EMC today announced its next-generation product in its high-end Symmetrix storage line, the DMX-3. The new high-end system supports up to 960 disk drives and is expected to support more than 2,000 drives by the end of next year.The DMX-3 system can store up to one petabyte of data and features increased processing power, internal bandwidth and new mirrored memory technology. The system will also support low-cost Fibre Channel (LC-FC) disk drives that are expected to hit the market next year. “The new EMC Symmetrix DMX family delivers on the scalable design promise of the DMX architecture,” said David Donatelli, EMC executive vice president of storage platforms operations. “We introduced innovative new high-end software functionality last year and this new system can take advantage of all of our leading capabilities. This reduces costs for our customers in terms of hardware and software acquisition and maintenance and reduces operational and management expenses. We’re allowing customers to do more with less hardware, greatly enhancing total cost of ownership,” he said. The DMX-3 is not cheap. While EMC does not release prices on high-end systems, customers can expect to fork over six figures for the new system. EMC also announced two new data migration tools today. Open Migrator/LM is for users of Windows and Unix systems, while Logical Data Migration Facility (LDMF) is designed for mainframe users.Open Migrator/LM will ship in August and LDMF will hit the streets in September. DMX-3 will also be available in September. For more details, see our story here.