Product comparison
Storage solutions design to provide high performance and low total cost of ownership.
| Product | Business use | Platform supported | Disk capacity | Storage management |
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IBM Storwise® V7000 Midrange Disk System  |
IBM Storwise® V7000 is a powerful midrange disk system that has been designed to be easy to use and enable rapid deployment without additional resources. Offers IBM storage virtualisation, SSD optimisation and "thin provisioning" technologies built in to improve storage utilisation and to enable the system to be reconfigured to meet changing needs quickly and easily. | For a current list of platforms supported, refer to the System Storage Interoperation Centre (US) | Up to 24 TB (using 2 TB near–line SAS disk drive modules) or up to 14 TB physical storage (using 600 GB SAS disk drive modules) per enclosure. Up to 9 expansion units | IBM Storwise V7000 Great integration with: IBM Systems Director Storage Control IBM Tivoli Storage |
IBM System Storage DS3400 Express  |
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. | System x™, System p™ BladeCenter® and select third-party servers | 28.8TB (using 3 EXP3000s and 600GB SAS disks) 96.0TB (using 3 EXP3000s and 2.0TB SATA disks) | DS3000 Storage Manager—no charge, included with system |
IBM System Storage DS3500 Express  |
IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6GBps host interface and drive technology in the IBM System Storage® DS3500 Express®. With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to System x® servers, BladeCenter® and Power Systems™. Offering substantial improvements at a price that will fit most budgets, the DS3500 delivers superior price to performance ratios, functionality, scalability and ease of use for the entry-level storage user. | Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux® and VMware. For a current list of platforms supported, please visit the IBM System Storage Interoperation Centre (SSIC) (US). | 192TB (fully configured DS3500 storage system with seven EXP3512 expansion units) | IBM DS Storage Manager |
IBM System Storage DS5020 Express 
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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. | Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux,and VMware. For a current list of platforms supported, please visit SSIC (US) | Model 20A: 112 FC or 112 SATA drives (using 6 EXP520 Expansion Units) | IBM System Storage DS; Storage Manager version 10.xx |
IBM System Storage EXP2500 Express
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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. | For ServeRAID compatibility information, refer to the following:
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36 TB per enclosure (using SAS NL 3.5 in. HDD), and up to 648 TB attaching 18 enclosures to one ServeRAID | MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) |
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Entry Edition 
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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. | 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). | Maximum number of disk drives increased from 60 to 250 (regardless of size) | 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. |
