IBM System Storage

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IBM System Storage (formerly IBM TotalStorage) is the brand name for IBM's computer storage products, covering both Disk and Tape products.

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[edit] Disk Systems

[edit] Current Disk Systems

[edit] DS3000 Series

The DS3000 products are made for IBM by LSI

  • DS3200
    • 3Gbit SAS single or dual-controller for direct host attachment (up to 6 hosts)
    • 2U enclosure with 12 SAS drive bays
    • can use up to 48 drives using EXP3000
  • DS3400
    • 4Gbit FC single or dual-controller with 4 host ports
    • 2U enclosure with 12 SAS drive bays
    • can use up to 48 drives using EXP3000
  • EXP3000
    • 3Gbit SAS expansion drawer for direct host, DS3200 or DS3400 attachment
    • 2U enclosure with 12 SAS drive bays

[edit] DS4000 Series

The DS4000 products are made for IBM by LSI

  • DS4200
    • 4Gbit FC dual-controller with 4 host ports and 4 drive ports
    • 3U enclosure with 16 SATA drive bays
    • can contain up to 112 drives using six EXP420 expansion units
  • DS4700
    • 4Gbit FC dual-controller with 4 or 8 host ports and 4 drive ports
    • 3U enclosure with 16 Fibre Channel drive bays
    • can contain up to 112 drives using EXP100, EXP710 or EXP810 expansion units, mixing allowed
    • drives can be Fibre Channel or SATA
  • DS4800
    • 4Gbit FC dual-controller with 8 host ports and 8 drive ports
    • 4U enclosure (no internal drive bays)
    • can contain up to 224 drives using EXP100, EXP710 or EXP810 expansion units, mixing allowed
    • drives can be Fibre Channel or SATA
  • EXP420
    • 4Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4200 attachment
    • 3U enclosure with 16 SATA drive bays
  • EXP810
    • 4Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4300, DS4500, DS4700 or DS4800 attachment
    • 3U enclosure with 16 Fibre Channel drive bays

[edit] DS6000 Series

Enterprise storage, supporting both FC and FICON host connectivity

  • DS6800
    • PowerPC 750 dual-controller with 8 host ports and 8 drive ports
    • 3U enclosure with 16 FC drive bays
    • can contain up to 128 drives using DS6000 expansion units
    • drives can be Fibre Channel or SATA

[edit] DS8000 Series

Enterprise storage, supporting FC, FICON and ESCON host connectivity

[edit] DCS9550

Disk storage system targeting HPC workloads. It is based on the DataDirect Networks S2A9550

[edit] N Series

The N Series is a Network attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI product. It is based on the NetApp V-Series.

  • N3700 (16TB maximum raw capacity)
  • N5200 (84TB maximum raw capacity)
  • N5300 (126TB maximum raw capacity)
  • N5500 (84TB maximum raw capacity)
  • N5600 (252TB maximum raw capacity)
  • N7600 (420TB maximum raw capacity)
  • N7800 (504TB maximum raw capacity)

[edit] SAN Volume Controller

The IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is a block storage virtualization appliance.

[edit] Withdrawn Disk Systems

  • EXP300 (SCSI Ultra160 Expansion drawer for direct host attachment)
  • EXP400 (SCSI Ultra320 Expansion drawer for direct host or DS400 attachment)
  • DS300 (iSCSI controller)
  • DS400 (FC Attached controller, using SCSI drives)
  • DS4000 Series
    • EXP100 (1Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4000 attachment, using SATA disks)
    • EXP700 (2Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4000 attachment)
    • EXP710 (2Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4000 attachment)
    • DS4100 (FC Attached controller, using SATA drives)
    • DS4300
    • DS4300 Turbo
    • DS4400
    • DS4500
  • FAStT Series (renamed to DS4000 Series)
    • EXP200 (1Gbit FC Expansion drawer for FAStT attachment)
    • EXP500 (1Gbit FC Expansion drawer for FAStT attachment)
    • FAStT100 (renamed to DS4100)
    • FAStT200
    • FAStT500
    • FAStT600 (renamed to DS4300)
    • FAStT600 Turbo (renamed DS4300 Turbo)
    • FAStT700 (renamed to DS4400)
    • FAStT900 (renamed to DS4500)
  • Enterprise Storage Server (or ESS, or Shark; predecessor of DS8000 Series)

[edit] Tape Systems

[edit] Current Tape Drives

The IBM tape product range includes drives and tapes based on the LTO and TS1120 formats.

  • TS1120 - tape drive supporting 3592 media
  • TS2230 - half-height, single slot LTO-3
  • TS2340 - single slot LTO-4 (equivalent to old 3580 library)

[edit] Current Tape Controllers

[edit] Current Tape Libraries

  • TS3100 - one or two LTO-3 or LTO-4 drive library (24 cartridges)
  • TS3200 - one or two LTO-3 or LTO-4 drive library (48 cartridges)
  • TS3310 - expandable library with up to six LTO-3 or LTO-4 drives (122 cartridges with expansion module)
  • TS3400 - one or two TS1120 drive library (18 cartridges)
  • TS3500 - ultrascalable tape library with LTO or TS1120 drives (up to 16 frames, 192 drives and 6887 cartridges dependent on format)

[edit] Current Tape Virtualization Products

[edit] See also

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