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Dell Compellent Storage CenterOptimize efficiency, agility and resiliency, slash storage costs up to 80 percent, scale on a single platform and secure data against downtime and disaster with Fluid Data storage. View Details | PowerVault NX200Businesses that want enterprise-class hardware for their consolidated storage, even though they have limited, if any, IT staff support Select |  PowerVault NX300Smaller businesses or remote offices that want dedicated file sharing, consolidation and collaboration across a network. Select |  PowerVault NX3000Customers with data growth needing high-performance file sharing with flexibility to handle block data. Select | PowerVault NX3100Organizations with mixed Windows® and Linux/UNIX offices that require high-performance info-sharing across file and block data that can be easily scaled to accommodate extreme data growth. Select | PowerVault NX3500The NX3500 uses Dell Fluid File System and the MD back end to store block and file data, enabling a single file share to scale up to the limit of the MD deployment, currently 192TB of raw capacity. View Details |
GREAT FOR
Organizations seeking efficient, agile and resilient storage that dynamically adapts to meet changing business needs. | Businesses that want enterprise-class hardware for their consolidated storage, even though they have limited, if any, IT staff support | Smaller businesses or remote offices that want dedicated file sharing, consolidation and collaboration across a network. | Customers with data growth needing high-performance file sharing with flexibility to handle block data. | Organizations with mixed Windows® and Linux/UNIX offices that require high-performance info-sharing across file and block data that can be easily scaled to accommodate extreme data growth. | Bring unified storage to PowerVault iSCSI deployments. The NX3500 uses Dell Fluid File System and the MD back end to store block and file data, enabling a single file share to scale up to the limit of the MD deployment, currently 389TB of usable capacity. |
Operating System
| OS Support Microsoft® Windows® Server, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, IBM AIX, Novell NetWare, Apple, Tru64, VMware® | Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2008 (Basic Edition) | Microsoft® Windows Storage Server® 2008 Standard Edition or Workgroup Edition | Microsoft® Windows Storage Server® 2008 Standard Edition Microsoft® Windows Storage Server® 2008 Enterprise Edition | Windows® Storage Server 2008 Standard Edition |
Processor
| 2.53 GHz Quad-core (Series 40), 3.0 GHz Dual-core (Series 30) | Number of Processors: 1 Processors Supported: Intel® Xeon® E5506, 2.13Ghz/4M, 4C 80W | Number of Processors: 1 or 2 Processors Supported: Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core 5500 Sequence Processors | Number of Processors 1 or 2 Processors Supported Intel® Xeon® E5506, 1.86GHz/4M, 2C 80W & 5620 procs | Controller Intel Xeon processor 3400 series Protocol support Server: CIFS (SMB 1), NFS v3, NDMP V4, SNMP Client: NTP, iSCSI, DNS, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS (Network Information Service) |
Storage
| Storage Capacity Each system supports up to 1,232 Fibre Channel drives or 960 SAS drives in the storage array** Drive Interfaces FC, NL-SAS and SAS drives Different drive types, transfer rates and rotational speeds can be mixed in same system Disk Drives Available SSD 146GB FC 200GB SAS Fibre Channel 300GB* 15K RPM 600GB* 15K RPM SATA* (upgrade drives available through October) 1TB* 7.2K RPM 2TB* 7.2K RPM SAS 146GB* 15K RPM* 450GB* 15K RPM 600GB* 15K RPM 600GB* 10K RPM* 1TB* 7.2K RPM 1TB* 7.2K RPM* 2TB* 7.2K RPM *2.5 drive **The maximum usable capacity supported by a system varies based on configuration. | Internal Storage: Capacity Options 1TB, 2TB, 4TB* or 8TB Maximum Internal Storage: 