The EMC CLARiiON CX400 is a sixth-generation, full Fiber Channel networked storage system that delivers the highest bandwidth and throughput in its class - at the lowest price. A member of the EMC CLARiiON CX series, the CX400 packs all the data integrity and availability features of the CX600 into a mid-size solution. Add proven, common hardware components, identical software functionality, modular architecture, and the EMC FLARE operating environment - and you've got a compact storage system that's big on power, small on price.The CX400 offers the highest bandwidth of any product in its class. With four, full 2Gb front- and back-ends and throughput rates of 680 MB/s, the CX400 streams graphics, video, and other applications fast - to anywhere in your organization. With the CX400, you can grow as big as you want, as fast as you need. Start with the minimum system and expand capacity and capabilities as necessary. You can even transform a CX400 into a CX600 with a "data-in-place" upgrade. No risky data movement. No data loss. The CX400 was designed from the ground up to simplify consolidation for UNIX, Windows, and NetWare environments. It supports direct attachment to single or multiple heterogeneous hosts with a variety of operating systems, leading cluster environments, and storage area networks (SANs) - so you can get your information to anyone, anywhere, any time.