IBM Storwize V7000 and Storwize V7000 Unified Disk Systems

The most powerful and easy-to-use innovative disk systems in the storage marketplace

Host interface SAN-attached 8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI and optional 10 Gbps iSCSI/FCoE
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 7.2k nearline SAS disk
2.5-inch disk drives:
  • 146 GB, 300 GB 15k SAS disk
  • 300 GB, 600 GB, 900 GB 10k SAS disk
  • 200 GB, 400 GB E-MLC SSD
  • 1 TB 7.2k nearline SAS disk
RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10
Maximum drives supported 240 per control enclosure; 960 per clustered system
Fans and power supplies Fully redundant, hot-swappable
Rack support Standard 19 inch
Management software Storwize V7000 and Storwize V7000 Unified software
Cache per controller/control enclosure/clustered system 8 GB/16 GB/64 GB
Advanced features included with each system System Storage Easy Tier, FlashCopy, thin provisioning, Active Cloud Engine (Storwize V7000 Unified only)
Additional available advanced features Remote mirroring, external virtualization unified storage, FlashCopy Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Select, Tivoli Storage Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack®, IBM Systems Director, Flex System Manager, IBM Real-time Compression
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
Dimensions Control and expansion enclosures
  • Width: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
  • Depth: 630 mm (24.8 in.)
  • Height: 87.9 mm (3.46 in.)
File Modules
  • Width: 443 mm (17.5 in.)
  • Depth: 698 mm (27.5 in.)
  • Height: 85 mm (3.36 in.)
Weight 12-bay enclosures:
  • Drive-ready (without drive modules installed): 17.7 kg (37.6 lb)
  • Fully configured (12 drive modules installed): 27.2 kg (59.8 lb)
24-bay enclosures:
  • Drive-ready (without drive modules installed): 17.7 kg (37.6 lb)
  • Fully configured (24 drive modules installed): 25.2 kg (55.4 lb)
File modules
  • Maximum configuration: 29.6 kg (65 lb)
Supported systems For a list of currently supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN switches and directors, refer to the System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC).
ISV solutions For a list of high quality solutions with our partner ISVs, including access to solution briefs and white papers, refer to the ISV Solutions Resource Library.

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