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Module 2: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Product Family

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Within the IBM Storage Portfolio
IBM Storage Systems IBM Storage Software
High-Performance Mission-Critical Software Defined Appliance
 IBM Spectrum Virtualize
DS8880  IBM Spectrum Protect
F2ab F3b
Family
 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
F3b 00F2b
D 11
22
33 SAN Volume
e
Controller (SVC)
DS8882F DS8884/F DS8886/F DS8888
 IBM Spectrum Control
All-Flash  IBM Spectrum Accelerate
 IBM Spectrum Scale
 IBM Spectrum Archive
 IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management
FlashSystem FlashSystem FlashSystem Storwize Storwize
FlashSystem  IBM Cloud Object Storage
900 9100 Family V9000 A9000 | A9000R V5030F V7000F

Hybrid  IBM Copy Services Manager

 IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager
Storwize Storwize Storwize Storwize
V5010 V5020 V5030 V7000
Integrated Infrastructure Solutions
Tape and Virtual Tape Systems 3592 Tape Drives

VersaStack Elastic Storage

TS1150 TS1155 TS1160 Server (ESS)
LTO Tape Drives

DSI 451/425
TS7760
TS4500 TS4300 TS2900 S1
TS1070 TS2270 TS2360
Virtual Tape Automated Tape Enterprise and LTO
Systems Systems Tape Drives
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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

A Common Software Stack

 Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software

 One code base on SVC / All Storwize platforms / FlashSystem V9000, 9100
 One set of common functions (selectively licensed)
 One common user interface

SAN Volume
Controller (SVC)
FlashSystem
9100 Family

FlashSystem
V9000

Storwize
V7000
For Public Cloud

Software Only
“DIY Appliance”
Storwize V5000
Family

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Choice and Flexibility

Hybrid Appliances All Flash Appliances Software Defined Public Cloud

Storwize Storwize FlashSystem FlashSystem SAN Volume “DIY” on Transparent
V5000 Family / V7000 V5030F/V7000F V9000 91000 Controller (SVC) x86 Servers Cloud Tiering As-a-Service

Amazon S3
IBM Cloud IBM Cloud

Hybrid Storage Cloud

Easy Data Protection Easy Management

Copy data between Common GUI.
instances.

Common Management Experience

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Addressing a Common Set of Storage Pain Points

Managing Storage Managing Managing Data Managing

Growth Performance Protection Complexity

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Core Features, Functions and Capabilities

Efficiency Features Performance Enhancement

Data Reduction Pools   Clustering
Thin Provisioning   Automated Tiering
Compression   Storage Pool Balancing
Deduplication 
UNMAP 
EasyTier 

Data Protection Features Managing Complexity

FlashCopy   External Virtualization
Transparent Cloud Tiering   Integrated Data Migration
Remote Mirror   Integrated Enhanced Management GUI
Volume Mirror   Integrated Support Features
HyperSwap   Cloud-based Monitoring / Support (Storage Insights)
Data-at-Rest Encryption 

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IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Core Features and Functions

Managing Storage
Growth Managing Managing Data Managing
Performance Protection Complexity

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Managing Storage Growth

Data Reduction Pools

 Data reduction can increase storage efficiency and performance and reduce storage costs
 IBM’s newest efficiency technology is called Data Reduction Pools (DRP)
 Capacity savings cab be realized by using a combination of thin-provisioning, compression and deduplication
 SCSI UNMAP can be used as well to reclaim capacity no longer needed (deleted file, deleted volume etc.) by
host

Data Reduction Pool Features:

 Thin Provisioning
 Compression
 Deduplication
 UNMAP Support

Supported Volume Types

Fully Allocated Thin Compressed Deduplicated Compressed

“Thick” Provisioned Volumes Volumes and
Volumes Volumes Deduplicated
Volumes

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Data Reduction Pools

Benefits of DRP versus “Traditional” Storage Pool Technology:

 No dedicated CPU cores required
 No separate compression CPU utilization
 No limit on the number of compressed volumes
 Up to 3x better throughput for compressed volumes
 Able to use maximum compression bandwidth
 Able to use with a wider range of data types
 Uses 8kb chunks instead of 32kb - less compression bandwidth for small I/O
 Designed to support future data reduction technologies that IBM is working on

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Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

 Thin Provisioning, an included feature, can dramatically increase capacity utilization

 With “fully allocated” storage an average of about 47% of the capacity actually gets used

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Managing Storage Growth

Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

 Thin Provisioning, an included feature, can dramatically increase capacity utilization

 With “fully allocated” storage an average of about 47% of the capacity actually gets used

50%

Volume

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Managing Storage Growth

Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

 Thin Provisioning, an included feature, can dramatically increase capacity utilization

 With “fully allocated” storage an average of about 47% of the capacity actually gets used

Capacity 100% dedicated to application.

60 GB of capacity was never used.

50% 50%
40GB
20GB
Volume New Install 5 Years
100GB New App Later
“Thick” Volume
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Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

Basic Math:
 1TB of capacity
 10 x 100GB volumes
 Total capacity used = 320TB used / unused = 680TB

Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application
A B C D E F G H I J

60GB 60GB
40GB 40GB
20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB
100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB

1TB of Capacity
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Managing Storage Growth

Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

Basic Math:
 1TB of capacity
 10 x 100GB volumes
 Total capacity used = 320TB used / unused = 680TB

Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application
A B C D E F G H I J K

20GB
100GB
60GB

100GB
40GB

100GB
20GB
100GB
20GB
100GB
20GB
100GB

1TB of Capacity
60GB

100GB
40GB

100GB
20GB
100GB
20GB
100GB
X Out of
Capacity

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Module 2: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Product Family

Managing Storage Growth

Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

Basic Math:
 1TB of capacity
 10 x 100GB volumes
 Total capacity used = 320TB used / unused = 680TB

Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application
A B C D E F G H I J

Thin Provisioned
Volume
60GB 60GB
40GB 40GB
20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB
100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB

1TB of Capacity
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Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

Basic Math:
 1TB of capacity
 10 x 100GB volumes
 Total capacity used = 320TB used / unused = 680TB

Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application
A B C D E F G H I J K

60GB 60GB
40GB 40GB
20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB
100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB

1TB of Capacity
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Managing Storage Growth

Data Reduction Pools : Thin Provisioning

Improves efficiency of storage.

Full Allocation

Capacity Utilization

Thin Provisioning increases capacity utilization 2x

Basic Math:
 1TB of capacity
 10 x 100GB volumes
 Total capacity used = 320TB used / unused = 680TB

Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application Application
A B C D E F G H I J K

Borrow
capacity
60GB 60GB
from other
40GB 40GB 40GB TP volumes
20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB 20GB
100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB

1TB of Capacity
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Data Reduction Pools : Compression

Increases the amount of data customers can store.

