Continuing its commitment to developing and delivering industry-leading storage technologies, IBM® introduces the IBM Storwize® V7000, an innovative new storage offering that delivers essential storage efficiency technologies and exceptional ease of use and performance, all integrated into a compact, modular design that is offered at a competitive, midrange price.

IBM Storwize V7000 incorporates some of the top IBM technologies typically found only in enterprise-class storage systems, raising the standard for storage efficiency in midrange disk systems. This cutting-edge storage system extends the comprehensive storage portfolio from IBM and can help change the way organizations address the ongoing information explosion.

This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces the features and functions of the IBM Storwize V7000 through several examples. This book is aimed at pre- and post-sales technical support and marketing, storage administrators, and will help you understand the architecture of the Storwize V7000, how to implement it, and take advantage of the industry leading functions and features.

The IBM Storwize V7000 solution provides a modular storage system that includes the capability to virtualize external SAN-attached storage and its own internal storage. The IBM Storwize V7000 solution is built upon the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) technology base and uses technology from the IBM System Storage DS8000 family. IBM Storwize V7000 provides a number of configuration options that are aimed at simplifying the implementation process. It also provides automated wizards, called Directed Maintenance Procedures (DMP), to assist in resolving any events that might occur. IBM Storwize V7000 is a clustered, scalable, and midrange storage system as well as an external virtualization device.

When virtualizing external storage arrays, IBM Storwize V7000 can provide up to 32 PB of usable capacity. IBM Storwize V7000 supports a range of external disk systems similar to what the SVC supports today. The IBM Storwize V7000 solution consists of a control enclosure and, optionally, up to nine expansion enclosures (and supports the intermixing of the different expansion enclosures). Within each enclosure are two canisters. Control enclosures contain two node canisters, and expansion enclosures contain two expansion canisters.

Related Solutions:

Microsoft Windows Server Platforms, Redhat Linux, Suse linux, Oracle, Vmvare

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IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Disk System
System Storage V7000