Transition Guide for PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Series Arrays 
 
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The MD3200i series is positioned as an entry-level SAN array targeted at small and medium sized 
businesses, public education and local governments that have a need for networked storage but lack the 
financial resources to invest in a Fibre Channel SAN.  The MD3200i series can also be an ideal storage 
solution for larger organizations that require a lower cost networked storage solution that can be deployed 
in remote/departmental locations or as a second tier SAN in a more centralized location to provide storage 
for servers whose application value doesn’t justify the higher cost of connecting to a Fibre Channel SAN. 
The MD3200i series is mostly a PowerEdge-centric storage solution although it can support heterogeneous 
x86 servers.  The MD3200i series enjoys common hard disk drives with the servers and capacity expansion via 
the MD1200 and MD1220 drive enclosures. 
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