 An efficiency feature
 Enables up to 5x as much data to be stored on the
storage customers already have
 Helps reduce the amount they need to buy in
future
 Works with primary inline data
 Works with existing data
Store Up to  Unlike other vendors, not an “always on and
everything has to be compressed” approach

5x
More Data
 Customers can choose which volumes to
compress

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Data Reduction Pools : Compression

Increases the amount of data customers can store.

Databases  80% = 5:1 Compression Rate

 Oracle can be over 90%
80%  Side Effect: Database performance increases

VMs

70%
IBM Offers a
MS-Office 50% “Out-of-the Box” Guarantee
Store Up to 35%

5x
More Data
Media

5%

Average



Includes any rich media
Images, audio and video
Already in a compressed format by design

55%

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Data Reduction Pools : Compression

SVC Node Pair FlashSystem V9000

Each Node Can Have Dual Accelerator Adapters Each Control Enclosure has Dual Accelerator Adapters

FlashSystem V9100 Family Storwize V7000 Gen3

No Accelerator Adapters. Coleto Creek Processor No Accelerator Adapters. Coleto Creek Processor
integrated on system boards. integrated on system board.

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Data Reduction Pools : Compression

Storwize V7000 Storwize V5030

V7000 V5030

 V7000 uses separate dedicated  V5030 does not use separate

hardware-based compression dedicated hardware accelerator
accelerator adapters adapters
 20 x faster at compressing /  Uses dedicated cores from its
Intel Quick Assist
decompressing data than Technology
integrated Intel CPUs within
Integrated Intel CPUs With Coleto each controller
Creek Processor 6 Core CPU per node canister.
 Cache upgrade required  Requires cache upgrade option
 Storwize V7000 ships with one (64GB)
adapter  When RtC is activated 4 cores
 Maximum of quantity 2 / per from each CPU is dedicated to
V7000 control enclosure compressing / decompressing
data
 Unique to IBM
 This method is typical of other
storage vendors
 Customers have to be very
selective of volumes to
compress
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Data Reduction Pools : Compression

Compare and Contrast

V5010 V5020 V5030 V7000 V9000 9110 9150 SVC

Compression Option NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES

Hardware Accellerator Adapters Supported NA NA NO YES YES YES YES YES
Uses
Number of Accelerator Adapters supported per Dedicated
control enclosure / node pair NA NA Cores on 2 4 Integrated Integrated 4
CPU

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Data Reduction Pools : Deduplication

Specific to Spectrum Virtualize, deduplication is the process of removing duplicate blocks of data ensuring
there is only a single copy - replacing duplicate blocks with a small byte-sized pointer to the one and only
copy of that block.

Deduplication is part of the newer Data Reduction Pools technology and works in conjunction with:
 Thin-provisioned volumes
 Compressed volumes

Highlights:
 Deduplication is performed inline
 Deduplication is performed before compression
 Deduplication is measured on a storage pool level

Supported Products:
Deduplication is supported on platforms with at least 32GB memory including:
 Storwize V5030
 Storwize V7000
 SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
 FlashSystem V9000
 FlashSystem 9100

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Data Reduction Pools : SCSI UNMAP

 When a host’s application deletes data, or a host deletes a file or entire volume that capacity can be
reclaimed through a process called unmapping
 UNMAP is a set of SCSI commands that hosts use to indicate that allocated capacity is no longer
required on a target volume
 The freed space can be collected and reused on the system without the reallocation of capacity on the
storage
 In data reduction pools, reclaimable capacity is monitored and collected and eventually redistributed
back to the pool for use

Supported Appliances:
SCSI UNMAP is supported on the following:
 Storwize Family
 SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
 FlashSystem V9000
 FlashSystem 9100 Family

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Automated Tiering : Easy Tier

 Easy Tier is an automated block-level tiering feature

 Moves frequently accessed blocks of data to higher-performing flash-based tier for faster access
 Moves less frequently accessed block-level to lower performing and lower cost tiers of storage

Tier 0 Flash Tier Tier 0 flash tier exists when the pool contains high
performance eMLC flash drives.

Tier 1 Flash Tier Tier 1 flash tier exists when the pool contains
Tier 1 (Read Intensive) flash drives. Tier 1 flash
drives typically offer larger capacities, but slightly
lower performance and write endurance.

Enterprise Tier Enterprise tier exists when the pool

contains enterprise-class MDisks, which
are disk drives that are optimized for
performance (10K / 15K SAS HDDs).

Nearline Tier Nearline Tier exists when the

pool contains nearline-class
MDisks, which are disk drives
that are optimized for capacity
7.2K NL-SAS HDDs).

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Scalability : 2U Expansion Enclosures

Expansion Enclosures
2.5” Drive Expansion Enclosure HDDs SSDs

2U
Expansion Enclosure Model 24F
15K RPM eMLC
300 GB (SAS) 200 GB
600 GB (SAS) 400 GB
900 GB (SAS) 800 GB
10K RPM 1.6 TB
900 GB (SAS) 3.2 TB
1.2 TB (SAS) Read Intensive
12Gb SAS Connectivity
Expansion enclosures
1.8 TB (SAS) 1.92 TB
daisy chained via 12Gb 7.2K RPM 3.84 TB
SAS connectivity (quad
channels)
2.0 TB (NL-SAS) 7.68 TB
SVC Nodes 15.36 TB
Single cable has
4x12Gb=48Gb
throughput

Dual SAS Connection =

96Gb of throughput

NL-SAS HDDs - 7.2K RPM

3.5” Drive Expansion Enclosure
4 TB
6 TB
2U 8 TB
10 TB
Expansion Enclosure Model 12F

Expansion Enclosures

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Scalability : High-Density Expansion Enclosure

2.5” SFF Drives 3.5” LFF Drives

HDDs SSDs HDDs
5U

15K RPM eMLC

600 GB 1.6 TB 7.2K RPM
900 GB 3.2 TB 6 TB
Model 12F
10K RPM Read Intensive 8 TB
Up to 92 LFF / SFF Drives 1.2 TB 1.92 TB 10 TB
1.8 TB 3.84 TB
High Density Expansion Enclosure 7.68 TB
 5U Form Factor 15.36 TB
 Supports up to 92 drives
 Supports intermix of both SFF and LFF drives
 Provides up to 3X better drive density than 2U expansion enclosures

Enclosure Capacity Scenarios

 920TB with 10TB NL-SAS HDDs
 1413TB with 15.36TB SSDs

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Scalability : Expansion Enclosure Support

Comparing Between Spectrum Virtualize Family

Storwize FlashSystem SVC

V5010 V5020 V5030 V7000 V9000 9110 9150 SVC

Maximum number of 2U expansion

enclosures per control enclosure / 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20
node pair.

