SAN Comparison Matrix: Midrange, Retired or Maintenance-Only Models

This matrix compares products that are no longer sold, but are retired or in maintenance-only mode.

The comparison topics include: Number of controllers, Drive number, Max physical capacity, Drives currently available (including SSD, FC/SAS, FATA, etc.), RAID Configurations, Data Cache Max – per node, Total Bandwidth (GB/sec), Max IOPs, Max Fibre Channel Ports, Max iSCSI Ports, Max InfiniBand, Max SAS, Max FCoE, Controller to disk enclosure interface and more.

The products that this matrix covers are:

• EMC CLARiiON CX4: models 120, 240, 480, and 960
• Hitachi AMS: models 2100, 2300, 2500, and 2500DC
• HPE 3PAR F-Class: models F200 and F400
• IBM DS4000
• IBM DS4700: models 70, 72
• IBM DS4800: models 80, 82A, 84A, 88A