I have had many engineers and customers ask me about the basic differences on DMX and DMX2 machines. Based on some data I had put together a while back, here are the major differences on a DMXxxxx vs a DMXxxxx-P2 vs a DMXxxxx-M2-3, etc. 

The number of drives per loop: the lesser the drives on a single loop the better the performance. There are two different versions of drives per loop: one being the 9 drives per loop and the other one being 18 drives per loop. 

Following are all 18 drives per loop

DMX1000:   

Low Performance, 
1st Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Single Bay with Single Phase power, 
144 drives max. 

DMX1000-M2:           
High Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Single Bay with Single Phase power, 
144 drives max.

DMX2000:                 
Low Performance, 
1st Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Dual Bay with Single Phase power, 
288 drives max. 

DMX2000-M2:           
High Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Dual Bay with Single Phase power, 
288 drives max.

DMX2000-M2-3:        
High Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Dual Bay with Three Phase power, 
288 drives max. 

DMX3000-3:              
Low Performance,  
1st Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Triple Bay with Three Phase power, 
576 drives max . 

DMX3000-M2-3:        
High Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
18 drives per loop, 
Triple Bay with Three Phase power, 
576 drives max.

Following are all 9 drives per loop

DMX1000-P:              
Ultra Performance, 1st Generation DMX, 
9 drives per loop, 
Single Bay with Single Phase power, 
144 drives max. 

DMX1000-P2:            
Ultra Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
9 drives per loop, 
Single Bay with Single Phase power, 
144 drives max.

DMX2000-P:              
Ultra Performance, 
1st Generation DMX, 
9 drives per loop, 
Dual Bay with Single Phase power, 
288 drives max.

DMX2000-P2:            
Ultra Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
9 drives per loop, 
Dual Bay with Single Phase power, 
288 drives max. 

DMX2000-P2-3:         
Ultra Performance, 
2nd Generation DMX, 
9 drives per loop, 
Dual Bay with Three Phase power, 
288 drives max. 

Machines are categorized as a DMX and DMX2, The ones above with a P2 or M2 are DMX2. 

The new generation of DMX machine’s now available in the market are: DMX-3 and DMX-4. This blog article only talks about the DMX and the DMX2′s. 

Greetings from the gambling city of NJ: Atlantic City. 

A nice day here, pretty cold but full of beautiful Christmas lights around here……..

I had posted a blog about all the hardware components on a CX series Clariion, apparently didnt realize hadnt posted anything about a FC & IP series machines. 

Some of the famous Clariion FC and IP models are

FC4700, FC5700, FC5300, IP4700

There are various Components in an EMC Clariion FC series of machines that are FRUs. 

Disk Drives
DAE’s (Disk Array Enclosure)
SPE’s (Service Processor Enclosure)
LCC (Link Control Cards)
LCC Cables
DAE Power Supplies
SP (Service Processor)
Battery
SPE PS (SPE Power Supplies)

See how the DMX3 and DMX4 are compared side by side.