8TB Drives Supported Hot-Swap HD options: Four 3.5" SATA drives | Drives 4 Max Internal Capacity 8TB with 4x2TB (SATA drives) Drives Supported: SAS, SATA, Near-line SAS: 3.5" SATA: 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB* | Drives 6 Max Internal Capacity 12TB Raw (with NL-SAS and SATA) Drives Supported: SAS, SATA, Near-line SAS: 3.5" SATA (7.2K): 160GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 3.5" SAS (15K): 146GB, 450GB, 600GB 3.5" Near-Line SAS (7.2K): 500GB, 1TB, 2TB | 12, 3.5" data drives (there are also two additional, 2.5" drives for the OS) Memory 6GB, 12GB or 24GB DDR3 Max Internal Capacity 24TB raw (with near-line SAS) Drives Supported SAS (15K): 450GB, 600GB Near-line SAS (7.2K): 1TB, 2TB* |
Scalability
| Each system supports up to 1,232 Fibre Channel drives or 960 SAS drives in the storage array. Each 3.5" Fibre Channel enclosure holds up to 16 Fibre Channel or 14 SSD drives (with a FC drive in bay 1 and bay 16). Each 3.5" SAS enclosure holds up to 12 SAS drives. Each 2.5" SAS enclosure holds up to 24 SAS drives. |
Cache
| Maximum cache per controller 4GB (Series 40), 3.5GB (Series 30) Battery-less (Series 40), Battery-backed cache (Series 30) |
RAID
| Supports RAID 0, 5, 6 and 10 Any combination of RAID levels can exist on a single Storage Center Multiple RAID levels can exist on the same storage tier within an array | Internal: PERC S300 External: none External HBAs (non-RAID): none | HW RAID Levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 | HW RAID Levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 | H700 (internal drives), H800 (external drives) Hardware RAID Levels (factory-installable options) R1 + R5/R1 + R6 Hardware RAID Levels (custom-configurable options) 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 6 |
Connectivity
| Connectivity & Ports Front-End Connectivity Fibre Channel (4Gb, 8Gb), iSCSI (1Gb, 10Gb), FCoE (10Gb) Simultaneous interface support Maximum Front-End Ports 22 (Fibre Channel), 10 (iSCSI), 10 (FCoE) per controller A switch is recommended for all configurations and required for clustered controller configurations Back-end Connectivity Fibre Channel (4Gb), SAS (3Gb, 6Gb) Simultaneous interface support Maximum Back-End Ports 22 (Fibre Channel), 22 (SATA), 20 (SAS) per controller Maximum Back-End Loops/Chains Up to 11 (Fibre Channel) or 10 (SAS) 7 (Fibre Channel), 8 (SAS) enclosures per loop/chain | On-board Dual Gigabit LOM (Broadcom 5716 dual-port Gigabit Ethernet without TOE enabled) | 1 Dual port Broadcom BCM 5716 | Gigabit Ethernet:Gigabit Ethernet: 4 x RJ45 Connectors, both supporting TCP/IP offload. Optional add-in NICs including 10GbE |
Chassis
| Storage Controller Rack size: 3U Height: 5.2in. (13.2cm), 3 EIA units Width: 17.2in. (43.7cm) Depth: 25.5in. (64.8cm) Weight: 75lb. (34.1kg) Fibre Channel Enclosure (3.5" Disks) Rack size: 3U Height: 5.12in. (13.0cm), 3 EIA units Width: 19.0in. (48.2cm) Depth: 19.7in. (50.0cm) Weight: 78lb. (35kg) SAS Enclosure (3.5" Disks) Rack size: 2U Height: 3.46 in. (8.7cm), 2 EIA units Width: 19in. (48.2cm) Depth: 24.8in. (63.0cm) Weight: 57lb. (25.8kg) SAS Enclosure (2.5" Disks) Rack size: 2U Height: 3.46in. (8.79cm), 2 EIA units Width: 19in. (48.2cm) Depth: 24.8in. (63.0cm) Weight: 53lb. (24kg) | Availability Hot-swap hard drives Snapshots Windows VSS (Volume Snapshot Service) Dimensions 440 x 218 x 521 (mm) (w/ bezel, w/ tower foot) 17.3" H x 8.6" W x 20.5" D (in) | Height: 4.3 cm (1.69") Width: 43.4 cm (17.09") Depth: 62.71 cm (24.69") Standard redundant cooling Hot-plug hard drives Hot-plug redundant power Hot-plug redundant cooling ECC memory Rack Support: Sliding ReadyRails™ for 4-post Racks Static ReadyRails™ for 4-post & 2-post Racks | Height: 8.64 cm (3.40") Width: 44.31 cm (17.44") Depth: 68.07 cm (26.80") Weight(Maximum Config): 26.1 kg (57.54 lb) Standard redundant cooling Hot-plug hard drives Hot-plug redundant