Dell PowerVault MD3 Serial Attached SCSI Storage

High performance, high availability.

Affordable PowerVault MD3 array series designed for maximum performance and capacity.

SKU
PowerVault-MD3

Specification  

Operating System

  • Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, VMware®, Microsoft Hyper-V®

Connectivity

  • Hot-swappable controllers
    MD34x0 and MD38x0x controllers are not compatible with the older generation arrays (MD32x0x and MD36x0x).

    Single controller models: 
    MD3400/MD3420: Directly connect up to two high-availability (HA)-configured servers or eight non-HA-configured servers to a single MD3400 or MD3420 storage system. Available with 4GB cache controllers.

    Dual controller models: 
    MD3400/MD3420/MD3460: 
    Directly connect up to four HA-configured servers or eight non-HA-configured servers to a single SAS storage system. Available with an option of 4GB or 8GB cache controllers. 

    MD3060e
     contains two hot-swappable enclosure management modules (EMMs)

    Controller features
    Each controller provides four 12Gbps SAS ports (MD3400/MD3420/MD3460); a total of eight for dual controller models
    Each controller contains 4GB or 8GB of battery-backed cache
    Dual controllers operate in an active-active environment mirroring each other’s cache
    Cache protection is provided via flash memory for permanent data protection
    Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP)1 eliminates the need for complex RAID management while optimizing data protection, and can be used with existing RAID configurations 
    Dual controllers are required for the MD3460 dense array

    RAID
    Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 6
    Up to 180/1922 physical disks per group in RAID 0, 10 
    Up to 30 physical disks per group in RAID 5, 6 
    Up to 512 virtual disks
    DDP1

Power

  • Wattage
    MD3400/MD3420: AC - 600W peak output; DC – 700W (2U arrays support DC power supplies)
    MD3460: AC - 1755W (dense arrays do not support DC power supplies)

    Heat Dissipation (max)
    MD3400/MD3420: 2047 BTU/hr
    MD3460: 5988 BTU/hr

    Voltage
    MD3400/MD3420: 100 to 240V AC ;48V DC
    MD3460: 220V AC, auto ranging, 50Hz/60Hz

    Battery
    MD3400/MD3420/MD3460: 6.0 DC, 100 mAh, 7.26 W Lithium Ion Battery 

    Frequency range
    50/60Hz

Energy Efficiency

  • ENERGY STAR®
    The Dell Storage MD3200i, MD3400, MD3800i and MD3800f arrays with the MD1200 expansion enclosure have earned the ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage designation.

    The Dell Storage MD3220i, MD3420, MD3820i and MD3820f arrays with the MD1220 expansion enclosure have earned the ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage designation.

    The Dell Storage MD3260i, MD3860i and MD3860f arrays have earned the ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage designation. 
    Click Here to learn more about the ENERGY STAR Storage 1.0 designation.
    ENERGY STAR®

Management

  • 2nd generation multi-protocol Modular Disk Storage Manager, Java based user interface

    Multi-path graphical software provides failover management of redundant data paths between the server and storage array

    MD3400/MD3420 Standard Features:
    DDP1: Optional configuration to RAID disk management
    VAAI support: Available for customers using VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration, 
    vCenter Plug-in: Available for customers using VMware vSphere
    VASA: vStorage API for Storage Awareness, available for use in conjunction with the vCenter Plug-in
    SRA: Sight Recover Manager, available for use with vCenter Plugin
    ALUA: Active-Active LUN Access
    Supports Self-encrypting Drives (SED): Provide an additional level of data protection
    Thin Provisioning: Allocate and consume physical storage capacity as needed
    Try and Buy licensing: 90-day trial license of premium feature software
    Microsoft Windows ODX

    MD3460 Standard Features:
    Same features as MD3400
    High Performance Tier: Increases array I/O performance
    SSD Cache: Accelerates application performance by utilizing SSD drives as extended controller read cache

    Optional Premium Features:
    Snapshots: Up to 128 snapshots per virtual disk and 512 per system 
    Snapshots Plus Virtual Disk Copy: Up to 512 simultaneous virtual disk copies 
    High Performance Tier (HPT)firmware upgrade increases array I/O performance3 
    Additional Hard Drives: capacity up to 1804 or 1925 hard drives
    Remote Replication: Asynchronous and synchronous 
    SSD Cache: accelerates application performance by utilizing SSD drives as extended controller read cache6

