IBM Storage

The IBM Storage product portfolio includes disk, flash, tape, NAS storage products, storage software and services. IBM’s approach is to focus on data management.[1]

IBM Spectrum Storage

IBM Spectrum Storage portfolio can centrally manage more than 300 different storage devices and yottabytes of data. This device interoperability is the broadest in the industry – incorporating both IBM and non-IBM hardware and tape systems. IBM Spectrum Storage can help reduce storage costs up to 90 percent in certain environments by automatically moving data onto the most economical storage device – either from IBM or non-IBM flash, disk and tape systems.

IBM Spectrum Accelerate

IBM Spectrum Accelerate offers grid-scale block storage with rapid deployment that helps speed delivery of data across an enterprise and adds extreme flexibility to cloud deployments.

The functionality of Spectrum Accelerate is fully based on the IBM XIV, a high-end disk storage system designed to provide consistent and predictable performance, high availability and simple manageability. IBM Spectrum Accelerate and XIV run the same base software stack and interoperate with features such as management, remote replication and volume mobility.

IBM Spectrum Scale

IBM Spectrum Scale is flash accelerated, industrial strength, highly scalable software defined storage that enables global shared access to data with extreme scalability and agility for cloud and analytics. The product is very widely used in both commercial and academic environments [reference needed]. It has a long history going back to the mid 1990s. It was formerly known as GPFS before IBM re-branded all storage products in 2015.

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM Spectrum Virtualize storage virtualization enhances existing storage to improve resource utilization and productivity to achieve a simpler, more scalable and cost efficient IT infrastructure.

The functionality of IBM Spectrum Virtualize is provided by IBM SAN Volume Controller. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is a block storage virtualization system. Because the IBM Storwize V7000 uses SVC code, it can also be used to perform storage virtualization in exactly the same way as SVC. Since mid-2012 it offers real time compression with no performance impact, saving up to 80% of disk utilization. SVC can be configured on a Stretched Cluster Mode, with automatic failover between two datacenters and can have SSD (Solid State Drives) that can be used by EasyTier software to perform sub-LUN automatic tiering.

IBM Spectrum Control

IBM Spectrum Control provides efficient infrastructure management for virtualized, cloud and software-defined storage to simplify and automate storage provisioning, capacity management, availability monitoring and reporting.

IBM Spectrum Protect

IBM Spectrum Protect enables reliable, efficient data protection and resiliency for software defined, virtual, physical and cloud environments.

IBM Spectrum Archive

IBM Spectrum Archive enables you to automatically move infrequently accessed data from disk to tape to lower costs while retaining ease of use and without the need for proprietary tape applications.

The functionality of IBM Spectrum Archive is provided by IBM Linear Tape File System. IBM Spectrum Archive works in conjunction with LTO tape technology to simplify accessing data stored on an IBM tape cartridge. It allows users to run any application designed for disk files against tape data without concern for the fact that the data is physically stored on tape.[2]

IBM offers four options:

Flash Storage

IBM FlashSystem offers a range of dedicated, non-SSD "all-flash" storage systems and provide flash capacity for a number of integrated systems. In April 2013, IBM announced a plan for a $1 billion investment in flash storage research and development.[3] IBM acquired flash storage system maker Texas Memory Systems in 2012.[4]

The product line-up was renewed in January 2014 with the announcement of the FlashSystem 840[5] and in February 2014 with the announcement of the FlashSystem V840.[6] Both products were improved in May 2014 with new entry level capacity points and more protocols.[7] IBM has been refreshing those systems and adding new capabilities every year. IBM FlashSystem products are covered under warranty against flash wear.

IBM FlashSystem A9000

IBM FlashSystem A9000 is a 8U rackmount unit with up to 300TB of usable storage capacity provided by FlashSystem 900 modules, managed by IBM Spectrum Accelerate software. It's scalable sibling, the FlashSystem A9000R, consists of a minimum of two units, scaling to 6 units or 1.8 PB usable in a 42U rack. A9000R units share CPU, cache and access paths with their neighbours, leveraging a zero-tuning data distribution design. The FlashSystem A9000 family supports IBM Real-time Compression, real-time global deduplication and real-time pattern removal, while maintaining average access times of 250 µs under database workloads. Up to 144 instances of FlashSystem A9000 and XIV Storage Systems can be combined into one HyperScale cluster with client multitenancy. Since A9000, A9000R and XIV Storage Systems share the Spectrum Accelerate management software, the FlashSystem A9000R is occasionally referred to as XIV Gen4.

