The IBM DS3400 (part no. 172642X) is a 2U rack-mountable SAN storage array designed for mid-market enterprise environments. It features 12 total drive bays supporting RAID configurations (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10) for data protection and performance optimization. Connectivity is provided via dual Fibre Channel ports (typically 2Gb or 4Gb per controller), enabling integration into existing SAN fabrics. The DS3400 supports a mix of SAS and SATA drives, with typical capacities ranging from several terabytes depending on drive selection. It is compatible with IBM System Storage management software and supports heterogeneous server environments running Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems. Common use cases include departmental file serving, backup and archival, virtualization host storage, and general-purpose transactional workloads in small-to-medium data centers.
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