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Product positioning Jana Jamsek, ATS Europe. DS8000. POWER6+ controllers (2-way and 4-way) 8 Gb/s host and device adapters 2.5” Enterprise SAS-2 drives 1056 drives in 3 racks Maximum 384 GB cache Total Resiliency Managing Tiered storage Connection to IBM i: Natively VIOS_NPIV
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DS8000 • POWER6+ controllers (2-way and 4-way) • 8 Gb/s host and device adapters • 2.5” Enterprise SAS-2 drives • 1056 drives in 3 racks • Maximum 384 GB cache • Total Resiliency • Managing Tiered storage • Connection to IBM i: • Natively • VIOS_NPIV • VIOS vscsi • Copy services • of IBM i entire disk space • of IBM i IASP
DS8000 • Appropriate for: • Big IBM i wokloads • Provides excellent performance with IBM i • Consolidating storage for many IBM i systems • Possibility of VIOS-NPIV and virtual FC adapters in IBM i • IBM i and other workloads sharing storage • Implementing tiered storage • Business continuity solutions for IBM i • Including Disaster Recovery solutions • Including BC solutions for many IBM i systems • Supported by PowerHA SystemMirror for i • Unified Business continuity solutions for IBM i and other systems
DS5000 • RAID controllers • Controllers - Custom ASIC with built-inhardware-assist for RAID • 8 Gb and 4 Gb interfaces • Max 64 GB cache • Tired storage • Connection to IBM i: • Natively • VIOS_NPIV • VIOS vscsi • Copy services • of IBM i entire disk space • of IBM i IASP with limitations
DS5000 • Appropriate for: • Midrange and small IBM i workloads • IBM i customers with installed DS6000 may consider to change for DS5000 • Customers with simple tiering requirements • Business continuity solutions • Automation may require additional services
RAID controllers Max 2 GB cache 8 Gb FC interfaces to host 2.5” SAS drives Small IBM i customers IBM i in Blade center Connection to IBM i with VIOS vscsi DS3500
SAN Volume Controller • Virtualization of different Storage systems • 2, 4, 6 or 8 node cluster • Up to 192GB cache per cluster • Internal SSD • Connects to IBM i with VIOS vscsi • Copy services supported with PowerHA SystemMirror for i * • Copy services of entire IBM i entire disk space * Planned GA November 2011
San Volume Controller • Appropriate for: • Midrange and big IBM i customers • Sharing background storage among IBM i and other systems • Virtualizing heterogenous storage systems for IBM i and other servers • Implementing tiered storage • Business continuity solutions for IBM i • Supported by PowerHA SystemMirror for i * • High availability solution for IBM i disk storage • Unified Business continuity solutions for IBM i and other systems * Planned GA November 2011
XIV • Data distribution across all drives • 24GB System Cache / Module • Writes completed to two different data modules cache • 12x 2TB SAS Drives • Infiniband ports for any to any Interface Module and Data Module connectivity • Connection to IBM i with VIOS vscsi
XIV • Appropriate for: • Midrange and big IBM i workloads • Experienced excellent performance with IBM i transaction workloads • Archiving data for multiple IBM i systems • Business continuity solutions
Storwize V7000 • Disk drives • SSD, 15 K RPM SAS, 10 K RPM SAS, nearline • FC, iSCSI host interfaces • Easy Tier • Virtualization • Connects to IBM i with VIOS vscsi • Copy services supported with PowerHA SystemMirror for i * • Copy services of entire IBM i entire disk space
Storwize V7000 • Appropriate for: • Midrange to big customers • The customers with performance requirements (?) • Implementing tiered storage • Sharing storage among multiple IBM i systems • Shairng storage among IBM i and other systems • Copy services for IBM i business continuity solutions of IASP • PowerHA SystemMirror for i • ACS • Copy services for business continuity solutions of entire disk space