| Distributed highly paralleled architecture |
- Provides excellent hotspot-free consistent performance with self-tuning through full exploitation of system resources, including disks, RAM, central processing units (CPUs), cache, optional SSD caching and switches, combined with unique caching algorithms
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| Active-active with N+1 redundancy |
- Ensures highest levels of reliability with redundancy of all system components and through rapid rebuild times. Also: UPS hardware protection, redundant power supply and fans; concurrent multipath host connectivity support; remote mirroring between models of different generations; non-disruptive code, hardware, and firmware upgrades
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| Easy storage management |
- Dramatically reduces storage administration and overhead by virtualizing storage, automating balancing, capacity utilization, and complex tasks. Features future support of IPv6*, a highly intuitive GUI, centralized administration of up to 81 systems, powerful CLI, and management tools. The IBM XIV Mobile Dashboard brings unprecedented flexibility with anytime performance and capacity monitoring from the Apple iPhone® and Apple iPad®
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| Wide host and application interoperability |
Multiplatform support including:
- OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - 2008, IBM AIX, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM iSeries (via ViOS)
- Server virtualization platforms: VMware ESX/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and IBM PowerVM
- Storage virtualization platforms such as: IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM ViOS
- Databases such as: Oracle (9i-11g), IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, MySQL
- Enterprise applications such as: Oracle BI, Oracle EBS, SAP, SAS, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SharePoint
- Storage management platforms: IBM Tivoli and Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation
- Archive de-duplication: ProtecTIER
Support for multipathing with Symantec Veritas and operating system native multipathing drivers and for clusters with Symantec Veritas and operating system native clustering |
| Linear scaling |
- Fully scalable in all key elements, including disk capacity, interfaces, cache, SSD caching (optional), CPU power, and internal bandwidth, enabling system performance to grow proportionally to capacity; XIV automatic load balancing immediately acts to incorporate the new modules in the system-wide data distribution scheme.
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