power Hot-plug redundant cooling ECC memory High Availability Clustering (requires Enterprise edition of Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008) Slots: 2 PCIe x8 + 2 PCIe x4 G2 Optionally expand with MD1200 (H800), MD1000 (PERC 6/E), MD3000 (6Gb SAS HBA) (or) Use as gateway to PowerVault MD3000i or Equalogic and Dell/EMC arrays Rack Support: Sliding ReadyRails™ for 4-post Racks Static ReadyRails™ for 4-post & 2-post Racks | 3.42 H x 17.53 W x 26.17 D (in) 86.7 H x 445.2 W x 664.6 D (mm) External Scalability PowerVault, EqualLogic and EMC arrays (DAS and SAN) Slots 2 x4 PCIe + 1 x8 PCIe Availability Hot-plug hard drives, Hot-plug redundant power, Hot-plug redundant cooling No cluster support Rack Support ReadyRails™ sliding rails for 4-post racks, static ReadyRails™ for 4-post and 2-post racks | Physical (each controller) Height 4.29cm (1.69 in.) Width 43.4cm (17.09 in.) Depth 61.26cm (24.12 in.) Maximum Weight 15 kg (33.02 lbs.) Expansion capability Refer to PowerVault MD storage array specifications for expansion support. Backup Power Supply (Low voltage and High Voltage models) Physical Height 4.2 cm (1.67 in) Width 43.4 cm (17.09 in) Depth 72.3 cm (28.46 in) Maximum weight 30.0 kg (66 lbs.) |
Environmental Operating Conditions
| Controller Power Consumption: 400W Power Supplies: Dual (redundant) Heat Dissipation: 1,365BTU/hour Temperature: 50-95°F (10-35°C) Relative Humidity: 8% to 90% (non-condensing) Inlet Type: NEMA 5-15/CS22.2, n°42 Fibre Channel Enclosure (3.5" Disks) Power Consumption: 450W Power Supplies: Dual (redundant) Heat Dissipation: 1,540 BTU/hour Temperature: 41-104°F (5-40°C) Relative Humidity: 20% to 80% (non-condensing) Inlet Type: NEMA 5-15/CS22.2, n°42 SAS Enclosure (3.5" Disks) Power Consumption: 410W Power Supplies: Dual (redundant) Heat Dissipation: 1,725BTU/hour Temperature: 41-104degrees F (5-40 degrees C) Relative Humidity: 8% to 80% (non-condensing) Inlet Type: NEMA 5-15/CS22.2, n°42 SAS Enclosure (2.5" Disks) Power Consumption: 425W Power Supplies: Dual (redundant) Heat Dissipation: 1,785BTU/hour Temperature: 41-104 degrees F (5-40°C) Relative Humidity: 8% to 80% (non-condensing) Inlet Type: NEMA 5-15/CS22.2, n°42 | Temperature Operating: 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF/550 ft. Storage –40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20°C per hour Relative humidity Operating: 8% to 85% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour Storage: 5% to 95% (noncondensing) Maximum vibration Operating: 0.25 G at 3–200 Hz for 15 min Storage: 0.5 G at 3–200 Hz for 15 min |
Regulatory
| Emissions/Safety Controller FCC Class A; EN55022 Class A; EN 61000-3-2/-3-3; CISPR 22 Class A; EN55024/CISPR 24; (EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4-6, EN 61000-4-8, EN 61000-4-11); EN60950/IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed (USA), CUL Listed (Canada), TUV Certified (Germany), CE Marking (Europe) SBOD Enclosure UL and cUL listed. Tested to UL/IO/EN 60950. Certified Body Certificate and Report to IEC60950. CE marked to the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC. FCC Class A. EMC: EN55022/EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3 JBOD Enclosure UL and cUL listed. Tested to UL/IO/EN 60950. Certified Body Certificate and Report to IEC60950. CE marked to the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC. FCC Class A. EMC: EN55022/EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3 EBOD Enclosure EBOD Enclosure EMC FCC pt15B Class A, EN55022 Class A, CISPR 22 Class A, EN 55024, CISPR24, aEN61000-3-2/3, CNS13438 Safety EN/IEC/UL 60950-1, CNS14336 CB report: CE, UL, cUL, FCC, BSMI Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page Dell and the Environment | Regulatory Model: E09S Regulatory Type: E09S001 Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page Dell and the Environment | Regulatory Model: E07S Regulatory Type: E07S001 Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page Dell and the Environment | Regulatory Model: E02S Regulatory Type: E02S001 Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets | Regulatory Model: E13S (12 Hard Drives Configuration) Regulatory Type: E13S001 (12 Hard Drives Configuration) Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page Dell and the Environment | Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page Dell and the Environment |
