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Dell MD3800F Controller*2 4G 16GB/s SFP*4 Cable*4 12*Drive Bays
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Dell MD3800F Controller*2 4G 16GB/s SFP*4 Cable*4 12*Drive Bays is a high-performance SAN storage system featuring dual controllers and 12 drive bays that support SATA, SAS, SSD, and NVMe drive types, with a total capacity of up to 512 TB. It delivers robust data protection by offering RAID levels including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 and is powered by Intel Xeon processors with 4 cores and 16 GB of pre-installed memory, upgradeable to 64 GB.
Designed for demanding environments, the system provides reliable connectivity with 16GB/s SFP ports, USB 3.0 interfaces, and Fibre Channel support, along with expansion options to boost performance and scalability. Its redundant power supply and active cooling ensure continuous operation, making it ideally suited for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications.
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Scenario: A multinational manufacturing firm deploys a 500-seat VMware Horizon VDI across three global sites using Dell MD3800F (dual controllers, four 16 Gb/s SFP+ ports, four Fibre Channel cables, 12-bay drive chassis). Benefit: Delivers 20,000 IOPS at sub-millisecond latency, maintains 99.99% availability with automated failover, reduces storage-related downtime by 80% and lowers TCO by 15%.
Scenario: A financial services firm consolidates ten mission-critical Oracle and SQL Server databases onto a single SAN leveraging Dell MD3800F controllers with four 16 Gb/s SFP+ links and dual-controller redundancy. Benefit: Achieves sustained throughput of 3 GB/s and sub-500 µs response times during peak trading, simplifies storage provisioning with automated tiering, and cuts database management overhead by 30%.
Scenario: A regional healthcare provider implements nightly replication of electronic health records over 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel using Dell MD3800F (dual controllers, 12-bay 10 TB array) to a remote DR facility. Benefit: Shrinks backup window from 8 to 4 hours, meets a sub-1 hour RPO and under-2 hour RTO, ensures HIPAA compliance and uninterrupted patient care.
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| Dell MD3800F Controller*2 4G 16GB/s SFP*4 Cable*4 12*Drive Bays |  Dell MD3800F Controller*1 8G 16GB/s SFP*2 Cable*2 12*Drive Bays |  Dell MD3820F Controller*1 4G 16GB/s SFP*2 Cable*2 24*Drive Bays |  Dell MD3820I Dual 8G Cache Controller, No hdd, 24 SFF, 10G iSCSI, 600W RPS |  Dell MD3800F Controller*2 8G 16GB/s SFP*4 Cabel*4 12*Drive Bays | |
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| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 12-bay | 24-bay | 24-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD | SAS HDD / SATA SSD | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 / JBOD | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 / JBOD | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | DDR3 | ECC DDR4 | DDR3 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel | 10GbE | Fibre Channel |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Active | Active | Active | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Snapshot Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Cloud Sync Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Virtualization Ready | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iSCSI Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Surveillance Support | No | No | No | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Dell MD3800F Controller*2 4G 16GB/s SFP*4 Cable*4 12*Drive Bays | Dell MD3800F Controller*1 8G 16GB/s SFP*2 Cable*2 12*Drive Bays | Dell MD3820F Controller*1 4G 16GB/s SFP*2 Cable*2 24*Drive Bays | Dell MD3820I Dual 8G Cache Controller, No hdd, 24 SFF, 10G iSCSI, 600W RPS | Dell MD3800F Controller*2 8G 16GB/s SFP*4 Cabel*4 12*Drive Bays |
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