EMC Celerra Systems: How They Compare

IP Storage Systems

	EMC Celerra NX4	EMC Celerra NS Series/Integrated	EMC Celerra NS Series/Gateway	EMC Celerra NSX Gateway
Applications profile	Entry-level distributed file and application server environments where ease of use, high availability and flexibility in a unified storage platform are the requirements	Distributed file server environments with specific performance, availability, and scalability requirements in a unified storage environment where SAN infrastructure is not a requirement	Environments with existing SAN infrastructure, growing deployments of file servers, and specific multi-protocol performance, availability, and scalability requirements	Data center-class server environments that require the highest levels of performance, scalability, and availability to support high-performance file-serving applications
NAS servers	NX4 1-2 Blades	NS20 1-2 Blades NS40 1-2 Blades NS80 2-4 Blades	NS40G 1-2 Blades NS80G 2-4 Blades	NSX 4-8 Blades
Packaging	Integrated solution with up to 2 X-Blades and CLARiiON storage	Integrated solution with up to 4 X-Blades and CLARiiON storage	Gateway solution with up to 4 X-Blades	Enterprise gateway solution with 4 to 8 X-Blades
Number of control stations	1	1 (1-2 for NS80)	1 (1-2 for NS80G)	2
Maximum storage capacities	NX4 Up to 32 TB usable (16 TB maximum per active data blade), SAS and SATA drives Up to 60 drives raw capacity	NS20 Up to 64 TB usable (32 TB maximum per active data blade), FC and SATA drives Up to 90 drives raw capacity NS40 Up to 128 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active data Blade), FC and SATA drives Up to 240 drives total raw capacity NS80 Up to 384 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active data Blade), FC and SATA drives Up to 480 drives raw capacity	NS40G Up to 128 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active data Blade), FC and SATA drives Up to 128 TB raw based on RAID 1 configuration NS80G Up to 384 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active data Blade), FC and SATA drives Up to 768 TB raw based on RAID 1 configuration	NSX Up to 896 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active data Blade), FC and SATA drives Up to 1.8 PB raw based on RAID 1 configuration
Network access	NX4 4 Copper GigE ports per Blade Maximum 8 Ethernet ports 4 Optional Fibre Channel ports for host connectivity	NS20 4 Copper GigE ports per Blade Maximum 8 Ethernet ports 8 Optional Fibre Channel ports for host connectivity NS40 4 Copper GigE ports per Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per Blade Maximum 8 ports 4 Optional Fibre Channel ports for host connectivity NS80 6 Copper and 2 Optical GigE ports per Blade (additional 1x10 GigE Optical for X-Blade 65) Maximum 32 ports (36 ports for X-Blade 65) 4 Optional Fibre Channel ports for host connectivity (2-way only)	NS40G 4 Copper GigE ports per Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per Blade Maximum 8 Ethernet ports NS80G 6 Copper and 2 Optical GigE ports per Blade (additional 1x10 GigE Optical for X-Blade 65) Maximum 32 ports (36 ports for X-Blade 65	NSX 6 Copper and 2 Optical GigE ports per X-Blade 60 (additional 1x10 GigE Optical for X-Blade 65) Maximum 64 ports (72 ports for X-Blade 65)
Network protocols	NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS, FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, Fibre Channel Option	NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS, FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, Fibre Channel Option	NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS, FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI	NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS, FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI
Operating environments	UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)	UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)	UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)	UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)
Software	EMC Celerra Anti-Virus EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management EMC Celerra Replicator EMC SnapSure EMC Celerra FileMover EMC OnCourse EMC File Level Retention	EMC Celerra Anti-Virus EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management EMC Celerra Replicator EMC SnapSure EMC Celerra FileMover EMC OnCourse EMC File Level Retention EMC Celerra MPFS	EMC Celerra Anti-Virus EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management EMC Celerra Replicator EMC SnapSure EMC Celerra FileMover EMC OnCourse EMC File Level Retention EMC Celerra MPFS	EMC Celerra Anti-Virus EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management EMC Celerra Replicator EMC SnapSure EMC Celerra FileMover EMC OnCourse EMC File Level Retention EMC Celerra MPFS
Management options	EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)	EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)	EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)	EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)