File Access Protocols
| Form Factor Tower Number of Processors 1 Processors Supported Dual-core Intel® Celeron® G1101 | CIFS, NFS, FTP | CIFS, NFS, FTP Block Access Protocols: Optional iSCSI Target | CIFS, NFS, FTP Type of Data Supported File and Block |
Management
| BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Dell OpenManage featuring Dell Management Console Unified Server Configurator LifeCycle Controller enabled via optional: iDRAC6 Express Remote Management iDRAC6 Express Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) | Dell OpenManage featuring Dell Management Console with iDRAC Express Optional iDRAC Enterprise or Native Java RDP plug-in | Dell OpenManage featuring Dell Management Console Optional iDRAC Enterprise or Native Java RDP plug-in | Dell OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console Remote Management Optional iDRAC Enterprise or Native Java RDP plug-in |
Data Protection Features
| RAID 5 | Single Instance Storage (SIS) Yes Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R) Yes Snapshots: Built-in VSS snapshots for CIFS/NFS. Additional snapshots capability may exist depending on external storage array. | Single Instance Storage (SIS) Yes Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R) Yes Snapshots: Built-in VSS snapshots for CIFS/NFS. Additional snapshots capability may exist depending on external storage array. Cluster Yes (Active/Active) | SIS, DFS-R, Snapshots (VSS) |
AC Power/Max Current
| Single cabled power supply (375W) | Non-Redundant, 480W (80+ BRONZE) Optional Redundant, 500W (80) Auto Ranging (100V~240V) | Two hot-plug 870W PSUs |
Form Factor
| 1U Rackmount | 2U Rack | 2U rack-mount |
Product Configurations
| Storage arrays supported Dell PowerVault MD3200i series (MD3200i,MD3220i) Dell PowerVault MD3600i series (MD3600i,MD3620i) Storage controllers Dual controllers operate in an active-active environment mirroring each other’s cache. Each controller contains 12GB memory protected by the PowerVault NX3500 backup power supply |
Technical Highlights
| Front-end NAS connectivity Two 1Gb IP ports per controller for front-end CIFS/NFS connectivity Backend storage array connectivity Two 1Gb and 10Gb IP ports per controller for back-end iSCSi connectivity Snapshot capability Redirect-on-write snapshots Replication capability Asynchronous 1-to-1, 1-to-Many, Many-to-Many replication for disaster recovery Management Dell PowerVault NAS Manager, CLI interface Max CIFS shares 1024 Max system size 389TB* (RAID 6 plus global hot spare) Max file size 4TB Max files ~32 billion Number of directories ~34 billion Max NAS volumes 512 Max snapshots per volume 512 Max snapshots per NX3500 system 10,000 Cache size per NX3500 system 24GB/12GB per controller Max LUNs 40 File name length 255 bytes Max NFS mounts 1024 Max CIFS shares 1024 Max CIFS client concurrent connections 200 Max local users per NX3500 system 300 Max Quota rules per NX3500 system (user quotas) 65,536 Max quota rules per volume 256 Max block level replication policies 256 Max directory depth 1,024 |
Power
| Power AC power supply (per controller power supply): Wattage 500W (output) Voltage 120V or 230V models Heat dissipation 1666 BTU/hr maximum Maximum inrush current Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 25A per power supply for 10ms or less. Backup Power Supply: Wattage: 500 W (output) Voltage: 120V or 230V models |