Maximum number of 5U (high- 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8

denisty) expansion enclosures per
control enclosure / node pair.

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Enclosure Intermix 10 2U

Max. Number of Enclosures

9 2U
8 2U
7 2U 2U 2U
6 2U 2U 2U
5 2U 2U 2U 2U
4 2U 2U 2U 2U HD 5U
3 2U 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U
2 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U
1 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U

Node 1 Node 2 Chain

Node 2
1 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U
Max. Number of Enclosures

SVC
2 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U
3 2U 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U
4 2U 2U 2U 2U HD 5U
5 2U 2U 2U 2U
6 2U 2U 2U
7 2U 2U 2U
8 2U 2U
9 2U
10 2U
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Scalability : Clustering
SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair

+ + +

Cluster is Supported:
 Fibre Channel (FC)
 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE)
 Ethernet using RDMA - 25GbE RoCE / iWARP

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Scalability : Clustering
SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair

+ + +
+ + + +

Start Small. Grow Big.

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Scalability : Clustering : Compare and Contrast

Model Clustering Maximum Control Enclosures / Node Pairs / Building Blocks

Storwize

V5010 X 1 Control Enclosure

Storwize

V5020 X 1 Control Enclosure

Storwize

V5030 YES 2 Control Enclosures

Storwize

V7000 YES 4 Control Enclosures

FlashSystem

V9000 YES 4 Building Blocks

FlashSystem

9110 YES 4 Control Enclosures

FlashSystem

9150 YES 4 Control Enclosures

SVC YES 4 Node Pairs

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External Storage Virtualization
Hosts

Windows AIX IBM i Linux Solaris VMware HP-UX OS X

Host Host Host Host Host Host Host Host

Single
Management
FC, FCoE, iSCSI

Storage Hypervisor Clustering

FC, FCoE, Ethernet

Transparent
SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair Cloud Tiering

FC, FCoE iSCSI

IBM and non-IBM
Disk Arrays HP, Dell, EMC, Sun, IBM Storwize,
Hitachi, Fujitsu, IBM, Dell EqualLogic, EMC VNx
etc. NetApp FAS

Over 440 flash, hybrid and disk storage systems supported by Spectrum Virtualize
Key Benefits:
 Simplify Management of heterogeneous storage environments
 Extend the features of Spectrum Virtualize to the volumes that are being managed
 Extend the life of existing storage products the customer has already
 Enhance a customer’s existing storage environments (more efficient, faster, add data protection capabilities)

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External Storage Virtualization

Simplified Management of Heterogeneous Environment

Dell

Manage some or all of the volumes on

HDS other vendors storage products.

Extend advanced features to managed

volumes:
SVC
 Compression
 Deduplication
Single
Management  Automated Tiering
 Thin Provisioning
 Snapshot
 Replication
 Encryption
EMC
Making other storage better:
IBM  Increase performance
 Increase efficiencies
 Enhance data protection
HP 3Par  Reducing management complexity
Volumes managed by SVC

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External Storage Virtualization

Simplified Management of Heterogeneous Environment

Dell

Manage some or all of the volumes on

HDS other vendors storage products.

Extend advanced features to managed

volumes:
SVC
 Compression
 Deduplication
Single
Management  Automated Tiering
 Thin Provisioning
 Snapshot
 Replication
 Encryption
EMC
Making other storage better:
IBM  Increase performance
 Increase efficiencies
 Enhance data protection
HP 3Par  Reducing management complexity
Volumes managed by SVC

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Scalability : Maximum

SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair

+ +
Single + +
Management

Externally Virtualized Storage

Up to

Scale Through:
 Expansion Enclosures
Control Enclosure
 Clustering
 External Storage Virtualization
32PB
Total Capacity Manageable

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Core Features and Functions

Managing
Managing Storage Performance Managing Data Managing
Growth Protection Complexity

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Managing Performance
Architecture

SVC Node
Dual Intel Server Class Processors
Intel Xeon E5-2667v4 3.2GHz 8-core processors

Node Pair

Up to 256GB Cache

Up to 16 Ports of High Performance I/O

Single SVC Node

Per Node:
 Dual Intel server-class 8-core processors 16Gb Fibre Channel 10Gb iSCI / FCoE
 Dual Compression Accelerator Adapters
 Up to 16 Ports of high-performance I/O
 Up to 256GB of cache

Dual Compression Accelerator Adapters

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Architecture

Node Canister

Node Node Canister

Canister

V7000 SAN Volume Controller FlashSystem 9100

Per Node Canister Per Node Canister Per Node Canister
 1 x Intel Server-Class CPU (10 Core)  2 x Intel Server-Class CPU (8 Core)  2 x Intel Server-Class CPU (8 or 14 Core)
 Up t0 128Gb of Cache  Up to 256GB of Cache  Up to 550 GB of Cache
 Up to 8 x 16Gb FC Ports  Up to:  Up to:
 1 x Compression Assist Adapters  16 x 16Gb FC Ports  12 x 16Gb FC Ports or
 4 x Integrated 1GbE Ports  6 x 25GbE Ports (ROCE / iWARP)  8 x 25GbE Ports (ROCE or iWARP)
 4 x 10GbE Ports  Integrated Compression Assist
 2 x Compression Assist Adapters  4 x Integrated 10GbE Ports
 4 x Integrated 1GbE Ports

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Managing Performance
Architecture : High Speed I/O Connectivity

Adapter and I/O Slot Positions

Adapter Type Minimum Maximum Slots
10Gb 4-Port iSCSI / FCoE 0 1 3,4,6,7
16Gb 4-Port Fibre Channel 0 4 3,4,6,7
Slot 1 Slot 3 Slot 6
25GbE 2-Port (iWARP) 0 3 3,4,6,7
Slot 2 Slot 4 Slot 7
25GbE 2-Port (RoCE) 0 3 3,4,6,7
Slot 5 Slot 8
12GB SAS Expansion 0 1 2
Compression Accelerator 0 2 5,8

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Easy Tier

 Easy Tier is an automated block-level tiering feature

 Moves frequently accessed blocks of data to higher-performing flash-based tier for faster access
 Moves less frequently accessed block-level to lower performing and lower cost tiers of storage

Tier 0 Flash Tier Tier 0 flash tier exists when the pool contains high
performance eMLC flash drives.

