The Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200 is a versatile storage system designed to provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. The ThinkSystem DS4200 delivers enterprise-class storage management technology in a cost-effective solution with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.

 

The ThinkSystem DS4200 is a perfect fit for a wide range of workloads, from specialized workloads such as big data and analytics, video surveillance, media streaming, and private clouds to general purpose workloads such as file and print serving, web serving, e-mail and collaboration, and OLTP databases. The DS4200 is also suited very well for secure archive storage or a consolidated backup solution.

 

The ThinkSystem DS4200 supports up to 240 SFF drives with up to nine 2U DS Series external expansion enclosures or up to 264 LFF drives with up to three D3284 5U enclosures. It also offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10 K or 15 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs). The DS4200 can be scaled to over 4.2 PB of raw storage capacity.

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Key features

• Versatile, scalable entry-level storage with dual active/active controller configurations for high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 12 Gb SAS (SAS controller module), or 1/10 Gb iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity (FC/iSCSI controller module), or both iSCSI and FC at the same time.
• 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) or 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the controller enclosure; scalable up to 120 LFF drives per system with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS Series LFF expansion units (12x LFF drives each), or up to 240 SFF drives per system with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS Series SFF expansion units (24x SFF drives each), or up to 264 LFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage D3284 high-density expansion units (84x LFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
• Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads.
• Support for self-encrypting drives (SEDs) to allow clients to secure their sensitive data and to comply with various security regulations, when required.
• Rich set of standard functions available at no extra cost, including virtualized storage pools, snapshots, thin provisioning, rapid RAID rebuild, real-time HDD tiering, SSD read cache, and All Flash Array (AFA).
• Optional licensed functions, including higher number of snapshots for more scalability, real-time SSD tiering for boosting IOPS performance, and asynchronous replication for 24x7 data protection.
• Enhanced streaming performance for video surveillance and media/entertainment applications.
• Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system set up and management, as well as Command Line Interface (CLI).
• EZ Start configuration wizard to quickly provision storage by creating storage pools, allocating storage space, and mapping hosts in just a few simple steps.
• Designed for 99.999% availability.
• Certified Enterprise Storage for SAP HANA Tailored Data center Integration (TDI).

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