| Product | XServe G5 Server and XServe RAID Array | EMC NetWin 110 and Clariion AX100 | Snap Server 4500 1TB | Sun StorEdge 5210 |
| Company | Apple | EMC | Adaptec | Sun |
| Phone | 133 622 | 02 9922 7888 | (02) 8875 7874 | 1 800 628 193 |
| Web site | www.apple.com.au | www.australia.emc.com | www.adaptec.com | www.sun.com |
| RRP inc GST as tested | AU$30,224 | AU$32,207 | AU$7,299 | AU$21,756 |
| RRP inc GST in 1TB configuration | Xserve G5 server 1.2TB of storage -- AU$10,274 1TB useable in the Xserve RAID connected to the Xserve -- AU$18,224 | AU$32,207 | AU$7,299 | AU$40,361 inc GST |
| Form factor | Xserve G5 Server 1U Xserve RAID Array 3U |
NetWin 110 (Server) 1U Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) 2U APC SmartUPS 750 (UPS) 1U EMC 3250 VL2E Fibre Channel switch 1U |
1U | 2U |
| Number of drive bays occupied/free | 14 / 0 | 3/9 or 4/8 | 4 / 0 | 6 / 0 |
| Hot-swap drive bays | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Drive Type and model | Hitachi Deskstar 400GB ATA | Maxtor Maxline Plus II 250GB SATA/150 | Maxtor Maxline Plus II 250GB ATA/133 | Hitachi DK32EJ-14NC 146GB Ultra SCSI 320 |
| Drive RPM | 7200 | 7200 | 7200 | 10000 |
| Disk connectivity | ATA | SATA | PATA | Ul,tra SCSI 320 PCI-X controller card |
| Tested array size / maximum supported by NAS/storage array (internal) | 5.6TB (total of 14x400GB). | 1TB useable up to 3TB (raw) | 4500 supplied as RAID 5, 4 x 250GB = 750GB capacity / 4 x 400GB = 1.2tb capacity | 560GB (with 140GB hot spare) / 560GB |
| External storage array support | Multiple Xserve RAID arrays can be configured as a single, dynamic SAN volume using Xsan software for Mac OS X. Currently the largest single volume supported with Xsan is 16TB. | Directly attached 1xAX100 per NetWin 110 server for a total of 3TB (raw). NetWin110 attached to switch then multiple AX100 per NetWin NAS Gateway. | Up to two "Snap Disk 10" storage arrays can be attached each 1U with 4 drive bays and 1.2TB total capacity | Up to three Expansion units can be attached each with 12 drives for a total of 42 drives and 6.1 TB unconfigured. |
| RAID types supported | 0, 1, 3, 5, 0+1 | 5 | 0, 1, 5 (with global hot spare support) | Hardware RAID 5 only |
| Ethernet (number of ports and speed) | Xserve G5 Server: Two gigabit ports Xserve RAID Array: two 10/100TX for management (file sharing or general data access is done via the server gigabit ports) |
NetWin 110 (Server) 1 x 1Gb & 1 x 100TX (maintenance port) Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) 2 x 1Gb & 2 x 100TX (maintenance ports) |
Two 10/100/1000 ports | Two 10/100/1000 ports (Copper or optical) |
| CPU/s | 2 X 2.3GHz G5 (64-bit) | NetWin 110 (Server) 2.4GHz P4 Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) P4 |
One 2.4GHz P4 | One 3.06GHz Xeon CPU - provision for a second CPU |
| Memory (standard/maximum) | 1GB/16GB (tested with 3GB) | NetWin 110 (Server) 1GB / 1GB Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) 512MB for single controller, 1GB for dual controller | 512MB / 3GB of DDR ECC | 4GB/4GB (6 slots with 2 free-future expansion TBA) |
| NAS OS | MAC OS X Server v10.3 | MS Storage Server 2003 (NetWin 110) | GuardianOS V 3.1.079 | StorEdge NAS OS, OS resides on flash disk |
| Redundant power supply | Xserve G5 Server: Single Xserve RAID Array: Dual redundant |
NetWin 110 (Server) NO Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) Yes 2 |
No, Single only | Dual redundant 500W power supplies |
| Network transport protocols supported | TCP/IP, AppleTalk | CIFS, NFS, TCP/IP | TCP/IP, UDP/IP, AppleTalk | TCP/IP, |
| Network file protocols supported | Macintosh (AFP, AppleTalk PAP), Windows (SMB/CIFS), UNIX and Linux (NFS, LPR/LPD), Internet (FTP, WebDAV) | NFS | MS CIFS/SMB, Unix NFS v2/3, Apple AFP 2.0, Web HTTP 1.1, FTP | MS CIFS/SMB, NetBIOS, NFS v2 & 3, FTP |
| Network block protocols supported | Full Fibre Channel block level support is included for SAN and DAS implementations. | AX100i - iSCSI support | iSCSI (target support) | ISCSI (available June 2005) |
| Network client types supported | Open Directory 2 (OpenLDAP, Kerberos, SASL). Windows, Red Hat Linux, MAC OS. | Mac, Unix (Solaris), Linux, Windows, Netware | Windows 95 through XP, Mac OS 8.x 9.x 10.x, Solaris 7 - 9, HP-UX 11, AIX 4.3.3, Red Hat 7.2 8.0 9.0 | Windows 95 through XP, Solaris 7 - 10, HP-UX, AIX , Red Hat |
| Server emulation | Win NT, OS X, NFS, FTP. | Active Directory Integrational, NTFS, Disk Quotas, VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Services), Exchange 2003 support | Windows NT 2000 2003, AppleShare 6.0, NFS v2/3, FTP | NFS v2/3, FTP |
| External Interfaces (eg iSCSI, Fibre Channel, etc) | Xserve G5 Server - dual port FC HBA Xserve RAID Array - two 2GB FC controllers |
NetWin 110 (Server) 1 x Fibre Channel Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) 4 x Fibre Channel (2 per controller) |
Ultra2 SCSI (backup interface) | 3 x Ultra SCSI 320, 3 USB |
| UPS support | Yes | NetWin 110 (Server) - No Clariion AX100 (Storage Array) - Yes |
Yes | Yes |
