IBM DS8700 DS8800 Comparsion

Models Shared SMP processor configuration Other major processors Processor memory for cache and NVS (min/max) Host adapter interfaces DS8700 (941, 94E) DS8800 (951, 95E) POWER6 dual POWER6+ dual 2-way or 4-way 2-way or 4-way PowerPC, ASICs PowerPC, ASICs 32 GB/384 GB 32 GB/384 GB 4- and 8-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON 2/16 8/128 6 Gb/s serial-attached SCSI (SAS-2) 16/1056 Up to 16 4-port FC-AL 634 TB 300 GB solid-state drives 600 GB solid-state drives 146 GB (15,000 rpm) 450 GB (10,000 rpm) 600 GB (10,000 rpm)

4-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON 2/32 Host adapters (min/max) 4/128 Host ports (min/max) Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FCDrive interface AL) Number of disk drives (min/max) 8/1024 Up to 16 Device adapters 4-port FC-AL Maximum physical storage 1024 TB capacity* 73 GB solid-state drives 146 GB solid-state drives 146 GB (15,000 rpm) Disk sizes** 300 GB (15,000 rpm) 450 GB (15,000 rpm) 600 GB (15,000 rpm) 1 TB (7,200 rpm) 5, 6, 10 RAID levels Dimensions (height x width x depth)

Maximum weight

Dry bulb temperature Relative humidity Power supply

5, 6, 10 193.3 x 84.5 x 122.6 193 x 84.7 x 118.3 cm cm per frame up to per frame up to 5 frames total 3 frames total 1307 kg (2880 lb) base 1324 kg (2920 lb) base rack rack Add per expansion Add per expansion frame: frame: 1089 kg (2400 lb) 1307 kg (2880 lb) 16 32C (60 90F) 16 32C (60 90F) 20 80% 20 80% Single-phase some Single-phase some configurations or configurations or threethreephase 50/60 Hz phase 50/60 Hz

Caloric value BTU/hr min/max

26,600 (941 rack) 22,200 (94E rack) 7.8 (941 rack) Electrical power kva min/max 6.5 (94E rack)

26,000 (951 rack) 21,000 (95E rack) 7.6 (951 rack) 6.2 (95E rack)

Warranty

4 years on type 2424 models 3 years on type 2423 models 2 years on type 2422 models 1 years on type 2421 models

4 years on type 2424 models 3 years on type 2423 models 2 years on type 2422 models 1 years on type 2421 models