IBM FlashSystem V9000

IBM FlashSystem V9000 is a 6U rackmount with up to 57TB of usable storage capacity provided by FlashSystem 900 modules, managed by IBM Spectrum Virtualize software. The system supports a wide range of advanced data services such as IBM Real-time Compression and external storage virtualization. With scalability up to 456TB of usable capacity (over 2 PB of effective capacity when using Real-time Compression), FlashSystem V9000 is targeted for mixed workload environments.

IBM FlashSystem 900

IBM FlashSystem 900 is composed of IBM enhanced MLC flash technology. The system is a 2U rackmount unit with up to 57TB of RAID-5, usable storage capacity. The system supports a high-availability architecture with redundant and hot-swappable components, IBM optimized ECC, IBM Variable Stripe RAID, and two-dimensional flash RAID for data protection. With read IOPS of 1,100,000 and write IOPS of 600,000, FlashSystem 900 is targeted for OLTP and OLAP databases.

IBM FlashSystem V840

IBM FlashSystem V840 is a 6U rackmount with up to 40TB of usable storage capacity. It is the predecessor of the FlashSystem V9000. The system supports a wide range of software-defined storage services including: Real-time Compression, external storage virtualization, snapshots, replication, IBM Easy Tier, VAAI, and thin provisioning. FlashSystem V840 is targeted for workloads that need high velocity data access and advanced storage services.[8]

IBM FlashSystem 840

FlashSystem 840 is composed of enterprise multi-level cell (eMLC) flash technology. The system is a 2U rackmount unit with up to 48TB of usable storage capacity, 40TB with RAID 5. It is the predecessor of the FlashSystem 900. The system supports a high-availability architecture with ECC, IBM Variable Stripe RAID, and two-dimensional flash RAID for data protection and offers hot-swap flash modules and power supplies. With read IOPS of 1,100,000 and write IOPS of 600,000, FlashSystem 840 is targeted for OLTP and OLAP databases, scientific applications and cloud solutions.[9]

IBM DeepFlash 150

IBM DeepFlash 150 is an ultra-high density SSD drawer holding up to 0.5 PB of Flash capacity in 3U rack space. It is directly attached via SAS to a maximum of 8 servers used as application cluster or as integrated device running some SDS storage management software, like the IBM Elastic Storage Server. Its design point is lowest price per reliable capacity. In contrast, for lowest price per IOPS or best latency per invest, consider storage built around FlashSystem modules.

IBM DeepFlash Elastic Storage Server

IBM DeepFlash-ESS is an integrated device combining one or two DeepFlash 150 drawers with IBM Spectrum Scale software for Exascale storage repositories with analytics capabilities (Hadoop, CCTV, analytics archive, media server etc.). The DeepFlash-ESS can be clustered non-disruptively with existing IBM Elastic Storage Servers, up to a theoretical limit of 8000 clustered devices. It features file (NFS, SMB), object (Swift, S3) and Hadoop transparent access. Spectrum Scale offers automated data placement and lifecycle management from Memory to Flash to Disk to Tape, besides geographically distributed caching and replication.

IBM Data Engine for NoSQL

IBM Data Engine for NoSQL is an integrated black-box device combining an IBM PowerLinux server with FlashSystem modules attached as non-volatile memory extension (not as storage). The connectivity is realized over ultra-low latency CAPI interfaces (coherent accelerator-processor interface). The integrated system offers large capacity NoSQL services based on pre-loaded Redis, Cassandra and Neo4J, up to 57 TB in-memory instances. Compared to a clustered in-memory implementation, the Data Engine for NoSQL consumes a fraction of the power and rack footprint while delivering similar performance by keeping relevant (hashing) data structures in fast memory. Use cases include scalable web shops, gaming, genomics, geolocation, catalogs, hash tables and cluster caches like memcached.

Other flash storage capabilities

IBM EXP 24 and EXP 30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer – 1U rackmount drawer for IBM Power System offerings. Supports up to 11.6 TB of storage and up to 480,000 IOPS

High IOPS PCIe Adapters – PCIe card adapters for former IBM System x servers, offering capacities up to 2.4TB. Moved to Lenovo.

eXFlash for System x – An internal expansion unit for former IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter systems. It supports up to 1.8 TB of storage per “pack”. Moved to Lenovo.