Tier 1 Flash Tier Tier 1 flash tier exists when the pool contains
Tier 1 (Read Intensive) flash drives. Tier 1 flash
drives typically offer larger capacities, but slightly
lower performance and write endurance.

Enterprise Tier Enterprise tier exists when the pool

contains enterprise-class MDisks, which
are disk drives that are optimized for
performance (10K / 15K SAS HDDs).

Nearline Tier Nearline Tier exists when the

pool contains nearline-class
MDisks, which are disk drives
that are optimized for capacity
7.2K NL-SAS HDDs).

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Easy Tier

Easily improve storage performance with minimal investment.

Up to

3x Improved
Performance

5-10%
Flash-based
Storage Performance can be improved up to 3x
with as little as 5% flash storage capacity.

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Clustering
SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair

+ + +

As additional control enclosures are clustered additional

performance enhancing resources are added:
 Processors
Performance Resources

 Cache
 Throughput (I/O)
 Capacity

Clustered I/O Groups

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Clustering
SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair

+ + +

8 Workloads

4 Workloads 4 Workloads

2 Workloads 2 Workloads 2 Workloads 2 Workloads

Performance gained by distributing workloads across control enclosures.

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Storage Pool Balancing

Workload on Standard Storage Pool Workload on Balanced Storage Pool

Transparent
Reorganization

Storage Pool Balancing

 Is an “always-on” feature
 Automatically ensures that performance consistent across an entire storage pool
 Uses Easy Tier algorithms used to monitor and balance storage pools

Dramatic performance improvements – up to three times with one third the latency!

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Core Features and Functions

Managing Data
Managing Storage Managing Protection Managing
Growth Performance Complexity

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Architecture

SAN Volume Controller (SVC)

Redundant
Batteries
Front

Always in Pairs
Rear

Redundancy Throughout:
 All Storwize Control Enclosures consists of a pair of node canisters (controllers)
 All SVCs consist of a minimum of one pair of nodes (controllers)

 Power Supplies  Management Ports  SAS Expansion Ports

 Cooling Fans  I/O Adapters  Processors
 Battery Backup (Cache)  Cache (Mirrored)  USB Ports

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Architecture

Compare and Contrast

Redundant
Batteries

Node Pair

Node Pair
Node Pair

Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller (SVC) FlashSystem 9100

Redundancy Throughout:
 All Storwize, SVC, FlashSystem Control Enclosures consists of a pair of node canisters (controllers)
 Active / Active Configuration

Redundant
 Power Supplies  Management Ports  SAS Expansion Ports
 Cooling Fans  I/O Adapters  Processors
 Battery Backup (Cache)  Cache (Mirrored)  USB Ports

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Architecture

Hot Spare Node Always in Pairs

 SVC, V9000 can have a hot spare node

 Cache is kept in sync

Upon node failure

 Error code generated
 Depending on error code, spare node waits a pre-determined number of seconds
 If node does not return online hot spare node takes over
 Original node set to offline (disabled)

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Architecture

SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair SVC Node Pair

+ + +

Hot Spare Node Hot Spare Node Hot Spare Node Hot Spare Node

Up to Four Hot Spare Nodes per SVC System

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Key Terms

RTO – Recovery Time Objective

 Time it takes to recover after an organization experiences a disruption / disaster
 Each application is assessed and given a RTO value
 The lower the value the more critical that application

RPO – Recovery Point Objective

Lost Data

 Acceptable point of data loss – basically, how much data loss is acceptable
 Each application is assessed and given an RPO value
 If a data loss of any kind is unacceptable for an application (eg. Financial transactions) then a low RPO is
required

RTO and RPO determine architecture and which data protection features and are used.

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FlashCopy

Basics

FlashCopy – Copies the data of a Source Volume to a Reverse FlashCopy - Restores the data from a Target
Target Volume. Volume to a Source Volume.

FlashCopy Reverse FlashCopy

Source Target Source Target

 The copy appears to be immediate, but the data is actually transferred in the background
 The transfer rate is adjustable up to 256 MB / Second
 Target volume can be accessed immediately even though the data isn’t there yet

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FlashCopy

Backup / Incremental- Source and Target Volumes have a Clone - Is a one-time full copy. Relationship is severed
continuously mapped relationship. Subsequent FlashCopies after the FlashCopy has completed. Great for Test / Dev
will only copy the changes since the previous FlashCopy. Team for making copies of databases.

FlashCopy
Source Target Source Target

Consistency Group - Creates point-in-time copies of Multi-Target – A single Source Volume can have mapped
multiple linked (dependent) volumes kept in sync – think relationships with up to 256 Target Volumes. Each can be
databases. started and stopped independently.

Example: SQL Server

Source
Source Targets
Linked Linked

Targets

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Transparent Cloud Tiering

On-Premise Off-Premise

IBM Cloud or
Data Compressed & Encrypted (256 bit AES) Amazon S3
Full and Incremental FlashCopies

Spectrum Virtualize Device  Backup and restore to / from the cloud

 Uses S3 and Swift protocols
 Supports Consistency Groups
 Import and export volumes between
Spectrum Virtualize systems

Also Requires:
 Encryption
 FlashCopy

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Transparent Cloud Tiering

Use Cases:

Backup
Store copies of volume in cloud; restore to same or other
volume.
Amazon S3

Archive
× Store copies of volume in cloud; delete original volume;
restore volume if needed.
Amazon S3

Transfer
Store copies of volume in cloud; connect another system
to same cloud account; restore volume to new system.
V7000
Amazon S3
V9000

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Remote Mirror
Metro Mirror
(Synchronous Copy) Relationship
Up to 300 km
Consideration:
Ideal for applications that require a low to zero RPO
 Entire trip must be less than 80 ms.
P S  When designing always use peak writes MB/s
Primary Secondary

Global Mirror
(Asynchronous Copy) Relationship
Up to 8000 km

Ideal for applications with higher RPO

P
S
Primary

 IP or Fibre Channel – based replication Secondary

 IP Replication uses BridgeWorks SANSlide / SANrockIT WAN acceleration technology
 IP Replication can also apply compression before sending data (no charge option)
 Performed on a volume level
 Can replicate between all Spectrum Virtualize products

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Global Mirror with Change Volume

High-level conceptual view of Global Mirror with Change Volumes

Primary Site Secondary Site
Up to 8000 km

P CV S CV
Flash Copy Flash Copy

 Provides asynchronous replication based on point-in-time copies of data

 Uses FlashCopy to maintain image consistency and to isolate host volumes from the replication process
 Designed to allow for effective replication over lower bandwidth networks and to reduce any impact on production hosts
 Metro Mirror and Global Mirror both require the bandwidth to be sized to meet the peak workload, whereas Global Mirror with
Change Volumes requires only to be sized to meet the average workload across a cycle period

