The Symmetrix 8000 series delivers the high-end performance, availability, and scalable capacity you need to meet rising service levels - at a remarkably cost-effective price. The proven 8000 series offers an ideal solution for customers seeking to leverage investments in Symmetrix 5000 or 3000 series systems.EMC's advanced cache technology dramatically reduces cache queuing and storage system latency via advanced arbitration, buffering, and contention-eliminating routines, so you can meet ever-increasing application demands.Concurrent multi-host support for the widest range of open systems and mainframe platforms and operating systems in the industry, with Ultra/Ultra2 SCSI, ESCON, FICON, and Fibre Channel (FC-AL or FC-SW) interfaces. Connect storage from virtually all UNIX, Windows2000/NT, Linux, mainframe, PC LAN, and AS/400 servers.Advanced Symmetrix high-availability features include full redundancy of data paths, disk, channel, and global cache directors; redundant power supplies with full system battery backup, and more. And as always, EMC Symmetrix networked storage sets the availability standard with continuous monitoring, integrity checking, fault isolation, and "phone-home" remote diagnostics.The 8000 series is available with the most advanced, time-tested business continuity software in the industry - with tens of thousands of implementations in some of the world's most risk-intolerant environments. Business continuity solutions include Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), EMC TimeFinder, and more.EMC's full suite of advanced storage management software, fully compatible across all Symmetrix systems. And, the 8000 series features the advanced availability and performance-boosting capabilities of Enginuity, the most robust, stable, and thoroughly proven storage operating system on the market.