Dell Compellent SC280 Specifications

Dell Compellent SC280 Dense Enclosure

High capacity, cost-optimized storage for your data center

Store more data, increase eciency, and help
reduce the cost of storage per terabyte with the
Dell™ Compellent™ SC280 dense enclosure — the
densest storage enclosure from any major storage
vendor in its class.1 Multiple SC280 and two Storage
Center™ systems can scale to provide a 2PB SAN
and NAS solution in a single 48U rack. Plus, Dell
Compellent can help you tier data from high­performance, ash-optimized storage to the high­capacity, cost-optimized SC280 enclosure, all within
a single array.

Eciency that drives your data center

The high-density Dell Compellent SC280 enclosure
is up to 2.8 times denser than traditional 2U 3.5”
disk-drive enclosure solutions, oering 67.2TB
of storage per rack unit. Easily increase storage
capacity for your Dell Compellent Storage Center
SAN and Compellent FS8600 NAS environments
with the scalable SC280 enclosure, and optimize
your IT budget. The SC280 is equipped with spare
drives to help ensure business continuity as part of
a resilient, highly available solution that’s backed by
industry-leading support. Compellent’s automated
tiering technology places less frequently accessed
data on the cost- and space-ecient SC280
enclosure to help you lower your infrastructure
costs without compromising the performance of
your frequently accessed data storage.

Designed for extreme density

The SC280 provides extreme density within a small
footprint enclosure, and has the best rack unit
density of any major storage solution. The dense
form factor of the SC280 helps reduce operating
expenses by storing up to 336TB in a 5U footprint
to help maximize oor space utilization in your data
center. The SC280 has two power supplies, ve
hot-swappable fans for power and cooling, and
redundant hot-swappable 6Gb SAS I/O modules for
availability. With a two-drawer drive bay design, with
each drawer holding up to 42 hot-swappable drives,
the enclosure oers two congurations for its 4TB

7.2K SAS HDDs — either partially populated with 42
drives or fully populated with 84 drives.

Scale on demand

Deploying and managing your data center is
challenging — the sheer amount of data that has
to be stored, backed up and archived is growing
exponentially. As an all-in-one, fast-write bulk
storage solution, the SC280 provides an ideal
solution for your large-scale enterprise and
co-location deployments, as well as le workows
including radiology, life sciences and media archival.
You can have two SC280 enclosures per loop,
ve enclosures per Storage Center system with
400 active drives, and up to 1.6PB of raw capacity.
The SC280 enclosure is compatible with the Dell
Compellent SC200, SC220 and Flash-optimized
solutions2. Address your data center growth
challenges with the ultra-dense Compellent
SC280 enclosure to provide high-capacity,
low-cost storage for your SAN and NAS unied
storage requirements.

Maximize data center

oor space and reduce

operating expenses

by storing up to

336TB in the 5U Dell

Compellent SC280

dense enclosure.

Feature Compellent SC280 technical specication

Controller hardware

Software

Scalability

Capacity

Drives

Height

Width

Depth

Weight

Power/wattage

Heat dissipation

Voltage

Frequency

Amperage

Dell Compellent SC8000

Dell Compellent Storage Center 6.4 or later

Can hold either 84 or 42 SAS HDD 3.5” 4TB drives per enclosure

Up to 336TB per 5U enclosure

SAS HDD 3.5” 4TB drives

22.230 cm (8.8 in)

48.260 cm (19 in)

91.44 cm (36 in)

130.7 kg (287.5 lb) maximum conguration

Two 2184W hot-swappable power supplies; 1800W maximum power

6,143 BTU/hr maximum (ve hot-swappable fans)

208-240 VAC

50/60Hz

7.4 A at 241V maximum current

Operating temperature

1

Based on February 2013 internal Dell analysis comparing SC280 to comparable 2U 3.5” disk drive enclosures

5˚C to 35˚C (41˚F to 95˚F)

(ad#G13001371).

2

Two SC280 enclosures are supported on the same I/O chain/loop. SC200 and SC220 enclosures can be connected to the

same 6Gb SAS I/O card in the controller as an SC280, but must be on a dierent chain/loop.

Global services and support

Dell Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs, and eliminate ineciencies by making IT and business
solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team delivers distinctive capabilities, including Copilot support
and optimization as well as full data migration solutions to facilitate consolidation from multiple le systems. Dell
takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment and business objectives while
using established delivery methods, local talent and in-depth domain knowledge to help lower your total cost of
ownership.

Dynamically unify your data center. Visit Dell.com/Compellent.

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August 2013