P = Primary Volume
S = Secondary Volume
CV = Change Volume

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Remote Mirror

Metro
S P S P P
P
V7000
V5000 Family

Global Global  Spectrum Virtualize devices can replicate

Global volumes between each other
Global
 A Spectrum Virtualize device can have
remote copy relationships with up to
three different devices
 A combination of Metro Mirror and
Global Mirror can be used
S S P  A combination of IP – based and Fibre
Metro Channel replication can be used
P V9000
S
S
SVC

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Managing Data Protection

Data-at-Rest Encryption
 For compliancy reasons, several industries require the use of data-at-rest encryption technologies:
 Financial
 Healthcare
 Government
 SVC / 9010 / 9150 / V0000 / V7000 / V5020 / V5030 all support 256-bit AES encryption
 Software-based no special FDE/SED drives required
 Protects against the potential exposure of sensitive user data and user metadata that is stored on
discarded, returned, lost, or stolen storage devices

Local Storage Externally Virtualized

NetApp
+ HP EMC NEC

+ HDS IBM SUN

Expansion
Enclosures

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Data-at-Rest Encryption : Key Management
IP-Based Communications

Primary Server  Spectrum Virtualize supports up to four IBM SKLM Key servers
 One designated as a primary
 And up to three clones
 Each node in Spectrum Virtualize system is mapped to each key server
 Can be used in conjunction with USB key management
 GUI support for migrating from USB key management to IBM SKLM server
management

Clone Servers

Each node is mapped to the Key

Management Servers by way of IP-based
communications.

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Hyper-Swap
 HyperSwap is a licensed high-availability / site disaster recovery feature
 Remote Mirror is a requirement to be able use Hyper-Swap

How it works: A volume can be active on two I/O groups so that it can immediately be accessed by the
other site when one site is not available.

Host Host

Synchronized

Site A Site B
Synchronized
P Up to 300 km (Metro Mirror) S
V7000 with Primary Volume V7000 with Secondary Volume

Independent Failure Domain Independent Failure Domain

 Dual I/O Groups in 2 separate sites

 Primary and Secondary volumes defined
 Volumes kept in sync using Metro Mirror
 Immediate path failover

IP Quorum IP Quorum (Java app) used as tie breaker

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Volume Mirroring

Clustered
V7K Control Enclosure V7K Control Enclosure V7K Control Enclosure
 Volume mirroring provides two
identical physical copies of data
 When a host writes data to its
volume, the data writes data to a
mirrored volume as well

Single Site Single Site

Stretched Cluster - SVC

SVC Node 2

SVC Node 1

SVC Node 1 SVC Node pair physically separated SVC Node 2

Maximum of 300 km

Primary Site Secondary Site

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RAID – Distributed RAID (DRAID)

Distributed RAID (DRAID)

Advantages:
1. Out performs traditional RAID-5
2. Allows "non-performance-disruptive" rebuilds upon a single drive failure (fast rebuild times)
3. Allows the performance of the spare drive to be included in the array.
4. Doesn't leave wasted spare drives (no hot spares required)

Distributed RAID 5 - Protects against a single drive failure. Data, one parity strip, and the rebuild area are striped
across all array members.

Distributed RAID 6 - Protects against two drive failures. Data, two parity strips, and the rebuild area are striped
across all array members. Best practice for NL-SAS drives.

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Core Features and Functions

Managing
Managing Storage Managing Managing Data Complexity
Growth Performance Protection

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Managing Complexity
Management GUI
 Integrated Management GUI
 Browser Based
 Intuitively setup / configure / modify / scale / code updates
 Manage externally virtualized storage

Easy Data Migration

 Data Migration Wizard (Included with SVC, All Storwize Products, FlashSystem V9000)
 Non-disruptively migrate data to and from other storage devices
 Few simple steps to setup and initiate

Easy Monitoring
 Integrated storage monitoring dashboard
 Monitor with IBM Storage Mobile Dashboard (iOS)
 Integrate with IBM Storage Insights

Easy Help and Support

 Easy initial setup using integrated Technician Port and Setup Wizard
 Mouse-Overs, Pop-Ups, Hot links to resources,
 Recommendations, Event Notifications, Event Logs
 Call Home Feature / Remote Support Feature
 Easy download of Support Package (Log Files / Configuration Info.)
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Easy Integration

 Free Software Download

 Enables seamless integration with IBM Storage products and VMware, docker, kubernetes and
MS-PowerShell

Operating System Support

vSphere

Check Compatibility at IBM Storage System Interopertion Center (SSIC):

http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software-Only

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Software Only – “DIY Appliance”

 Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software

 One code base on all SVC / Storwize platforms
 One set of common functions (selectively licensed)
 One common user interface

SAN Volume
Controller (SVC)

FlashSystem
V9000

Storwize
V7000

Storwize V5000
Family
As-a-Service
“DIY”
Appliance

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Software Only – “DIY Appliance” !
Same features, functions and capabilities as Storwize Appliances

Customers can license and download

+ Spectrum Virtualize software and install on
specific servers.
Lenovo
Bare metal installation
Installed in Pairs – Min.1 Max. 4 Pairs
Current supported models:
 Lenovo x3650M5
 SuperMicro SYS-2028U-TRTP+
+ Specifications:
 2 x CPUs (Intel E5-2600 v3/v4 series)
SuperMicro  Min. 8 Cores | Max. 14 Cores per CPU
 Minimum 32GB DDR4 Memory per CPU
 2 x Boot Drives
 SAS / SSD Drives Supported
 HBAs: SAS, FC, iSCSI

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Software Only – “DIY Appliance”
Lower Cost Remote Office / Branch Office
Head Office Remote Office / Branch Office

S S P P
 Remote office replicates critical data (P)
P back to a head office (S) S
P  Head office duplicates key data (P) to Spectrum Virtualize
Software Only Appliance
Storwize V7000 Appliance Remote Office (S)

Lower Cost Disaster Recovery

Primary Site Secondary Site

P P 
Customer does not have to purchase
S S
P second Storwize appliance and place in S S
secondary site
P Spectrum Virtualize
 Have one Storwize at Primary Site and Software Only Appliance
Storwize Appliance
“DIY appliance” at Secondary Site
Lower Cost Test / Development
Production Test / Development

P P S
 Customers can create a lower cost
P storage environment for their Test / Dev
P team(s) Spectrum Virtualize
Software Only Appliance
Storwize V5030 Appliance
 Duplicate production volumes for
application testing purposes
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IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

