IBM PureFlex System Storage

Specifications  
Host interface
  • SAN-attached 8 Gbps Fiber Channel (FC), 1 Gbps iSCSI and optional 10 Gbps iSCSI
  • NAS-attached 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps Ethernet
User interface
  • Graphical user interface (GUI)
Supported drives 3.5-inch disk drives:
  • 2 TB, 3 TB 3.5 in. 7.2k Near-Line SAS disk
  • 2.5-inch disk drives:
  • 146 GB, 300 GB 2.5 in. 15k SAS disk
  • 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB, 900 GB 2.5 in.10k SAS disk
  • 200 GB, 300 GB, 400 GB 2.5 in. E-MLC (enterprise-grade multilevel cell) solid state drive (SSD)
  • 1 TB 2.5 in. 7.2k Near-Line SAS disk
RAID levels
  • RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10
Maximum drives supported
  • 240 per control enclosure; 480 per clustered system
Fans and power supplies
  • Fully redundant, hot swappable
Rack support  
Management software
  • Storwize V7000 Unified software
Cache per controller/control enclosure/clustered system
  • 8 GB/16 GB/32 GB
Advanced features included with each system
  • System Storage Easy Tier, FlashCopy, thin provisioning
Additional available advanced features
  • Remote mirroring, external virtualization unified storage, IBM FlashCopy® Manager, IBM Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center Select, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack®, IBM Systems Director, IBM Active Cloud Engine™
Warranty Hardware:
  • 3 year limited warranty
  • Customer replaceable units
  • On-site service
  • Next Business Day 9×5
  • Service upgrades available
Software:
  • Software Maintenance Agreement available
Replication services FlashCopy, FlashCopy Manager, Metro Mirror (Synchronous), Global Mirror (Asynchronous), local and asynchronous remote file-based replication
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