The CLARiiON CX700 networked storage system sets a new standard for the mid-tier with more processing power and higher bandwidth than competing products - at a more economical price.An ideal system for heavy database applications, the CX700 packs more cache, greater connectivity, higher performance, and 58.4 TB of raw capacity into a smaller, more economical package. So you get all the benefits of an advanced networked storage system at a lower total cost of ownership.With four 3GHz processors and eight back-end Fiber Channel disk ports, the CX700 offers more processing power and higher bandwidth than any competing product. And you get maximum scalability: the CX700 delivers linear disk scalability up to 240 drives with cached performance of 200, 000 IOPs and 1520 MB/s.The CX700 comes with the full suite of advanced CLARiiON storage software - the most comprehensive in the industry, including: simple, automated Web-based management through the EMC Navisphere Management Suite. Array-based local replication with SnapView software. Business continuity protection with synchronous and asynchronous remote mirroring via MirrorView. Enhanced capacity with metaLUN provisioning and multi-array management. And dynamic load balancing and I/O failover with PowerPath software.The CX700 was designed to simplify storage consolidation by providing simultaneous support for up to 256 HA hosts. The CX700 is qualified with the most popular server operating environments - including Windows, UNIX, Linux, and NetWare platforms - and is highly flexible to run in SAN, NAS, DAS, and iSCSI environments.Reduce backup/restore from hours to seconds - and keep more information online - with low-cost ATA drives. With the CX700, you can mix ATA and Fibre Channel drives in the same array - with 100-percent software compatibility - for superior performance and data availability over tape.