Storage

  • Drives

    MD3400: Up to twelve (12) 3.5" SAS, NL-SAS, SSD, SED
    MD3420: Up to twenty-four (24) 2.5" SAS, NL-SAS, SSD, SED
    MD3460: Up to sixty (60) 2.5” or 3.5”SAS, NL-SAS, SSD, SED

    MD3400    
    3.5”--15,000 RPM SAS drives available in 300GB, 450GB7, 600GB7 
    3.5"--7,200 RPM Near-line SAS drives available in 500GB, 1TB7, 2TB7, 3TB7, 4TB7, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB
    3.5” -- 10K RPM SAS: 600GB 
    Solid State Drive (SSD) available in 200GB, 400GB, 800GB (WI); 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB (MU); 800GB, 1.6TB (RI) (available with 3.5" HDD carriers) 

    MD3420    
    2.5"--15,000 RPM SAS drives available in  300GB7
    2.5"--10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 146GB, 300GB7, 600GB7, 900GB7, 1.2TB7, 1.8TB
    2.5"--7,200 RPM NL-SAS drives available in 500GB7, 1TB7, 2TB
    2.5"--SSD available in 200GB, 400GB, 800GB (WI); 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB (MU); 800GB, 1.6TB (RI)

    MD3460
        
    3.5"--7,200 RPM NL-SAS drives available in 500GB, 1TB7, 2TB7, 3TB7, 4TB7, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB
    2.5"--15,000 RPM SAS drives available in  300GB7 
    2.5"--10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 146GB, 300GB7, 600GB7, 900GB7, 1.2TB7, 1.8TB 
    2.5"--7,200 RPM NL-SAS drives available in 500GB7, 1TB7, 2TB
    2.5"--SSD available in 200GB, 400GB, 800GB (WI); 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB (MU); 800GB, 1.6TB (RI) (available with 3.5" HDD carriers)

    MD3060e  
    3.5"--7,200 RPM NL-SAS drives available in 500GB, 1TB7, 2TB7, 3TB7, 4TB7, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB
    2.5"-- 15,000 RPM SAS drives available in 146GB7, 300GB7, 600GB7
    2.5"--10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 146GB, 300GB7, 600GB7, 900GB7, 1.2TB7,
    1.8TB 
    2.5"--7,200 RPM NL-SAS drives available in 500GB7, 1TB7, 2TB 
    2.5"--SSD available in 200GB, 400GB, 800GB (WI); 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB (MU); 800GB, 1.6TB (RI) (available in 3.5” HDD carriers)

    Expansion Capabilities8
    Up to 192 drives with MD1200/MD1220 expansion enclosures on the MD3400 and MD3420 arrays
    Up to 180 drives with MD3060e expansion enclosures on the MD3460 array

Chassis

  • Chassis (height x width x depth)

    MD3400: 8.68cm (3.42") x 44.63cm (17.57") x 60.20cm (23.70 inches)
    MD3420: 8.68cm (3.42") x 44.63cm (17.57") x 54.90cm (21.61 inches)
    MD3460: 17.78cm (7.0") x 48.26cm (19.0") x 82.55cm (32.5")
    MD3060e: 17.78cm (7.0") x 48.26cm (19.0") x 82.55cm (32.5”)

    Weight

    MD3400: 29.30 kg (64.6 lbs) (maximum configuration) 
    MD3420: 24.22 kg (53.4 lbs) (maximum configuration)
    MD3460: 105.20 kg (232.0 lbs) (maximum configuration)
    MD3060e: 105.23kg (232 lbs.) (maximum configuration)

    Rack Support for MD3400 and MD3420 
    Dell ReadyRails™ II static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded-hole racks.

    MD3060e Dense Enclosure 
    EBOD expansion enclosure designed for use with the MD3 dense array series only (MD3260i, MD3460, MD3860i, MD3860f)

    Dimensions are identical to the dense array series (MD3260i, MD3460, MD3860i, MD3860f)

    Controllers on the MD3 dense series arrays have either one 6Gbps SAS Out port (MD3260i) or one 12Gbps SAS Out port (MD3460, MD3860i, and MD3860f) for connecting to the MD3060e enclosure expansion for additional capacity (max 2 per dense array). For systems without premium feature activation, the physical disk limit is 120.

    MD3060e contains two hot-swappable enclosure management modules (EMMs)

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