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As-a-Service Offering

 Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software

 One code base on all SVC / Storwize platforms
 One set of common functions (selectively licensed)
 One common user interface

SAN Volume
Controller (SVC)

FlashSystem
V9000

Storwize
V7000

Storwize V5000
Family
As-a-Service
“DIY”
Appliance

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

As-a-Service Offering

Overview
 A service available on IBM Cloud
 Gives customers the ability to have the
same capabilities as an appliance-based IBM Cloud
Spectrum Virtualize device in the cloud
 Many use cases
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
For Public Cloud

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

As-a-Service Offering

Overview
 A service available on IBM Cloud
 Gives customers the ability to have the
same capabilities as an appliance-based IBM Cloud
Spectrum Virtualize device in the cloud
 Many use cases

x86 Hardware

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As-a-Service Offering

Overview
 A service available on IBM Cloud
 Gives customers the ability to have the
same capabilities as an appliance-based IBM Cloud
Spectrum Virtualize device in the cloud
 Many use cases

Cluster up to 8 Nodes

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Use Cases : Cloud Based Workloads

Use Case : Cloud-based Workloads

S S S
Deliver high predictability and availability to
public cloud workloads.
Cloud Applications

IBM Cloud

P = Primary Volumes S = Secondary Volumes

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Use Cases : Test / Development

Use Case : Test / Development

Clone Copies of Production Data

P P C C
Leverage easy to use, advanced cloud storage
Storwize services to deliver copies of production data Test /
Dev Teams need to test new applications. New Test Applications

IBM Cloud

P = Primary Volumes C = Clones

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Use Cases : Lower Cost Disaster Recovery (DR-As-a-Service)

Use Case : Lower Cost Disaster Recovery

Mirror Critical Volumes

P P S S
Leverage easy to use, advanced cloud storage
Storwize services to implement disaster-recovery
capabilities without building a disaster-recovery
site.
IBM Cloud

Use Case : Lower Cost Disaster Recovery

Mirror Critical Volumes

S P P S
Leverage easy to use, advanced cloud storage
Storwize services to implement disaster-recovery
capabilities without building a disaster-recovery
Cloud Application
site.
IBM Cloud

P = Primary Volumes S = Secondary Volumes

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IBM Storwize Family

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IBM Storwize V7000

Storwize Portfolio

Entry Midrange Enterprise

Performance / Advanced Features / Price
V7000F
V7000 Gen3

Max. Cache 1100GB

V7000 Gen.2 Scalability 3040 Drives

V7000/V7000F
V5000 Gen.2

V5030/V5030F
Max. Cache: 128GB
Max. Scalability: 3040 Drives
V5000 Gen.2

V5020 Max. Cache: 64GB

Max. Scalability: 1520 Drives
V5000 Gen.2
V5010
Max. Cache: 32GB
Max. Scalability: 392 Drives

Max. Cache: 16 GB
Max. Scalability: 392

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Storwize Family
All-Flash Configuration

V5030F / V7000F
All Solid State Drive (SSD) Enclosures
 For “all-flash” configurations
F Model Control Enclosure
 For “good enough” flash performance – not the fastest
possible
 Control and expansion enclosures are identical to
F Model Expansion Enclosure standard V5030/V7000 models except they do not
support or recognize hard disk drives – SSDs only !
 Can’t intermix non-F model enclosures with F model
F Model Expansion Enclosure enclosures

F Model Expansion Enclosure

Note
If a customer has a need for HDDs in the future non-F models should be recommended.
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IBM Storwize Family : Features, Functions and Capabilities

V5010 V5020 V5030

124 224 324 V7000
112 212 312
Large Larger
Small Medium
V5020 plus… V5030 plus…
 Internal Virtualization V5010 plus…
 Clustering (2-Way)  Clustering (4-Way)
 Thin Provisioning  Higher Performance
 Higher Scalability  Higher Scalability
 Data Migration  Encryption
 Higher Performance  Higher Performance
 Advanced GUI
 Compression  Hardware Accelerators
 Multi-Host support
 VMware & MS Integration  Ext. Virtualization
 HyperSwap
 FlashCopy
 EasyTier
 Remote Mirror

*Licensed Feature

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IBM Storwize Family : Connectivity

V5010 V5020 V5030 V7000

Integrated USB
1GbE Ports

Technician Port

Per Node Canister: Per Node Canister: Per Node Canister: Per Node Canister:
 2 x Integrated 1GbE  2 x Integrated 1GbE  Integrated 10GbE Ports  4 x Integrated 1GbE
 Technician Port  Technician Port  Dedicated Technician Port  Technician Port
 1 x SAS Expansion Port  1 x SAS Expansion Port  2 x SAS Expansion Ports  2 x SAS Expansion Ports
 1 x USB Port  2 x Integrated SAS Host Ports  1 x USB Ports  2 x USB Ports
 1 x USB Port  Hardware Accelerator Adapters
Optional I/O Adapter: Optional I/O Adapter:
 1Gb iSCSI Optional I/O Adapter:  1Gb iSCSI Optional I/O Adapters:
 10Gb iSCSI / FCoE  1Gb iSCSI  10Gb iSCSI / FCoE  8Gb FC
 16Gb FC  10Gb iSCSI / FCoE  16Gb FC  16Gb FC
 12Gb SAS  16Gb FC  12Gb SAS  1Gb iSCSI
 12Gb SAS  10Gb iSCSI / FCoE

The V5010 supports the The V5020 supports the The V5030 supports the The V7000 supports the
simultaneous use of up to two simultaneous use of up to simultaneous use of two simultaneous use of two
storage protocols. three storage protocols; SAS, storage protocols. storage protocols.
iSCSI, FC. Can have up to 12
SAS Host Ports.

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IBM Storwize Family : Host Connectivity

Connectivity V5010 V5020 V5030 V7000

SAS Support
SAS Expansion Ports YES YES YES YES
Optional SAS Host Adapter YES YES YES NO
Integrated SAS Host Ports NO YES NO NO

Fibre Channel Support

8Gb FC Adapters NO NO NO YES
16Gb FC Adapters YES YES YES YES

iSCSI Support
Integrated 1Gb YES YES NO YES
Integrated 10Gb NO NO YES NO
Optional 1Gb YES YES YES YES
Optional 10Gb YES YES YES YES

FICON Support (Mainframe) NO NO NO NO

InfiniBand Support NO NO NO NO

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Upgrade Path

As a customer’s storage needs change they can non-disruptively upgrade from lower V5000 Gen.2 models to
higher models.

