Product comparison
Storage solutions design to provide high performance and low total cost of ownership.
| Business use | IBM Storwize V7000 and Storwize V7000 Unified are powerful disk systems that have been designed to be easy to use and to enable rapid deployment without additional resources. IBM storage virtualization, solid-state drive (SSD) optimization, unified storage, IBM Real-time Compression™ and thin provisioning technologies are built in to improve storage utilization and to enable the system to be reconfigured to meet changing needs quickly and easily |
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| Platform supported | For a current list of platforms supported, refer to the System Storage Interoperation Center |
| Disk Capacity | Up to 36 TB per enclosure (using 3 TB nearline SAS disk drive modules) or up to 24 TB physical storage per enclosure (using 1 TB nearline SAS disk drive modules) per enclosure; up to 9 expansion units |
| Storage management | Great integration with IBM Systems Director Storage Control, IBM Flex System Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager |
| Business use | An FC host-based storage solution which addresses the top concerns of businesses including managing the increasing demand for capacity, data availability and consolidated management. |
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| Platform supported | System x™, System p™ BladeCenter® and select third-party servers |
| Disk Capacity | 28.8TB (using 3 EXP3000s and 600GB SAS disks) 96.0TB (using 3 EXP3000s and 2.0TB SATA disks) |
| Storage management | DS3000 Storage Manager—no charge, included with system |
| Business use | IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6 gigabits per second host interface and drive technology in the IBM System Storage® DS3500 Express®. With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 Express is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to IBM System x® servers, IBM BladeCenter® and IBM Power Systems™. Offering substantial improvements at a price that fits most budgets, the DS3500 Express delivers superior price-to-performance ratios, functionality, scalability and ease of use for the entry-level storage user |
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| Platform supported | Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, VMware and Mac OS. For a current list of platforms supported, please visit the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) |
| Disk Capacity | 576 TB (DS3512 storage system with fifteen EXP3512) 192 TB (DS3524 storage system with seven EXP3524) 528 TB (DS3524 storage system with fourteen EXP3512) |
| Storage management | IBM DS Storage Manager |
| Business use | The IBM System Storage DS5020 Express Model supports a high-performance 8GBps capable Fibre Channel interface, designed for data-intensive applications that demand increased connectivity. DS5020 also supports the optional 1GBps iSCSI interface for less demanding applications and lower cost implementation. |
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| Platform supported | Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux,and VMware. For a current list of platforms supported, please visit SSIC |
| Disk Capacity | Model 20A: 112 FC or 112 SATA drives (using 6 EXP520 Expansion Units) |
| Storage management | IBM System Storage DS; Storage Manager version 10.xx |
| Business use | The IBM® System Storage® EXP2500 Express® is an external disk enclosure, ideal for organizations that must accommodate increasing data growth with flat IT budgets. EXP2500 Express is a scalable and robust solution designed to help support cost-effective data growth. |
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| Platform supported | For ServeRAID compatibility information, refer to the following:
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| Disk Capacity | 36 TB per enclosure (using SAS NL 3.5 in. HDD), and up to 648 TB attaching 18 enclosures to one ServeRAID |
| Storage management | MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) |
| Business use | SAN Volume Controller Entry Edition helps simplify management of your storage infrastructure and provides a single easy-to-use point of control even as your storage needs grow. In this way, SVC Entry Edition helps improve productivity of administration staff so you can manage your storage as your business grows. Through pooling of storage and advanced functions such as thin provisioning and snapshots, it also helps improve storage utilisation to improve your return on investment (ROI) and also to help control storage growth. |
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| Platform supported | SVC is compatible with a wide range of server and disk systems from IBM and other vendors. For the most current information, please see the detailed SVC interoperability information (US). |
| Disk Capacity | Maximum number of disk drives increased from 60 to 250 (regardless of size) |
| Storage management | Includes IBM System Storage Productivity Centre (SSPC) enabling end-to-end disk management on single screen. Complexity in the data centre is reduced through centralisation of management and elimination of auxiliary servers. |
