IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node

Feature	Benefits
Integrated management with IBM Flex System Manager	Management of physical and virtual resources from an integrated, single point of management Advanced virtualization management, enabling automation and optimization for dynamic allocation of resources through policy-driven virtualized system pools Rapid deployment into existing data center environments
Dynamic migration	Migrate data from existing storage and between storage tiers without disruption to applications
IBM System Storage® Easy Tier®	Higher performance at lower cost by optimizing use of SSD and disk drives
Clustered systems	Enable growth from the smallest configurations up to systems with 960 drives while controlling costs
Thin provisioning	Supports business applications that need to grow dynamically, while consuming only the space actually used
IBM FlashCopy®	Creation of near-instant copies of active data that can be used for backup or for parallel processing activities, supporting backup for recovering corrupted data
IBM Real-time Compression	Improves efficiency by storing up to five times as much active primary data in the same physical disk space. By significantly reducing storage requirements, you can use the improved efficiency to reduce storage costs, or achieve a combination of greater capacity and reduced cost