Features Dell Storage NX3230

Operating system Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2016 Standard Edition

File access protocols CIFS, NFS, FTP, SMB3.0, SMB Direct (RDMA)

Block access protocols Microsoft iSCSI target

Form factor 2U rack-mount system

Processors Intel® Xeon® E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz, 15M cache, 85W or Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz, 20M cache, 85W

Number of drives Up to 12 x 3.5” drives for a total of 120TB using 10TB NL-SAS HDDs

Drive types and capacities

SATA 7.2K RPM: 2TB, 4TB

NL-SAS 7.2K RPM: 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB

SAS 10K RPM: 600GB, 1.2TB

SAS 15K RPM: 600GB

External expansion PowerVault™, PS Series and SC Series controllers and arrays

RAID Standard options: OS HDDs (on rear 2.5” HDDs) is always RAID1. Data HDDs can be configured from factory in RAID5 or RAID6

(minimum 4 HDDs). The internal PERC can support additional customer configurable RAID options.

Custom options: As supported by internal PERC H730 (0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60)

Controller: PERC H730 (internal HDDs)

Chassis dimensions

H: 8.73 cm (3.44 in.) x W: 44.40 cm (17.49 in.) x D (excludes bezel): 68.40 cm (26.92 in.). Maximum weight: 27.6 kg (60.84 lb)

Power Redundant and non-redundant hot-plug 750W and 1100W PSU options

Fans Standard redundant cooling

Availability Hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant power, hot-plug redundant cooling, ECC memory

Management Dell OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console or Windows Server Management interface iDRAC8 Express or Enterprise

Data protection

features Replication (DFS-R), Snapshots (VSS)

Rack support ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled

mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional toolless cable management arm

Slots Six PCIe 3.0 slots (four with x16 bandwidth and two with x8 bandwidth)