EMC Celerra Systems: How They Compare

	EMC Celerra Unified Storage Platforms	EMC Celerra Gateway Platforms
Applications profile	Distributed file server environments with specific performance, availability, and scalability requirements in a unified storage environment with optional SAN access.	Environments with existing SAN infrastructure, growing deployments of file servers, and specific multiprotocol performance, availability, and scalability requirements.
NAS servers	NX4 1 or 2 X-Blades NS-120 1 or 2 X-Blades NS-480 2 or 4 X-Blades NS-960 2 to 8 X-Blades	NS-G2 1 or 2 X-Blades NS-G8 2 to 8 X-Blades
Packaging	Unified storage solution with up to 8 X-Blades and EMC CLARiiON storage	Gateway solution with up to 8 X-Blades
Number of control stations	1 (1-2 for NS-960)	1 (1-2 for NS-G8)
Maximum storage capacities	NX4 Up to 32 TB usable (16 TB maximum per active X-Blade), SAS and SATA drives Up to 60 drives raw capacity NS-120 Up to 64 TB usable (32 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives Up to 120 drives raw capacity NS-480 Up to 192 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives Up to 480 drives raw capacity NS-960 Up to 740 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives Up to 960 drives raw capacity	NS-G2 Up to 128 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives Up to 256 TB raw capacity based on RAID 1 configuration NS-G8 Up to 896 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives Up to 1.8 PB raw capacity based on RAID 1 configuration
Network access	NX4 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade Optional: 4 Fibre Channel ports (2 per back-end SP) NS-120 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade Optional: 8 Fibre Channel ports (4 per back-end SP) NS-480 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade Optional: 8 Fibre Channel ports (4 per back-end SP) NS-960 6 UltraFlex IO slots per X-Blade* Optional: Up to 20 Fibre Channel ports (10 per back-end SP) * Slot can contain either quad 10/100/1000, dual GigE Optical + dual 10/100/1000, or single 10GigE Port	NS-G2 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade NS-G8 6 UltraFlex IO slots per X-Blade* * Slot can contain either quad 10/100/1000, dual GigE Optical + dual 10/100/1000, or single 10GigE Port
Network protocols	NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS (SMB 1 and SMB 2), FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, MPFS, Fibre Channel Option	NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS (SMB 1 and SMB 2), FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, MPFS
Operating environments	UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)	UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)
Software	EMC Celerra Event Enabler (Anti-Virus and Event Publishing) EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management EMC Celerra Data Deduplication EMC Celerra Replicator EMC Celerra SnapSure EMC Celerra FileMover EMC Celerra File Level Retention (Enterprise and Compliance options) EMC Celerra MPFS	EMC Celerra Event Enabler (Anti-Virus and Event Publishing) EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management EMC Celerra Data Deduplication EMC Celerra Replicator EMC Celerra SnapSure EMC Celerra FileMover EMC Celerra File Level Retention (Enterprise and Compliance options) EMC Celerra MPFS
Management options	EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)	EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)