Datasheet

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Disk Storage Systems (continued)
XIV DS6800 DS8100 DS8300 DS8700
Product
IBM XIV Storage System IBM System Storage DS6800 IBM System Storage DS8000 IBM System Storage DS8000 IBM System Storage DS8000
Machine/model
2810/A14, 2812/A14 1750/522 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424/931 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424/932/9B2 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424/941/94E
Platform
support
1
System x, System p, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX,
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Linux for
Intel systems, Linux for System p, Linux for
System z, VMware, Apple Macintosh OSX
System x, System i, System p, System z,
IBM i5/OS®, OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX,
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Linux for
IBM System z, z/OS, IBM z/VM®, IBM VSE/
ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux for
System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS,
TRU64, NetWare, VMware, Apple Macintosh
OS X, Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER, SGI IRIX
System x, System i, System p, System z, i5/OS,
OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2000,
Windows Server 2003, Linux for System z, z/OS,
z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux
for System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS,
TRU64, NetWare, VMware, Apple Macintosh
OS X, Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER, SGI IRIX
System x, System i, System p, System z, i5/OS,
OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2000,
Windows Server 2003, Linux for System z, z/OS,
z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux
for System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS,
TRU64, NetWare, VMware, Apple Macintosh
OS X, Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER, SGI IRIX
System x, System i, System p, System z, i5/OS,
OS/400, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2000,
Windows Server 2003, Linux for System z, z/OS,
z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF, Linux for System i, Linux
for System p, Linux for Intel systems, OpenVMS,
TRU64, NetWare, VMware, Apple Macintosh
OS X, Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER, SGI IRIX
Host connectivity
4 Gbps Fibre Channel, iSCSI 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON 2 Gbps and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON,
IBM ESCON®
2 Gbps and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON,
ESCON
4 Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON
SAN support
Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric, Ethernet Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric
Copy services
synchronous mirror, asynchronous mirror, snap-
shot, thin provisioning
FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, Global
Copy, as target for z/OS Global Mirror
FlashCopy, FlashCopy SE, Metro Mirror, Global
Mirror, Global Copy, z/OS Global Mirror,
Metro/Global Mirror
FlashCopy, FlashCopy SE, Metro Mirror, Global
Mirror, Global Copy, z/OS Global Mirror,
Metro/Global Mirror
FlashCopy, FlashCopy SE, Metro Mirror, Global
Mirror, Global Copy, z/OS Global Mirror,
Metro/Global Mirror
Availability
features
Fault tolerant, N+1 redundancy, hot-swappable
parts, 3 Universal Power Supplies, nondisruptive
hardware changes, nondisruptive code load
multipathing device drivers as supported
through OSs
Fault tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap
RAID controller cards, Battery Backup Units,
Fibre Channel switch controllers, power sup-
plies, nondisruptive hardware and software code
load updates, multipathing device driver
Fault tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap
RAID controller cards, Battery Backup Units,
Fibre Channel switch controllers, power sup-
plies, nondisruptive hardware and software code
load updates, multipathing device driver
Fault tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap
RAID controller cards, Battery Backup Units,
Fibre Channel switch controllers, power sup-
plies, nondisruptive hardware and software code
load updates, multipathing device driver
Fault tolerant, dual redundant and hot-swap
RAID controller cards, Battery Backup Units,
Fibre Channel switch controllers, power sup-
plies, nondisruptive hardware and software code
load updates, multipathing device driver
Controller
Multiple active-active Dual active/active Dual active/active Dual active/active Dual active/active
Cache
(min, max)
48/120 GB 4 GB
16/128 GB 32/256 GB 32/384 GB
RAID support
Data mirroring 5, 10 5, 6, 10 5, 6, 10 5, 6, 10
Capacity – raw
(min, max)
72 TB
360 TB
292 GB, 57 TB
1.1 TB, 384 TB 1.1 TB, 1024 TB 584 GB, 2048 TB
Drive interface
SATA 2 Gbps Fibre Channel 2 Gbps Fibre Channel 2 Gbps Fibre Channel 2 Gbps Fibre Channel
Drive support
1000 GB, 2000 GB 73 GB 15K, 146 GB 15K, 300 GB 15K 73 GB SSD, 146 GB SSD, 146 GB 15K, 300 GB
15K, 450 GB 15K, 1 TB 7.2K SATA
73 GB SSD, 146 GB SSD, 146 GB 15K, 300 GB
15K, 450 GB 15K, 1 TB 7.2K SATA
73 GB SSD, 146 GB SSD, 146 GB 15K, 300 GB
15K, 450 GB 15K, 1 TB SATA, 2 TB SATA
Certifications
Oracle RAC, IBM PowerHA™ for AIX,
HP MC/ServiceGuard
Microsoft Cluster Server,
NetWare Cluster Services,
Sun Solaris Cluster, SVC
Oracle OSCP Validation of Compatibility,
HACMP, Solaris Ready, Veritas Cluster
Oracle OSCP Validation of Compatibility,
HACMP, GDPS, Solaris Ready, Veritas Cluster
Oracle OSCP Validation of Compatibility,
HACMP, GDPS, Solaris Ready, Veritas Cluster
Oracle OSCP Validation of Compatibility,
HACMP, GDPS, Solaris Ready, Veritas Cluster
High-end and Enterprise Disk Systems
1: Consult product information for details. 2: RedHat, SUSE Linux and TurboLinux. Please verify specific product information for details. 3: Via IBM TotalStorage SAN Controller 160; no cluster or HACMP support. 4: Also, verification will be completed for HP Service Guard.
5: Metro Mirror is synchronous replication; Global Mirror is asynchronous replication; Metro/Global Mirror is three-site cascading asynchronous replication; Global Copy is extended distance copying.