ETERNUS DX8000 Series

Enterprise Storage Solution

The ETERNUS DX8400/DX8700 disk storage systems continue the Fujitsu success story in the enterprise segment. This generation of RAID systems offers a high degree of data storage reliability. In combination with proven software delivering, the ETERNUS DX systems offer the robustness you need in dynamic infrastructures. It offers multi-dimensional scalability and the capability to maximize the pooling of storage resources. A rapid increase in storage capacity will not be a problem when controller power, cache and host interfaces can be easily increased. The ETERNUS DX disk storage systems are suitable for a large range of applications. With its Eco-mode, which uses the MAID technology, ETERNUS DX8400/DX8700 are some of the most energy-efficient storage systems in their class.

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ETERNUS DX8000

Features	Benefits
RAID Migration: Dynamic data transfer in running operations from LUN to LUN without interrupting operations	Move data to fast or low-priced hard disks according to access frequency and importance Use the most appropriate RAID level even if requirements change Simplifies the ability to leverage new technology
Data Block Guard: Appends check codes to every data block and verifies them at multiple checkpoints	Helps to ensure data integrity both on the disk and in the cache Guarantees consistency of all stored data
Redundant Copy: Preventative drive replacement, based on error threshold monitoring, ensures data redundancy	Solves the problem of dangerously increasing recovery times within a RAID group, which comes from the increasing capacity of drives
Data Encryption: Optional encryption of the data on the RAID system	Protection of sensitive data upon removal from storage system Simple and cost effective
Eco-mode with MAID: (MAID = Massive Array of Idle Disks) Drives can be shut down by a scheduled spin-stop period or by auto spin-down	Eco-mode conserves energy and costs
8Gbit/s Fibre Channel connection	Higher speeds, greater storage consolidation