1746A4S - IBM System Storage DS3524 NAS Hard Drive Array - RAID Supported - 24 x Total Bays - Ethernet - Network (RJ-45) - SAS - 2U Rack-mountable

About IBM System Storage & TotalStorage DS3524, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

IBM System Storage & TotalStorage DS3524. Storage drive interface: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Number of storage drives supported: 96, Supported storage drive types: HDD & SSD. Width: 482.1 mm, Depth: 497.9 mm, Height: 88.1 mm

- 6 Gigabits per second (Gbps) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) systems deliver midrange performance and scalability at entry-level prices
- Data consolidation to ensure data availability and efficiencies across the organisation
- Energy saving implementations for cost savings today and tomorrow
- Management expertise built into an intuitive and powerful storage management software
- Investment protection and cost-effective backup and recovery with remote mirror across Fibre Channel (FC) host ports and compatibility with DS5000 and DS4000
- Mixed host interfaces support enables direct access storage (DAS) and storage area network (SAN) tiering reducing overall operation and acquisition costs
- Relentless data security with local key management of full drive encryption (FDE) with self-encrypting drives (SED).

IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6 Gbps host interface and drive technology in the IBM System Storage DS3500 Express. With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to System x servers, BladeCenter and Power Systems. Offering substantial improvements at a price that will fit most budgets, the DS3500 delivers superior price to performance ratios, functionality, scalability and ease of use for the entry-level storage user.