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Strangely, on the day Pillar formally announces its faster Axiom with boosted controller performance, EMC has announced denser CLARiiON and Celerra arrays with 2TB drive support. The higher-density CLARiiON CX4s have double the capacity of existing systems in half the floorspace, due to a new rack design. They support 2TB SATA …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Doesn't replace CX4-240

    As FC drives don't currently fit in the 390 per rack form factor, only the lower powered SATA ones.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      It's just an expansion rack

      It's just an expansion rack, not a new model. Can be attached to any CX4-480 or CX4-960.

      FC drive support has to do with heat generation rather than form factor.

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  2. Chris Mellor 1

    EMC says...

    EMC says:-

    1) The new high density CX4 configurations do not replace __any __ of the products in EMC's CX4 portfolio. The two high density configurations are additives and complimentary offerings.

    2) The Celerra Gateway high density configurations are available today----it's the Celerra unified models that will be available later this year.

    Cheers,

    Chris.

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