The IBM Storwize V7000 system

Get order out of your data chaos with Storwize V7000 Unified.

Easily integrate file and block storage with the new IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

With IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, your storage system can deliver consistently higher performance and support higher disk utilisation-without complexity. It can help your business analyse, adapt to, and improve application performance with an unmatched ease of use Storwize V7000 Unified is a powerful disk system designed for simplicity and rapid deployment. It offers virtual storage for greater efficiency and flexibility and enhancements normally found only in enterprise-level systems including:

Easily integrate file and block storage with the new Storwize V7000 Unified

Storwize V7000 Unified - the world’s most powerful midrange storage system - adds integrated file support
World class GUI that truly integrates and simplifies file and block management
Automatic, policy driven movement of files to the appropriate storage tier reduces cost and simplifies administration

Expect your storage to automatically analyse, adapt to, and improve application performance

Easy Tier for DS8000 and Storwize V7000, and IBM XIV Gen3 adapt to changing application and workload requirements -- with little or no administrator intervention
Easy Tier for DS8800 improves performance and eliminates the need for tuning with fully automated data placement across 3 storage tiers.

Always have the files you need – whenever you need them, wherever you are

IBM Active Cloud Engine allows data to move to the user. In other clouds, users have to chase their data.
Active Cloud Engine for Storwize V7000 Unified brings basic cloud capabilities to midrange storage users

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Easy

The IBM Storwize V7000 system simplifies storage management with a powerful, easy-to-use interface that can help organisations improve storage performance, efficiency, and utilisation rates while improving storage administrator productivity. The IBM Storwize V7000 system includes the following features for ease of use:

Preinstalled software
Simplified provisioning
Online data migration
Simplified remote mirroring
Simplified application performance tuning
Event monitoring

Fast

The IBM Storwize V7000 system helps organisations deploy solid-state storage confidently, effectively and economically. The IBM Storwize V7000 system provides the following performance features:

Multiple storage tiers
Performance management
Storage virtualisation
System Storage Easy Tier technology that provides automated storage tiering for SSD optimisation

Efficient

The IBM Storwize V7000 system integrates top IBM storage efficiency technologies into a modular design that simplifies the addition of more storage technologies. Greater efficiency translates into reduced energy costs, reduced administrative costs and less storage sprawl. The IBM Storwize V7000 system efficiency highlights include the following:

Storage virtualisation
Thin provisioning
Space-efficient FlashCopy
Cross-tier data migration, mirroring and FlashCopy
Storage resource management

Cost-effective

The IBM Storwize V7000 system has a dynamic, modular, compact design that sets a new standard for cost-effective midrange disk systems. Instead of buying a whole cabinet and then filling it with disk enclosures over time, the IBM Storwize V7000 system uses individual, modular components providing organisations with reduced space requirements and more flexibility. Capacity and functionality can be added as needed, over time and with less disruption than with traditional midrange disk systems.

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