Disk Shelf Family Quick Reference Guide

VALUE PROPOSITION
NetApps line of disk shelves and storage media provides flexibility, reliability, and cross-platform leverage. The DS4243 and DS2246 disk shelves offer a range of media to service
customers storage requirements, from high-capacity SATA to high-performing, high-density SAS, plus extreme performance options that use solid state technology.
KEY MESSAGES
Flexibility to Optimize Your Storage for a
Variety of Needs
Get high performance, density, and capacity
with 2.5" SFF (small form factor) SAS drives.
Deliver massive capacity with multi-terabyte
SATA drives. Harness extreme performance
and density with solid state technology. Or
combine any of these options to meet your
specific needs.
High Availability and Resiliency
Multipath connections and full redundancy
continue as standard in our disk shelf design.
For added resiliency, weve introduced
Alternate Control Path (ACP) connections from
disk shelf to storage controller.
Reduce Complexity with Storage That Can
Be Used Across Platforms
Common disk shelves and media work across
our unified family of storage systems. Data-inplace upgrades allow you to upgrade storage
controllers without changing disk shelves or
media, so your data is undisturbed.

QUALIFYING QUESTIONS
What are your biggest storage challenges
today?
What are your most difficult management
pain points?
What IT projects will you undertake in the
next 18 months?

SPECIFICATION

DS2246

DS4243

Form Factor

2 Rack Units, 24 Drives (2.5 Small Form Factor)

4 Rack Units, 24 Drives (3.5)

Disk drive types and

capacities

2.5" SAS 10k RPM 450GB/600GB

3.5" SATA 7.2k RPM 1TB/2TB

3.5" SAS 15k RPM, 300GB/450GB/600GB
3.5" SSD 100GB

Controllers supported

With disk drives: FAS2040, FAS2050, FAS/V3070,

FAS/V3100 Series, FAS/V3200 Series, FAS/V6000 Series,
FAS/V6200 Series

With disk drives: FAS2040, FAS2050, FAS/V3070, FAS/V3100

Series, FAS/V3200 Series, FAS/V6000 Series, FAS/V6200
Series
With SSDs: FAS/V3160, 3170, FAS/V3240, 3270, FAS/V6040,
6080, FAS/V6200 Series

OS Version

FAS2040/2050: 7.3.4 and later, 8.0.1 or later

Other systems: 7.3.3P2 or later, 8.0P1 or later

With disk drives: 7.3.3P2 or later, 8.0 or later

SSDs: 8.0.1 or later

Shelf architecture and I/O

bandwidth

SAS operating at 6Gbps. SAS operates at 3Gbps with

FAS2040/2050 systems.

SAS operating at 3Gbps.

Shelf I/O modules

Dual IOM6 modules

Dual IOM3 modules

Power supply/cooling
fans

Dual, hot-pluggable, integrated power supply/fan

assemblies

Dual (SATA) or quadruple (SAS), redundant, hot-pluggable,

integrated power supply/fan assemblies

Weight

49 lbs (22.2 kg)

110 lbs (49.9 kg)

Dimensions

Height: 3.4 in. (8.5 cm)

Width: 19 in. (48.0 cm)
Depth: 19.1 in. (48.4 cm)

Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

Width: 19 in. (48.3 cm)
Depth: 24 in. (61 cm)

FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
Where are you spending most of your storage budget?
What are your key objectives in improving your storage
operations going forward?
What if NetApp could help you improve your efficiency by
as much as 50%?

COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATORS
Mature SAS-based storage array solutions proven
through multiple generations of products
DS2246 offers 50% space savings and 30% power
savings compared to EMC CLARiiON and HP EVA
solutions utilizing 3.5 15k RPM drives

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WHAT YOU WILL SELL

COMPETITIVE INFORMATION

Required Components

DS4243 and/or DS2246 Disk Shelf

SAS Cables
Optional Components

PCIe SAS Host Bus Adapter Card

(may be required depending on
system type)
WHERE TO SELL?
Any NetApp environment
Primary or secondary storage.
DS4243: Need highest capacity
(SATA), best performance with hard
disk drives (SAS), or maximum
performance (SSD)
DS2246: Need blend of
performance and storage density
(2.5 SAS)
WHERE TO GO FOR MORE
INFORMATION
Use the NetApp Field Portal to access
Storage Media sales tools and more:
Datasheet
Customer and sales presentations
Competitive one-pagers
FAQs
Contacts:
Mark Woods, Product Marketing
Manager
Andrew Chen, Product Manager

Why NetApp?
Greater consolidation breadth
Unified scale-up/out architecture; Unified Connect
Massive capacity range and expanded I/O
Higher performance and scalability
Flash Cache and WAFL
Expanded I/O
More flexible, efficient and economical
Unified scale-up/out architecture
Comprehensive data reduction technologies
Ultra-dense and power-efficient packaging
Better data protection and recoverability
Deep application affinity ( available with SnapSuite)
More highly available with greater access to data
Greater than 5-9s uptime
Frame-array-class availability features
Proactive reporting, autonomic subsystems
More modern and future-ready
Unified scale-up/out architecture; Unified Connect
Service-catalog management, SLA-based automation
Deep integration of physical, virtual, service environments
Secure multi-tenant

EMC
EMC
CLARiiON Celerra

HP EVA IBM
DS5000

Dell Eql.
PS6000

HDS AMS
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STANDARD AND OPTIONAL SOFTWARE

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