Disk Systems

For enterprise workloads

DS8000

The IBM System Storage DS8000 is designed for high performance, reliability, and flexibility and works in a range of open server operating environments and the IBM System z mainframe. The DS8000 includes a range of features that automate performance optimization and application quality of service, as well as provide high levels of reliability and system uptime. The DS8000 offers specialized advanced functions optimized for IBM Power Systems and IBM System z servers. The DS8000 also can use self-encrypting drives for every drive tier to help secure data at rest.[10]

IBM XIV

The IBM XIV Storage System is a high-end disk storage system designed to provide consistent and predictable performance, high availability and simple manageability. As virtualized storage that meshes tightly with server hypervisors, XIV is designed to work well in cloud and virtualized environments. The XIV Gen3 model offers 2, 3, 4 or 6 TB drives, providing up to 485 TB of usable capacity per rack. SSD caching (available as an option) adds up to 12 TB of management-free high-performance data caching capability to the entire array. The system can also connect to external storage via Fibre Channel (8Gbit/s) and iSCSi (1 or 10 Gbit/s).[17]

SONAS

IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) is the IBM enterprise storage platform based on GPFS technology. This system implements NAS based protocols over a large-scale global name space. Today the system can scale out using commodity components to 30 balanced nodes and up to 14.4 PB of storage. GPFS gives the SONAS system with built-in ILM and tight integration with Tivoli Storage Manager helps move data to disk pools.[18]

For entry and midrange workloads

IBM Storwize family

The Storwize family of storage controllers shares the IBM Spectrum Virtualize software with the IBM SAN Volume Controller and offers the same functionality with few exceptions. Storwize systems are capable of external virtualization, ideally used for technology migration and investment protection for aging systems from any vendor. Storwize advanced caching, free-of-charge Easy Tier (automatic data placement) and automatic hotspot elimination help infuse a second life to previous-generation storage systems. Modern virtualization functions like inline real-time compression and inline encryption for data on external systems can help delay capacity repurchase for several years.

IBM Storwize V7000 is a compact virtualizing storage system that inherits IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) functionality. It can attach to storage clients via FCP (8 and 16 Gbit/s), FCoE or iSCSI (1 or 10 Gbit/s) protocols and can use Real-time Compression to reduce disk space usage by up to 80 percent.

IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2 and Gen2 turbo, each a technology upgrade with increased throughput and number of drives support: 720 slots per single controller or 3040 per clustered controller.

IBM Storwize V7000F, designed for SSD-only operations.

The Storwize V7000 Unified combines two head units running IBM Storwize File Module Software with the IBM Storwize V7000 block storage system. It is described as unified storage because it simultaneously implements NAS protocols (such as SMB and NFS) and block storage.[19] It leverages IBM Spectrum Scale software capabilities.

IBM Storwize V5000, announced in 2013, is a mid-range virtualizing storage system offering many of the features of the V7000 in a 2U rack-mount enclosure. Storwize V5000 supports 6 Gb SAS and 1 Gb iSCSI host attachment and either 8 Gb FC or 10 Gb iSCSI/FCoE host attachment. The system can support up to 480 drives with nineteen expansion enclosures, and up to 960 drives in a two-way cluster configuration.[20]

IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2, a technology upgrade with increased number of drives support. It is available as V5010, V5020, and V5030 with mutual in-place upgrade capability.

IBM Storwize V5000F, designed for SSD-only operations.

IBM Storwize V3700, announced on November 6, 2012, is an entry-level system designed to meet the block storage needs of small and midsize businesses. This system offers capabilities previously available in more expensive systems to help businesses consolidate and share data at a lower price.[21] Key hardware features include:

Storwize V3700 also offers management and interoperability features from previous Storwize systems, including:

In October 2013, IBM announced DC powered models, NEBS and ETSI compliance[22] and remote mirror over IP networks, integrating Bridgeworks SANrockIT technology to optimize the use of network bandwidth.[23]

IBM Storwize storage media

A current drive type availability list is maintained here.

