Dell POWERVAULT MD1200 Technical Manualbook

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** Available in Q3 2010 4• Increased Capacity – Daisy chain up to 8 enclosures behind a PERC H800• Increased Flexibilityo Mix 2.5” (MD1220) and 3.5” (MD1200) enclosures behind a PERC H800o Mix 2.5” and 3.5” drives in the MD1200**• Supports SAS Drives only; HDDs at 7.2K, 10K, and 15K rpm and SSD**3 System Overview3.1 Customer driven product priorities• Internal Storage no longer enough: Server storage running out, server applications arebeginning to bog down, need to move to an external, direct attach storage solution.• Single Server Applications: Storage expansion for a single server where clustering andavailability are not concerns.• Capacity Intensive Application Storage (MD1200): Looking for storage to support very alarge volume of data, great solutions for companies that need a low cost per GB for storage.• Performance Intensive Application Storage (MD1220): Looking for storage to support veryhigh performance, transaction intensive applications like e-mail, database, OLTP (onlinetransition processing), and data warehousing.• Space and Power Conservation (MD1220): Have space or power constraints and looking forhigh efficiency per U of rack space3.2 Product Positioning• Dell™ PowerVault™ MD1200 direct attached storage array offers versatility and high capacitystorage for mainstream applications, with optimal performance in sequential (streaming)applications.o Easy to expand your server capacity: The PowerVault™ MD1200 is engineered toseamlessly expand the capacity of PowerEdge™ servers. This expansion array cansupport 12, 3.5 or 2.5 inch SAS HDDs or SSDs** drives in a 2U array and expands up to8 arrays behind a single PERC H800 Host-RAID adapter.o Versatility and flexibility to meet most business needs: The PowerVault™ MD1200is Dell’s most versatile direct attach storage array. With the ability to mix 2.5 inch and3.5 inch enclosures behind a single PERC H800 Host-RAID adapter, combined withsupport for 2.5 inch drives**, PowerVault™ MD1200 delivers capacity and performanceto support most customer deployments.• Dell™ PowerVault™ MD1220, the energy-efficient, small-form-factor (SFF), 2.5-inch driveexpansion enclosure, provides the performance required for the most demanding applications ina simple, energy-efficient direct-attached storage array.o Optimizing Performance, Enhancing Security While Doubling the Throughput: ThePowerVault™ MD1220 leverages SAS 2.0 technology, which doubles the throughputwith a 6Gb/s SAS interface and offers performance optimization with automatic I/O loadbalancing across redundant paths and enhanced security with new self-encrypting drive(SED) support.o Improved efficiency: The PowerVault™ MD1220 improves energy efficiency overprevious generation, with new 80PLUS(R) Silver Certified power supplies. Thisenhancement augments the efficiencies already gained with 2.5-inch drives and variablespeed fans.