The OceanStor 18000 V3 series storage systems are the new 
			benchmark for high-end storage, providing the best data services for 
			enterprise, mission-critical businesses.
			
			Scalable to 16 controllers, 16 TB of cache, and 27.6 PB total 
			capacity, the 18000 V3 system handles large-scale OLTP and OLAP 
			database applications with ease. The system’s 3 million SPC-1 IOPSTM 
			and extremely low latency give life to cloud computing applications.
			
			Available in 2 models for large-scale, data-intensive applications 
			in government, finance, telecommunications, power utilities, 
			transportation, and manufacturing industries.
			
| Specifications | OceanStor 18500 V3 | OceanStor 18800 V3 | 
| Max. Number of Controllers | 16 | |
| Max. Cache Size | 16 TB | |
| Supported Storage Protocols | Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI, InfiniBand, NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and FTP | |
| Port Types | 1 Gbit/s Ethernet, 10 Gbit/s FCoE, 10 Gbit/s TOE, 8/16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand and SAS 3.0 (back-end, 4 x 12 Gbit/s per port) | |
| Max. Number of Host Ports | 384 | |
| Max. Number of Disks | 6,400 (2.5-inch) or 3,072 (3.5-inch) | 9,600 (2.5-inch) or 4,608 (3.5-inch) | 
| Support for Computing Virtualization | Supported virtual machines: VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, and FushionSphere Value-added features related to virtual environments: support for VMware VAAI and integration of VSphere and VCenter | |
| Data Protection Software | HyperSnap (snapshot), HyperClone (clone), HyperCopy (copy), HyperMirror (volume mirroring), HyperReplication (remote replication), HyperLock (WORM), HyperMetro (active-active storage arrays), and HyperVault (integrated backup) | |
| Resource Efficiency Improvement | SmartQoS (intelligent QoS control), SmartPartition (intelligent cache partitioning), SmartCache (intelligent caching), SmartThin (intelligent thin provisioning), SmartMotion (intelligent data migration), SmartTier (intelligent storage tiering), SmartErase (intelligent data destruction), SmartMigration (intelligent LUN migration), SmartVirtualization (intelligent heterogeneous virtualization), SmartMulti-tenant (intelligent multi-tenant), SmartQuota (quota management), and SmartDedupe & SmartCompression (intelligent de-duplication and compression) | |
| Storage Management Software | UltraPath (multipathing management), ReplicationDirector (disaster recovery management software), DeviceManager (software to manage a single device), eSight (centralized O&M and management), and Cloud Service (remote maintenance and management) | |