EMC Celerra Data Deduplication
  • EMC Celerra Replicator
  • EMC SnapSure
  • EMC Celerra FileMover
  • EMC File Level Retention
  • EMC Celerra MPFS
  • EMC Celerra Anti-Virus
  • EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management
  • EMC Celerra Data Deduplication
  • EMC Celerra Replicator
  • EMC SnapSure
  • EMC Celerra FileMover
  • EMC File Level Retention
  • EMC Celerra MPFS
Management options EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI) EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)

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