Setting Up Dl4300 Appliance; Introduction; Available Configurations - Dell DL4300 Deployment Manual

Setting up DL4300 Appliance

Introduction

The Dell DL4300 appliance is the latest generation of backup to disk protection appliance powered by
Dell AppAssure software. The appliance allows:
• Scalable storage capabilities to support organizations of any size
• Faster backups, as well as quicker recovery scenarios over conventional tape devices and backup
methodologies
• Optional deduplication capability
• Continuous data protection for data center and remote office servers
• Quick and easy deployment experience that reduces the time required to begin protecting critical
data
• Optional Fibre Channel configuration

Available configurations

The DL appliance comes in two configurations: Standard Edition and High Capacity Edition.
Table 1. DL4300 Standard Edition capacity configurations
Capacity
5 TB
10–20 TB
30–40 TB
50–60 TB
Table 2. DL4300 High Capacity Edition capacity configurations
Capacity
40 TB, 50 TB, 60 TB, 70 TB, 80 TB, 90 TB, 100 TB,
110 TB, and 120 TB
NOTE: Additional storage can be added through expansion shelves (Dell Storage MD1400).
Additional storage can be added to any model, however the Standard Edition has a maximum
capacity of 60 TB and the High Capacity Edition has a maximum capacity of 120 TB. Both editions
allow for up to a maximum of four expansion shelves.
Each configuration includes the following hardware and software:
Hardware Configuration
12 x 1 TB drives, 4 x 1 TB internal drives
12 x 2 TB drives, 4 x 2 TB internal drives
12 x 4 TB drives, 4 x 4 TB internal drives
12 x 6 TB drives, 4 x 6 TB internal drives
Hardware Configuration
12 x 6 TB drives, 4 x 6 TB internal drives
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