Storage

Symmetrix Models

Generation	Models	Production years	Disks (Max)	Memory (Max)
Symm2	4000, 4400, 4800	1998	24
Symm3	3100, 3200, 3500	1990	32 / 96 / 128	4 GB
Symm 4.0	3330/5330, 3430/5430, 3700/5700	1990-ths	32 / 96 / 128	8 GB / 16 GB
Symm 4.8	3630/5630, 3830/5830, 3930/5930	1990-ths	32 / 96 / 256 / 384	8 GB / 16 GB
Symm 5.0	8430, 8730	2000-ths	96 / 384	32 GB
Symm 5.5	8230, 8530, 8830	2000-ths	48 / 96 / 384	32 GB
DMX, DMX2	DMX-1000, DMX-2000, DMX-3000	2003	144 / /
DMX3, DMX4	1500, 2500, 3500, 4500	2005	240 / 960 / 1440 / 2400	64 / 144 / 216 / 256 GB
VMAX	VMAX, VMAX-SE, VMAX 10K, VMAX 20K, VMAX 40K	2009+	1080 / 2400	512 / 1024 / 2048 GB

Symmetrix Features

• TimeFinder, TimeFinder/Clone -- Local Replication
• SRDF ("Symmetrix Remode Data Facility") -- Remote Replication
• Symmetrix Optimizer -- Dynamical swap disks based on workload
• SymmCli, "Solution Enabler" -- Symmetrix command line interface
• SymmWin, Eguinuty -- Symmetrix GUI console (since Symm3, Symm4 models)
• AnatMain -- Symmetrix Pseudo-GUI console (before Symm 3, Symm4 models)
• SymmRemote -- Symmetrix remote console
• FAST -- Fully automated storage tiering
• FTS -- Federated tiered storage