Data Storage System provides platform for consolidation.
Press Release Summary:
Series TotalStorage® DS8000 supports high availability, storage, sharing, and consolidation for variety of operating systems and mixed server environments. System enables creation of multiple LPARs within single DS8300 Model 9A2 that can be used for separate production or test environments. Selection of Fibre Channel disk drives, including 300 Gb drives, allows DS8100 to scale up to 115.2 Tb of capacity and DS8300 to scale up to 192 Tb of capacity.
Original Press Release:
IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Series - Setting New Standards for on Demand Enterprise Disk Storage
The TotalStorage® DS8000 series is designed to provide unmatched
functionality, flexibility, and performance for enterprise disk
storage systems at new levels of cost effectiveness. The DS8000
series incorporates IBM's POWER5® processor technology either in a dual two-way processor-complex offering, the DS8100 Model 921 or, for customers requiring additional performance or capacity, two dual four-way processor-complex offerings, the DS8300 Models 922 and 9A2. The DS8300 Model 9A2 further demonstrates IBM's unique ability to converge server and storage technologies by enabling the creation of multiple IBM TotalStorage Storage System LPARs (Logical Partitions). These Storage System LPARs can be used for completely separate production or test environments in a single physical system. This may enable
you to purchase one storage server in environments where more than one may have been needed in the past.
The DS8000 series uses the highly reliable and functional microcode base of the TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS) Model 800, on top of a new, leading-edge, modular hardware design. This innovative design incorporates a high-bandwidth internal fabric designed to support fault tolerance, highly expandable and flexible processor memory, and the latest in
Fibre Channel attached disks. It has a dual-processor complex
implementation that supports concurrent microcode loads,
transparent I/O failover and failback support, and redundant,
hot-swappable components to help support 24 x 7 business
environments. The maximum host I/O operations per second of a
DS8300 is up to six times the maximum of an ESS Model 800, so
that you can easily consolidate your workload into a single storage subsystem.
The DS8100 and DS8300 also offer all new power and packaging which takes 20 percent less floor space than a base ESS
Model 800. The DS8000 series extends the advantages offered by IBM's TotalStorage Resiliency Family technologies, including FlashCopy®, Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, as well as other mirroring functions supported by the ESS Model 800.
The DS8000 series also provides z/OS® performance capabilities
provided by Parallel Access Volumes (PAV), I/O Priority Queuing, and Multiple Allegiance. The DS8100 offers scalability of
physical capacity from 1.1 to 115.2 TB, while the DS8300 offers a
maximum capacity of 192 TB. Fibre Channel disks are available in 73 GB, 146 GB, and 300 GB capacities and these will be intermixable within a single system. Thus, you can better
tailor your disk storage configuration to cost effectively address capacity and performance requirements.
RAID-5 as well as RAID-10 are both intermixable within a single system. The DS8000 series offers a wide range of management functionality and flexibility to help I/T organizations more easily manage their storage environments. These systems come standard with the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager, an all new, easy-to-use, high-function GUI-based manager for performing
and managing logical configuration and copy services functions as well as a single command line interface which can help automate these functions.
Key prerequisites
An IBM TotalStorage DS Operating Environment license is required on every DS8100 and DS8300 system. Refer to the Hardware requirements section for details.
At a glance
The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series is designed to provide high-performance, reliable, and exceptionally scalable disk storage
needed to help simplify your storage infrastructures by providing an extraordinary platform for storage consolidation.
The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series is designed to:
· Deliver robust, flexible, and cost-effective disk storage for
the mission-critical workloads of medium and large enterprises
· Enable the creation of multiple Storage System LPARs (Logical
Partitions) within a single DS8300 Model 9A2, that can be
used for completely separate production, test, or other unique
storage environments
· Support high availability, storage sharing, and consolidation for a wide variety of operating systems and mixed server environments
· Scale to 192 TB and facilitate asset protection with options for model-to-model field upgrades
· Help increase storage administration productivity with
centralized and simplified management
· Provide a base unit that occupies 20 percent less floor
space than the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) Model 800's base unit, while holding more capacity
· Provide a four-year warranty (IBM On-Site Repair, IOR, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, same-day response)
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001
