Dell EMC NX3240 Network Attached Storage

Small and midsized businesses will find the Dell EMC NX3240 to be a powerful, reliable, easy-to-use storage appliance that enables efficient and adaptable data sharing. Based on the R740xd rack server, the NX3240 supports both file (SMB and NFS) and block (iSCSI) protocols, and is easily managed using the Microsoft server management interface (Server Manager) or Dell EMC’s iDRAC9.

Large businesses will appreciate the power and flexibility of the Dell EMC NX3340, a 1U gateway appliance based on PowerEdge R640 rack server. It provides built-in clustering and failover capabilities for high availability, can scale to 64 cluster nodes, and supports both file (SMB and NFS) and block (iSCSI) protocols. The NX3340 is typically deployed in a two-node cluster connected to one of Dell EMC SC or Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage arrays for DAS and SAN.

Features:

Storage-agnostic, block-level, synchronous replication between servers or clusters
Enhancements to Storage quality of service (QoS), data deduplication and ReFS
Preinstalled OS: Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2016 (Standard Edition)
Microsoft iSCSI target
Clustering capabilities when using the NX3340
Rail Kit to be ordered separately

Technical Specifications

Model	Dell EMC NX3240 2U rack-mount NAS
CPU	Intel Xeon Bronze 3204, 1.9G, 6C/6T, 8.25MB Cache or
Memory	16GB
File access protocols	CIFS, NFS, FTP, SMB3.0, SMB Direct (RDMA)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2016 Standard Edition
LAN	4x 1 Gbps Network card
Drive capacities	SATA (7.2K): 2TB, 4TB NL-SAS (7.2K): 4TB, 8TB, 8TB FIPS, 10TB, 12TB SAS (10K): 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.2TB FIPs, 1.8TB SAS (15K): 600GB
Block access protocols	Microsoft iSCSI target
Slots	Four PCIe 3.0 slots (four with x8 bandwidth)