Mid-size, maximum functionality.

EMC CLARiiON CX500 networked storage system, designed for demanding application environments, delivers the advanced functionality of the top-of-the-line EMC CLARiiON CX700—in a mid-sized solution. The CX500 scales up to 38 TBs capacity in just 25U of rack space. And with flexible configuration options, you can deploy a mix of high-performance Fibre Channel and cost-effective ATA drives to meet your requirements.

CX500: Reliability, scalability, extensive connectivity.

Based on a proven seventh-generation architecture, the CX500 delivers industry-leading availability and reliability. As the foundation to your Fibre Channel SAN, the CX500 scales to support up to 128 dual-connected hosts to meet the needs of your most demanding applications.

For mid-size environments that require a simple, cost-effective solution, the EMC CLARiiON CX500i networked storage system offers the economy and familiarity of IP networking through iSCSI host or fabric connectivity.

Simple management and high-end functionality.

With the CX500, you get all the advanced software functionality you need to ensure that your storage infrastructure is managed efficiently, always highly available—and protected from the unexpected:

• Easily discover, configure, manage, and monitor all aspects of your CLARiiON system with the EMC Navisphere Management Suite.
• Increase application availability while reducing backup windows with EMC SnapView.
• Ensure information is protected from system and site failures with EMC MirrorView.
• Provide high-speed data mobility between CLARiiON CX series and other supported storage systems with EMC SAN Copy.
• New Virtual LUN technology offers non-disruptive migration of volumes within the CLARiiON CX500—for increased capacity and performance.
• And online LUN expansion is available to maintain application availability when adding capacity to your CLARiiON CX500 system.

CLARiiON CX500

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