EMC VNX Series Unified Storage Systems

EMC VNX Series Comparison Matrix

Compare with the EMC VNXe3150 & VNXe3300 Products

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EMC VNX replaces CLARiiON CX4 and Celerra

The VNX series is a member of the VNX family and is EMC’s next-generation mid tier unified storage platform, combining all the benefits of Celerra and CLARiiON into a single product line. Designed for mid tier-to-enterprise storage environments that require advanced features, flexibility, and configurability, the VNX series provides significant advances in simplicity, efficiency, and performance. The table below shows the different VNX series products and what they replace.

The VNX Series combines the benefits of Celerra and CLARiiON products into a single product line. Restrictions apply when particular VNX Models are integrated with older Celerra and CLARiion CX products. Most of these restrictions revolve around the array based data protection methods such as MirrorView and RecoverPoint. Contact Storage Networks to learn of any restrictions that you may encounter when integrating the VNX into your particular CX, CX3, CX4, or Celerra infrastructure.

VNX Series Relaces Clariion CX and Celerra Models
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VNX Class	Model Name	Attributes	Replaces these Products
7000	VNX7500	Maximum performance Maximum scale Maximum connectivity FAST* enabled	CLARiiON CX4-960 and Celerra NS-960
5000	VNX5700 VNX5500 VNX5300 VNX5100	Balanced performance High capacity and scaling FAST* enabled Non disruptive upgrades to a higher platform	CLARiiON CX4-480 and Celerra NS-480 CLARiiON CX4-240 CLARiiON CX4-120 and Celerra NS-120 CLARiiON AX4 (Fibre Channel)

* FAST is EMC’s Fully Automated Storage Tiering technology

Restrictions apply when particular VNX Models are integrated with older Celerra and CLARiion CX products. Most of these restrictions revolve around EMC array based data protection methods such as MirrorView and RecoverPoint. Contact Storage Networks to learn of any restrictions that you may encounter when integrating the VNX into your particular CX, CX3, CX4, or Celerra infrastructure.