The existing DS3500 array will soon
be passé with International Business Machines Corp.(NYSE:IBM)’s Storwize V7000
being introduced in the market. It has SVC SAN virtualization capability, a
XIV-style GUI and enterprise-class features.
The DS3500, a low-end array, belongs to the
DS8000-DS6000-DS5000-DS4000-DS3000 product family. Although the DS3500 will be
available, new products like XIV and Storwize arrays marks the end of the
DS3500 line.
The V3700 comes equipped with a system to hold up
to 120 disk drives and is a 2U enclosure with dual controllers. Drives can be
5-inch or 3.-5 inch disk drives (2TB, 3TB) or SSDs (200GB, 400GB). Small form
factor drives might be 146GB or 300GB 15,000rpm, 300GB, 600GB or 900GB
10,000rpm, or 500GB or 1TB 7,200rpm SAS nearline drives. A large form factor
enclosure contains twelve 3.5-inch drives and a small form factor one holds 2
dozen .5-inch drives.
Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 have
been provided. The software supports internal virtualization, thin
provisioning, one-way data migration and FlashCopy with up to 64 targets and
has a dynamic Storwize V7000-style GUI.
According to IBM, their latest offering will
change the face of entry-level configurations. The product has been developed
keeping the requirements of SMB’s in mind, using which companies can collate
and share information at reasonable rates because V3700 offers the same
features that are available in costly systems.
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