As of November 2016, available Storwize media sizes include 2.5-inch flash SSDs with up to 15.36 TB capacity and 3.5-inch Nearline-HDDs with up to 10 TB capacity, available for Storwize 5000, 7000 and SAN Volume Controller native attach. IBM Storwize Easy Tier will automatically manage and continually optimize data placement in mixed pools of nearline disks / standard disks / read-intensive Flash and enterprise-grade Flash SSDs, including from virtualized devices.

Transparent Cloud Tiering for Swift- and S3-compatible object datastores can be used as a cold tier for incremental volume snapshots and volume archives without live production access. This allows keeping hourly time machine copies or archiving VM images including attached volumes at a price point somewhat closer to tape media. Supported on-premise datastores include IBM Cloud Object Store (aka Cleversafe) and IBM Spectrum Scale object. Off-premise datastores would be popular S3-compatible cloud services like IBM Bluemix (aka Cleversafe cloud). Off-premise Transparent Cloud Tiering per default uses AES encryption, which is a licensed feature.

High density rack systems

IBM Storwize High-Density Expansion 5U92 for Storwize V5000 Gen2, V7000 and SAN Volume Controller, attaching via 12Gb SAS lanes. This high density carrier hosts 92 hot-swappable large form factor drives in 5U rack height. Use cases include general footprint reduction, active archives, streaming media applications, or big data warehouses.

Peak performance figures are equivalent to four chained 2U Storwize EXP 12Gb SAS expansions, at equal total amount (and type) of drives.

DCS3860 (listed for historical completeness) delivers performance and scalability for big data. Designed for high-performance computing applications, DCS3860 supports up to 60 drives in just 4U of rack space—and it can scale up to 360 drives, including up to 24 solid-state drives (SSDs), with the attachment of five expansion units. This high-density system also helps make the most of today’s IT budgets by increasing capacity while reducing the storage footprint, power consumption and related operational costs. • 6 Gbit/s SAS host interface extends storage performance and reliability • Next-generation, high-performance controller Delivers outstanding performance for resource-intensive applications • Dynamic Disk Pooling offers simplified installation, greater data protection and more consistent performance than traditional RAID options • Intuitive IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager provides powerful yet easy-to-use and intuitive graphical user interface for administrative activities • Performance Read Cache option utilizes solid-state drives (SSDs) as a level-two data cache, significantly improving read performance from spinning media

DCS3700 (listed for historical completeness), offers performance, scalability, and storage density for high performance computing environments.[24] It is a rebranded NetApp E-Series 5400.

Tape and virtual tape systems

For enterprise workloads

TS4500 Tape Library

High density tape library supporting Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 5 and 6 or TS1140 and TS1150 drives. Can scale up to 35.5 PB of native capacity with 3592 cartridges and up to 11.7 PB with LTO 6 cartridges. Supports up to 5.5 PB in 10 sq ft.[25]

TS3500 Tape Library

Highly scalable tape library supporting Linear Tape-Open (LTO) or TS11x0 drives. Can scale up to 16 frames, 192 drives and over 20,000 cartridges capacity per library string or up to 2,700 drives per library complex.[26]

Tape drives

For entry and midrange workloads

Tape libraries

Tape drives

Virtual tape libraries

Other storage products and capabilities

IBM SmartCloud Storage Access

IBM SmartCloud Storage Access is a software solution designed to create a private cloud storage service on existing storage devices. The software can be configured to allow users self-service, Internet-based access for account creation, storage provisioning and file management. The software offers simple management with monitoring and reporting capabilities, including storage usage by user and group definitions.[36]

Active Cloud Engine

The Active Cloud Engine (ACE) is an advanced form of multiple site replication. ACE is designed to allow different types of cloud implementations to exchange data dynamically. ACE does is designed to extend the SONAS capability for a single, centrally managed namespace, to a truly distributed, geographically-dispersed, global namespace.[37]

IBM Easy Tier

IBM Easy Tier is designed to automate data placement throughout the disk pool to improve the efficiency and performance of the storage system. Easy Tier is designed to relocate data (at the extent level) across up to three drive tiers automatically and without disruption to application. IBM Easy Tier is available on the DS8000, Storwize V7000, Storwize V7000 Unified, Storwize V5000, Storwize V3700 and SAN Volume Controller.

Withdrawn systems

See also

References

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