IBM FlashSystem Portfolio March 2022

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IBM FlashSystem Portfolio

Roger Kasten
WW Storage & SDI Flash Technical Enablement Manager
[email protected]
 *Illustrative performance comparison, will vary based on workloads and configurations

IBM FlashSystem Portfolio Clustered

Simple, innovative, flexible, safe and fast Able to
Cluster
NVMe

NVMe

HIGH-END
Able to FlashSystem 9500 FlashSystem 9500R
Cluster

NVMe
MIDRANGE
Able to
Cluster FlashSystem 7300

Able to NVMe
ENTRY Cluster

FlashSystem 5200
SAS

FlashSystem 5035
SAS

Spectrum Storage
FlashSystem 5015 Virtualize Insights
IBM FlashSystem 5015
Dual Active-Active Array Controllers with SAS to Flash Media
Dual-ported 2.5” SAS bays (24)

SAS SSDs and HDDs adhering to 2.5” industry standard form factor

FlashSystem 5015
One 2-core CPU for
a total of 4-cores
per system
Canister LEDs
Up to 64GB
of cache
per system

Up to two
host adapter
cards per system

Up to 386K IOPS
USB Port Technician Port Onboard 12Gb SAS Battery LEDs Optional HIC
and 7.0GB/s per
Management (may be used for (expansion)
system
and I/O port (1GbE) 1GbE I/O after setup)
IBM FlashSystem 5035
Dual Active-Active Array Controllers with SAS to Flash Media
Dual-ported 2.5” SAS bays (24)

SAS SSDs and HDDs adhering to 2.5” industry standard form factor
FlashSystem 5035
One 6-core CPU for
a total of 12-cores
per system

Canister LEDs
Up to 64GB
of cache
per system

Up to two
host adapter
cards per system

A single system
delivers up to 900K
IOPS and 8.2GB/s. USB Port Management and Onboard 12Gb SAS Battery LEDs Optional HIC
Supports 2-way I/O ports (10GbE) (expansion)
clustering Dedicated Technician port (always on)
IBM FlashSystem 5200
Dual Active-Active Array Controllers with NVMe to Flash Media Storage Class Memory Up
Dual-ported 2.5” NVMe Flash bays (12) to 12 SCM drives to
FlashSystem 5200 accelerate workloads. Use
One 8-core CPU for FlashCore Modules designed to 2.5” industry standard form factor with FCM3s and EasyTier.
a total of 16-cores (Includes: HW Compression, HW Encryption)
per system

Up to 512GB
of cache
per system Interface
Card slots

Up to four
host adapter
cards per system

A single system
delivers up to 1.5M
IOPS and 21GB/s
and supports 10GbE Ports USB Tech Port 10GbE Ports USB Tech Port
4-way clustering Maintenance Maintenance
Port Port
IBM FlashSystem 7300
Dual Active-Active Array Controllers with NVMe to Flash Media Storage Class Memory
Dual-ported 2.5” NVMe Flash bays (24) Up to 12 SCM drives to
accelerate workloads. Use
FlashCore Modules designed to 2.5” industry standard form factor with FCM3s and EasyTier.
FlashSystem 7300 (Includes: HW Compression, HW Encryption)
Two 10-core CPUs
for a total of 40-
cores per system

Up to 1.5TB
of cache
per system

Up to six
host adapters
cards per system

A single system
delivers up to
3.5M IOPS and
45GB/s. Supports Interface Card Slot (2) Tech Port 10GbE Ports (4) USB Ports (2) 2KW PSU (2)
up to 4-way
clustering Interface Card Slot (1)
 • Dual Active-Active Array Controllers with NVMe to Flash Media Storage Class Memory
IBM FlashSystem 9500 •
•
Dual-ported 2.5” NVMe Flash bays (48)
FlashCore Modules designed to 2.5” industry standard form
Up to 12 SCM drives to
accelerate workloads. Use
factor (Includes: HW Compression, HW Encryption) with FCM3s and EasyTier
FlashSystem 9500
Two 24-core CPUs
for a total of 96-
cores per system
Battery Back-up
• 2 x Hot-Pluggable
BBU’s (Per Canister)
• Each BBU can support
Up to 3.0TB single FHD
of cache
per system Boot Device’s
• 2 x Redundant/Hot-
Pluggable Boot Devices

