EMC CLARiiON CX4 and AX4 Systems: How They Compare

Networked Storage Systems

	CLARiiON AX4	CLARiiON CX4 Model 120	CLARiiON CX4 Model 240	CLARiiON CX4 Model 480	CLARiiON CX4 Model 960
Maximum capacity per system	60 TB	120 TB	231 TB	471 TB	951 TB
HA hosts per array	64	128	256	256	512
Maximum logical units	512	1024	1024	4096	4096
Host ports per array	4 FC or 4 IP	4 FC and 4 iSCSI	4 FC and 4 iSCSI	8 FC and 4 iSCSI	8 FC and 4 iSCSI
System memory	2 GB	6 GB	8 GB	16 GB	32 GB
Drives per array	60	120	240	480	480 or 960
Disk type	SATA II and SAS	Fibre Channel, SATA II, and LP SATA II	Fibre Channel, SATA II, and LP SATA II	Fibre Channel, SATA II, LP SATA II, and Flash drives	Fibre Channel, SATA II, LP SATA II, and Flash drives
Software	AX4 Integrated Software Suite, Navisphere Express, Navisphere Manager, SAN Copy, RepliStor, SnapView, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S	Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, CLARiiON Virtual Provisioning	Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, CLARiiON Virtual Provisioning	Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, CLARiiON Virtual Provisioning	Navisphere Management Suite, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager, SnapView, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SAN Copy, Replication Manager/SE, RecoverPoint/SE, PowerPath, CLARiiON Virtual Provisioning
Host support	Windows, Linux, NetWare, Solaris, VMware, AIX, HP-UX	Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware	Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware	Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware	Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware

* iSCSI Connectivity