High performance—end to end—for your most demanding workloads.
With the CX3 model 40, you can be sure of exceptional 4 Gb/s performance—throughout the entire system—without compromises or bottlenecks. Four front-end 4 Gb/s ports, four back-end 4 Gb/s ports—plus state-of-the-art low-latency and high-bandwidth I/O inter-connect technologies—make the CLARiiON CX3 a proven performer.

Built on the innovative CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale architecture, the model 40 is ideal for enterprises with heavy OLTP and e-mail workloads—as well as for meeting demanding requirements for array-based replication. Tap its high performance and capacity for mail/messaging, data-intensive databases, transactional workloads, high-bandwidth applications, video streaming, remote replication, and more. The CX3 model 40 supports a wide range of server operating environments including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and VMware ESX Server.

Consolidate more—without extra costs or complexity—with FC/iSCSI options.
Reach new levels of consolidation—and save. Now with enhanced connectivity options you can choose to combine both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in one array. So you can consolidate more information—and multiple tiers of applications—easier and at less cost.

Scale easily—to exceptional capacities.
A single CLARiiON CX3 model 40 scales up to 240 disk drives for a maximum capacity of 119 TB. So you can seamlessly add capacity as your business and storage requirements grow.

Balance performance and cost requirements—through tiered storage.
Successfully meet a range of service levels—while reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. Through tiered storage you can provide the right level of performance to the right applications?strong>all in one system. Choose the drives that meet your specific needs:

• For demanding applications requiring maximum performance? Gb/s (15k RPM) Fibre Channel drives
• For applications that require balancing performance and cost? Gb/s Fibre Channel (10k RPM)
• For applications such as disk-based backup—low-cost, high-capacity drives (7.2k RPM)

Simplify management with powerful, easy-to-use software.
Simple—yet powerful?a href="/dsp/dspView.jsp?id=pf8">software tools provide rich functionality for efficient management, maximum protection, and constant availability:

• Easily discover, configure, manage, and monitor all aspects of your CX3 model 40 with the EMC Navisphere Management Suite.
• Execute common management tasks faster with the convenient, wizard-driven Navisphere Task Bar.
• Monitor and enforce performance objectives with Navisphere Quality of Service Manager—optimizing performance in your multi-application environment.

Get advanced data mobility, protection, and replication capabilities.
CLARiiON CX3 is the only midrange solution to enable data mobility both within and between tiers of storage?nondisruptively —with no affect on application performance:

• Increase application availability while reducing backup windows with EMC SnapView local replication.
• Ensure information is protected from system and site failures with EMC MirrorView remote replication.
• Perform more tasks online. Virtual LUN technology enables non-disruptive migration of data within your CLARiiON array ?for improved performance and capacity.

The industry’s best investment protection.
With the CX3 model 40 you can easily perform data-in-place upgrades from previous-generation CLARiiON CX models—as well as throughout the CX3 series. And you can further protect your EMC investment with consistent software capabilities among generations, online upgrades, and continuous delivery of enhanced functionality—designed to work with both new and existing systems.

Industry-leading service and support.
Count on EMC’s world-class customer support to keep your information available and working for your business. With CLARiiON Support Options you can match your level of support with your business needs. Choose standard Enhanced Support (3-year, 9x5) or top-level Premium Support (3-year, 24x7)—all with the confidence that comes from advanced, proactive EMC support. Only EMC delivers storage-focused expertise backed by our global network of remote and field support professionals, and Authorized Services Network partners. All dedicated to keeping your information infrastructure running at peak performance.