Up to twelve
4 x Hot Pluggable PS

host adapters Host Card Cages

cards per system • 3 x Removable/Cold-
Pluggable Card Cages
Power Supplies

A single system
•

delivers up to 8M
IOPS & 100GB/s.
Supports up to 4-
2KW PSU (4) 1GbE Ports (2) 1GbE Tech Port Interface Card Slots (3)
way* clustering
Compression Slot (1) USB Port
Expansion Options

2U, 12-slot 3.5” SAS enclosure (12Gb/s)

2U, 24-slot 2.5” SAS enclosure (12Gb/s)

5U, 92-slot 2.5” or 3.5” SAS enclosure (12Gb/s)

Supported Adapter Cards

Ports per
Protocol
Card
4 16G Fibre Channel supports NVMe-oF
2*/4 32Gb Fibre Channel supports NVMe-oF
TBD1 64Gb Fibre Channel supports NVMe-oF
2 25Gb RoCE Ethernet supports NVMe RDMA
2 100Gb RoCE Ethernet supports NVMe RDMA
4*/2 12Gb SAS Expansion

* FlashSystem 5200 supports a 2-port x 32Gb FC card and a 4-port 12Gb SAS card
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Statement of Direction – For FlashSystem 9500/9500R
Quick Comparison of FlashSystem Family
FlashSystem FlashSystem FlashSystem FlashSystem FlashSystem FlashSystem
5015 5035 5200 7300 9500 9500R
All-Flash and/or Hybrid AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✘ AF ✓ - H ✘

Max cache per control enclosure 64GB 64GB 512GB 1.5TB 3.0TB 3.0TB x 2

Host adapter slots per control enc. 2 2 4 6 12 12 x 2

Storage Class Memory support No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

NVMe SSDs and IBM FCMs No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

NVMe-oF support No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

SAS SSDs and SAS HDDs ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✘ ✓ and ✘

Support for SAS devices Yes – Control & Exp. Yes – Control & Exp. Yes – Expansion Yes – Expansion Yes – Expansion Yes – Expansion

Max physical capacity raw

720TB 720TB 460TB 921.6TB 1843.2TB**** 1843.2TB**** x 2
in 1U, 2U or 4U control enclosure

Max usable effective with DRAID 1PB** 2.3PB** 2.3PB** / 4.5PB*** 2.3PB**/4.5PB*** x 2
573TB Up to 2.8PB*
in 1U, 2U or 4U control enclosure Or up to 2.3PB* Or up to 4.6PB* Or up to 9.2PB* Or up to 9.2PB* x 2

Maximum capacity with clustering NA 32PB (2-way) 32PB (2 tp 4-way) 32PB (2 to 4-way) 32PB (2 to 4-way1) 32PB (2-way)

FCM3 (no impact) FCM3 (no impact) FCM3 (no impact) FCM3 (no impact)
Data Reduction None Software DRP
DRP (Hdw assist) DRP (Hdw assist) DRP (Hdw assist) DRP (Hdw assist)

Customer set-up with IBM install, w/ storage IBM install, w/ storage

Installation and support Customer set-up Customer set-up Customer set-up
Storage Expert Care options expert care options expert care options

Support for CSI and cloud Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

* With 5:1 data reduction via DRP ** With 3:1 data reduction via FCM
**** Raw capacity, later in 2022 *** With 3:1 data reduction via FCM later in 2022 All-Flash and Hybrid All-Flash Only 1
Four-way via RPQ
Spectrum Virtualize Across The Family
Storage Insights (AI Predictive Analytics and Proactive Monitoring)

FlashSystem 5015 FlashSystem 5035 FlashSytem 5200 FlashSystem 7300 FlashSystem 9500/R SAN Volume Controller

VMware & Container Integration

Multi-tenancy
3-Site Data Copies
Metro/Global Mirror (Remote copy)
Local and cloud snapshots
Volume Mobility for non-disruptive Data Migration across FlashSystem and SVC
Easy Tier (Automated hot/cold extent movement)
Data Migration (from >500 supported arrays)
Distributed RAID 1, 5 & 6 DRAID 1 and 6
DRP (Software only) Data Reduction Pools (Hardware assisted compression)
Clustering (Multiple I/O groups)
HyperSwap (Active / active access)
Encryption (Local and server based keys)
NVMe-oF Host Connections
External Storage Virtualization (>500 Supported Arrays)
Safeguarded Copy – delivering immutable copies
FCMs (NVMe with compression & encryption) & NVMe/SCM drives
Storage Class Memory (ultra low latency drives)
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