IBM today announced the introduction of two new midrange storage servers designed for companies that require “hardened” infrastructures because of the industries they address or the data center environments where the equipment is located.

The new IBM® System Storage™ DS4700 Express, Models 70-DC and 72-DC, are designed to address requirements for companies in the telecommunications industry, as well as other segments, such as oil and gas.  The new models, as well as the enhanced IBM System Storage DS4000 EXP810, are now Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Level 3-compliant and optimally suited for environments with strict requirements.

The new DS4700 Express, Models 70-DC and 72-DC, and the EXP810 expansion unit, a high-bandwidth storage system and expansion unit for mid-market clients, feature built-in support for DC power and are compliant not only with the NEBS Level 3 standard for U.S. clients, but also with the NEBS Level 3 standard for the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.  The new DS4700 and EXP810 are designed to deliver the benefits of automated networked storage to all customers, particularly to customers in the telecommunications industry, as the systems can be powered from a 48-volt DC telecommunications industry-standard power source.

"Telecommunications clients have ever increasing storage requirements, as well as restrictions on the types of systems they deploy," says Shailesh Agarwal, Country Manager, IBM System Storage IBM India. "The enhanced DS4700 is designed to help address these needs and lower overall costs through high performance with less storage infrastructure through fast data access, fast backups, and fast restoration, copying and mirroring of data."

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