V5000 Gen.2 Upgrade Paths

V5020

V5010

V5030

Field Upgrade Process (High-Level):

 New controllers are ordered (MES Upgrade)
 First old controller is removed and replaced with a new controller
 Wait a few minutes
 Second old controller is removed and replaced with a new controllers
 Wait a few minutes
 Done !

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IBM Storwize V7000 Gen3

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Introduction

Announce: Oct. 23, 2018

General Availability: Dec. 7, 2018

IBM Storwize V7000 Gen3:

 End-to-End NVMe Control Enclosure
 2U Form Factor
 24 x 2.5 Inch Drive Slots
 Supports IBM FlashCore NVMe Drives
 Supports Industry Standard NVMe SSDs
 Future Proofed

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Full End-to-End NVMe

IBM Storwize V7000 Gen3

FC-NVMe Host or
Drives Controllers I/O Adapters NVMe-oF Switch

Full End-to-End NVME Support

Future proofed:
 Full end-to-end NVMe flash storage system
 Support for future release of Storage Class Memory (SCM)

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Control Enclosure

Control Enclosure

Dual Port
NVMe Connectivity

 NVMe drive support within control enclosure

 Intermix IBM FCMs and off-the-shelf NVMe SSDs Samsung PM1723b
 All drives are self-encrypting
NVMe - FlashCore Module (FCM) NVMe - Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Architecture

Rear View

2.
1.

Interface Adapter Technician Port 10GbE Ports (4) USB Ports (2) 2KW PSU (2)

Interface Adapter SAS Host Adapter

 Dual Active / Active Nodes (Controllers)

 Dual Power Supplies and Cooling Fans
 Quad Intel Server-Class CPUs
 128GB (64 GB per controller) thru 1.1 TB Cache (550 GB per controller)
 Up to 4 x 4 Port I/O Adapter (16 High-Speed I/O Ports Max.)
 2 x 2 Port SAS Host Adapters
 Integrated Compression Assist
 Integrated 10Gb Ethernet (RJ45 connections)
 Integrated 1Gbps Ethernet Management Ports

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Scalability

Expansion Enclosures

FlashSystem 9100
Control Enclosure

+ 2U Model AFF
24 x SAS SSDs

FlashSystem 9100
Expansion Enclosures
12Gb SAS Connectivity
Expansion enclosures
daisy chained via 12Gb
SAS connectivity (quad
channels)

Single cable has

5U 4x12Gb=48Gb
throughput

Dual SAS Connection =

Model A9F 96Gb of throughput

High-Density Expansion
92 x SAS SSDs 12Gb SAS
Maximums:
 20 x 2U Expansion Enclosures per Control Enclosure (504 drive)
 8 x 5U Expansion Enclosures per Control Enclosure (760 drives)

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Intermix 10 2U

Max. Number of Enclosures

9 2U
8 2U
7 2U 2U 2U
6 2U 2U 2U
5 2U 2U 2U 2U
4 2U 2U 2U 2U HD 5U
3 2U 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U
2 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U
1 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U

Node 2 Chain

V7000 Gen3 1 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U
Max. Number of Enclosures

2 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U HD 5U
3 2U 2U 2U HD 5U HD 5U
4 2U 2U 2U 2U HD 5U
5 2U 2U 2U 2U
6 2U 2U 2U
7 2U 2U 2U
8 2U 2U
9 2U
10 2U
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Scalability

Clustering and Expansion Enclosures

Control + Control + Control + Control

+ + + +

Expansion Expansion Expansion Expansion

Integrate with Previous Generation

 Uses Gen2 Expansion Enclosures
 Cluster with V7000 Gen2

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Drive Support

Control Enclosure Supported Expansion Enclosure Supported

FlashCore Modules (NVMe Enabled) SSDs (NVMe-Enabled) SAS-based HDDS / SSDs (Non-NVMe)

SFF HDD (SAS): SSD (SAS):

IBM Flash Core Modules: Industry Standard NVMe:  300GB 15K  400GB
 4.8TB  1.92TB  600GB 15K  800GB
 9.6TB  3.84TB  900GB 15K  1.6TB
 19.2TB  7.68TB  900GB 10K  3.2TB
 15.36TB  1.2TB 10K  1.92TB
 1.8TB 10K  3.84TB
 2.4TB 10K  7.68TB
 15.36TB
LFF HDD (NL-SAS)
 4TB
 6TB
 8TB
 10TB
 12TB

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Control Enclosure

Identical Hardware Architecture

Storwize V7000 Gen3 FlashSystem 9110

 Four 8 Core Intel Skylake CPUs  Four 8 Core Intel Skylake CPUs
 128GB Min. Cache 1.1TB Max.  128GB Min. Cache 1.5TB Max.
 Up to 16 x 16Gb FC Ports  Up to 24 x 16Gb FC Ports
 Up to 8 x 25Gb iSCSI Ports  Up to 12 x 25Gb iSCSI Ports
 Included 4 SAS Expansion Ports  Optional 4 Port SAS Expansion
 Clustering with V7000 only  Clustering with FS9100 and V7000
 Base software + Licensed Advanced  All software included
Features  IBM SSR Installed
 Customer / BP Installable  1 and 3 Year Warranty Options
 3 Year Warranty

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Storwize Storwize FlashSystem 9110

V7000 Gen2+ V7000 Gen3
Models - Control 624, AF6, U7A 724, U7B AF7, UF7
Hybrid, All Flash, Utility All Flash, Utility All Flash, Utility

Models – Expansion 24F,12F,92F / AFF,A9F 24F,12F,92F AFF,A9F

Hybrid / All Flash Hybrid All Flash

Warranty 3 year 3 year 1 and 3 year options

9X5, NBD 9X5, NBD 24X7, 4 hour response

WSU WSU

Install/ maintain Client - CSU Client - CSU IBM SSR

ECS included No No Yes
Software Base SW with features Base SW with features All in one SW

Clustering V7000 V7000 FS9100 and V7000

Min / Max Cache per controller 64GB / 256GB 128GB / 1.1 TB 128GB / 1.5 TB
Host Adapter slots 2 2 3
SAS Expansion 2 SAS Expansion ports 2 SAS Expansion ports Option
Multi-Cloud Ready Ready Enabled – Marv solutions /
Blueprints
FlashWatch program No No Yes

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IBM FlashSystem 9100

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Models

FlashSystem 9110 Model AF7

 4 x Intel Skylake 2 x 8 core 1.7 GHz

 40 Gb/s Compression Assist

Upgrade Path (4Q 2018)

