Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server

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The Cisco UCS^® S3260 Storage Server is a modular dual node x86 server designed for investment protection. Its architectural flexibility provides high performance or high capacity for your data intensive workloads. Combined with UCS Manager, customers users can easily deploy storage capacity from Terabytes to Petabytes within minutes.

Features and Capabilities

The Cisco UCS S3260 helps you achieve the highest levels of performance and capacity. With dual-node capability that is based on the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors or Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 series, it features up to 720 TB of local storage in a compact 4-rack-unit (4 RU) form factor. The drives can be configured with enterprise-class Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) redundancy or as JBOD in pass-through mode. Network connectivity provided with dual port 40 G per server nodes with expanded unified I/O capabilities for connectivity between NAS and SAN environments. This high-capacity storage server comfortably fits in a standard 32 inch depth rack, such as the Cisco R42612 Rack.

Specifications at a Glance

• Dual two-socket server nodes based on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors or Intel E5-2600 v4 CPUs with up to 44 cores per server node
• Up to 1.5 TB of DDR4 memory per server node (3 TB total)
• Support for high performance NVMe and Flash Memory
• Massive 960 TB data storage capacity that easily scales to Petabytes with UCS Manager
• Policy driven storage management framework for zero-touch capacity on demand
• Dual-port 40 Gbps System I/O Controllers with Cisco VIC 1300 Series Embedded Chip
• Unified I/O for Ethernet or Fiber Channel to existing NAS or SAN storage environments
• Support for Cisco BIDI transceivers, 40 Gbps connectivity over existing 10 Gbps cabling infrastructure