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December 19th, 2006 17:00
CX 400 Life
Hello,
I see the end of service life on the CX400 is in 2009. We are currently have a CX400 that is about 3 or so major revisions behind on the firmware. We have two DAE's full of 146gb drives at the moment.
We are in the process of planning a new application install and want to add more DAE's to the CX400 for space. We contacted our vendor and they said in order to get to 60 drive capabilities we would have to do 3 upgrades which would probably do more harm to the EMC than good. Their recommendation ws to go with a CX300 now instead of upgrading the CX400.
Any thoughts on this? Is the CX400 about time to retire?
I see the end of service life on the CX400 is in 2009. We are currently have a CX400 that is about 3 or so major revisions behind on the firmware. We have two DAE's full of 146gb drives at the moment.
We are in the process of planning a new application install and want to add more DAE's to the CX400 for space. We contacted our vendor and they said in order to get to 60 drive capabilities we would have to do 3 upgrades which would probably do more harm to the EMC than good. Their recommendation ws to go with a CX300 now instead of upgrading the CX400.
Any thoughts on this? Is the CX400 about time to retire?
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malyovaniy
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December 20th, 2006 09:00
as CX400 is EOL now... I would recommend upgrading to CX3-20. CX300 is EOL now too.
CX3-20 will provide you with better speed - 4Gbps FC and better expandability - up to 120 drives in a storage system - and you can still use your drives.
DGM3
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December 20th, 2006 12:00
If an array is several major revisions below Release 19, upgrading may require an interim code load rather than proceeding directly to Release 19. That said, the majority of CX arrays in the field are now running Release 19 (which is also the final major release that supports the CX200/CX400/CX600 platforms). I don't see where there would be "more harm" in moving to that code level - the question of which array would provide the capacity and performance that the application(s) require (now, and in the future) is likely a more key consideration.
An overview of which Release levels are being run on what % of arrays in the field is provided via Issue Tracker, which is on Powerlink at;
Home > Support > E-Lab Issue Tracker Information
Click the "SOE Target Revisions" link near the bottom of the page.
Regards,
DGM
DGM3
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December 20th, 2006 12:00
Home > Support > Release and End of Life Dates
See the "EMC Hardware Release and End of Service Dates" document for info on arrays such as the CX300.
Regards,
DGM