Used Refurbished IBM DS4800 1815-88A (16GB Cache) System Storage SAN Controller

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Refurbished IBM 1815-88A (16GB Cache) System Storage DS4800 SAN Controller

  • Support for RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, and 10
  • No internal slots, drives attached via Expansion Units
  • Up to 168TB configurations (Fibre Channel and/or SATA disk modules)
  • Support for up to 14x EXP810 (or EXP710/EXP100) Storage Expansion Units
  • Auto-negotiation of 4, 2, or 1 Gbps FC speeds
  • 16GB of cache (8GB per controller)
  • 8x 4 Gbps FC host ports (four ports per controller) for connections to SAN fabric, or directly to host servers
  • Our refurbished 1815-88A DS4800 systems are tested, configured, and guaranteed for IBM maintenance

Expansion Units

1812-81A EXP810

Drive Options

5221 (39M4586) 73.4GB 10K RPM 2GBPS FC Disk
5222 (39M4590) 146GB 10K RPM 2GBPS FC Disk
5223 (39M4594) 300GB 10K RPM 2GBPS FC Disk
5413 (40K6816) 73.4GB 15K RPM 4GBPS FC Disk
5414 (40K6820) 146.8GB 15K RPM 4GBPS FC Disk
5415 (42D0410) 300GB 15K RPM 4GBPS FC Disk
5416 (44X2450) 450GB 15K RPM 4GBPS FC Disk
5417 (59Y5460) 600GB 15K RPM 4GBPS FC Disk
4610 (39M4554) 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA Disk
4615 (43W9714) 750GB 7.2K RPM SATA Disk
4618 (44X2458) 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA II E-DDM
4620 (59Y5536) 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA II E-DDM