FlashSystem 9150 Model AF8

 4 x Intel Skylake 2 x 14 core 2.2 GHz

 100 Gb/s Compression Assist

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Scalability : Clustering

1. FlashSystem 9100
Control Enclosure + 2. FlashSystem 9100
Control Enclosure + 3. FlashSystem 9100
Control Enclosure + 4. FlashSystem 9100
Control Enclosure

+ + + +
FlashSystem 9100 FlashSystem 9100 FlashSystem 9100 FlashSystem 9100
Expansion Enclosures Expansion Enclosures Expansion Enclosures Expansion Enclosures

Maximums:
 4 x Control Enclosures
 20 x 2U Expansion Enclosures per Control Enclosure or
 8 x 5U Expansion Enclosures per Control Enclosure
 3040 drives

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Scalability : Clustering

Scalability : Clustering

FlashSystem 9100
Control Enclosure + Storwzie V7000
Control Enclosure

+ +
Storwize V7000 Clustering Support
 Clustering support with Storwize V7000
 Minimum code level is Spectrum Virtualize V8.2 on both
 V7000 must have Full Feature licensing
 Once clustered the system will present itself as a 9100

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Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast

Storwize Storwize FlashSystem 9110
V7000 Gen2+ V7000 Gen3
Models - Control 624, AF6, U7A 724, U7B AF7, UF7
Hybrid, All Flash, Utility All Flash, Utility All Flash, Utility

Models – Expansion 24F,12F,92F / AFF,A9F 24F,12F,92F AFF,A9F

Hybrid / All Flash Hybrid All Flash

Warranty 3 year 3 year 1 and 3 year options

9X5, NBD 9X5, NBD 24X7, 4 hour response

WSU WSU

Install/ maintain Client - CSU Client - CSU IBM SSR

ECS included No No Yes
Software Base SW with features Base SW with features All in one SW

Clustering V7000 V7000 FS9100 and V7000

Min / Max Cache per controller 64GB / 256GB 128GB / 1.1 TB 128GB / 1.5 TB
Host Adapter slots 2 2 3
SAS Expansion 2 SAS Expansion ports 2 SAS Expansion ports Option
Multi-Cloud Ready Ready Enabled – Marv solutions /
Blueprints
FlashWatch program No No Yes

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IBM FlashSystem V9000

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At-a-Glance

Storage Enclosure + Control Enclosures

=
FlashSystem 900 SAN Volume Controller FlashSystem V9000

 All-Hardware Flash  15 year legacy of SDS  All-flash Software Define

 High Ops  Spectrum Virtualize Storage
 Low Latency  Efficiency Feature  High Performing
 Thin Provisioning  Up to 3 Million IOPs
 Automated Tiering  <200 microsecond Latency
 Compression  Highly Scalable
 Performance Features  Manage up to 32PB
 Easy Tier  Externally virtualize other
 Clustering vendors storage products
 Compression Offload
 Data Protection Features
 FlashCopy
 Remote Mirror
 HyperScale
 Manageability Features

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IBM FlashSystem V9000

At-a-Glance

IBM FlashSystem V9000 offers the advantages of

Mixed Workload
Software-Defined Storage at the speed of flash
memory.

Database, Analytics, Virtual

Key Features Include: Environments
 Because of the FlashSystem 900 component, V9000 inherits all of the FlashCore
Oracle, DB2, SQL Server,
technologies such as Variable Stripe RAID / 2D RAID MySQL, NoSQL, SAP,
 Because of the Spectrum Virtualize software stack installed on the control Watson, Hadoop,
Spark, Tealeaf
enclosures, it inherits most of the capabilities of the IBM SAN Volume Controller
such as:
External storage virtualization, clustering, automated tiering (Easy Tier), data
reduction (Real-time Compression), data protection features (remote copy,
FlashCopy, HyperSwap, data-at-rest encryption)
 Up to 32 PB of capacity can be managed by a single FlashSystem V9000 system

Speeds and Feeds

 Usable Capacity from 2 TB to 456 TB (MicroLatency Module Capacity)
 Manage up to 32PB of Capacity
 3.0 Million IOPs of Performance
 <200 Microseconds of Latency
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Scalability
Additional
Storage

32PB
Enclosures

Network Switches
of Capacity can Be Managed

Externally Virtualized Storage

Expansion Enclosures Building Blocks

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Enterprise Class Support – (3 Year Warranty Model)

IBM Storage Enterprise Class Support delivers improved response times, HW & SW installation
assistance, on-site code upgrades, and Service coordination across IBM.

HW installation with Service and Support  24x7 support for severity 1 & 2
Rep (SSR) assistance  Improved trouble ticket response times
SW installation and upgrades (Severity 1: 30 min, Severity 2: 2 hrs,
SW configuration assistance via SWMA Severity 3&4: 2 business hrs or next
Call-Home configuration assistance via SSR business day)

Technical Advisor (TA) support  Remote dial-in for diagnostics

Code upgrades and installation  Remote retrieval of snaps, logs, etc.
provided and performed by SSR (client upload/IBM proactive)
onsite Note: planned for future releases

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IBM VersaStack

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Cisco and IBM Converged System

Components
Common Management

Automation and Orchestration Advantage can scale on:

 Compute
 Storage
Compute Storage Networking  Networking

+ +

Compute Cisco UCS

Storage IBM Storwize, IBM FlashSystem, IBM SVC, Spectrum Software
Networking Cisco Nexus, Cisco MDS
Management Cisco USC Manager / USC Director

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Resources
Additional Resources

IBM Product Websites

IBM SAN Volume Controller Website
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/
IBM Storwize Family Website
https://www.ibm.com/storage/storwize
IBM FlashSystem
https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/storage/flash
IBM Spectrum Virtualize:
https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/virtualization-software

IBM Knowledge Center

IBM V5000 Gen.2
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STHGUJ_8.1.2/com.ibm.storwize.tb5.812.doc/tbrd4_tbrd4ovr.html
IBM V7000 Gen.2
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ST3FR7_8.2.0/com.ibm.storwize.v7000.820.doc/v7000_ichome.html
IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STPVGU_8.1.1/com.ibm.storage.svc.console.811.doc/svc_ichome.html
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STVLF4_7.8.0/spectrum.virtualize.780.doc/svc_svcovr_1bcfiq.html

IBM Redbooks
IBM Storwize
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/searchsite?SearchView=&query=storwize&SearchWV=true
IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/searchsite?SearchView=&query=SVC&SearchWV=true
IBM FlashSystem
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/searchsite?SearchView=&query=flashsystem&SearchWV=true
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/searchsite?SearchView=&query=spectrum%20virtualize&SearchWV=true

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