Originally posted by: ldean0558
 | Lloyd Dean
IBM Senior Certified Executive IT Architect |
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On April 2nd IBM announced several key enhancements across the Storwize V5000 portfolio.
The models for the V5000 now include V5010E, 5030E and the V5100.
The V5010E includes two single socket Broadwell DE 2.2GHz, 2 core processor canisters. Each canister supports a maximum of 32GB of RAM.
The V5030E includes the Broadwell DE 1.9GHz, 6 core processor in its two canisters. Each canister supports a maximum of 32GB of RAM.
The V5100 boasts a single Skylake 1.7Ghz processor with 8 cores in each canisters. RAM is increased to a total of 576GB for the entire controller, or 288GB maximum per canister.
From a scale out perspective the V5010E model supports a single controller configuration, while the V5030E and V5100 both support up to two controller clusters. This provides for a maximum of 392 drives in the V5010E and a massive 1520 drives in either the V5030E or V5100 dual controller clusters.
While the new lineup for the V5000 is impressive; regarding the quantity of drives, and the storage available per model will blow your mind.
The V5000E & V5100 versions support the following drive types.
| Storwize V5000E & V5100 - SAS Drive Support |
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| 2.5" (SFF) | Speed | Capacities |
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| Tier 1 Flash | - | 1.9TB | 3.84TB | 7.68TB | 15.36TB |
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| High Performance, Enterprise Class Disk Drives | 10000 rpm | 900GB | 1.2TB | 1.8TB | 2.4TB |
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| High-Capacity, Archival-Class Nearline Disk Drives | 7200 rpm | 2TB | - | - | - |
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| 3.5" (LFF) | Speed | Capacities |
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| High-Capacity, Archival-Class Nearline Disk Drives | 7200 rpm | 4TB | 6TB | 8TB | 10TB | 12TB |
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Along with the compute & cache layer enhancements across the V5000 platform, the V5100 receieved a large boost in its storage support. IBM has delivered a solid Flash / Hybrid storage controller player to the markey. In the V5100 model we now support both the Flash Core Modules (FCM) and or NVMe Industry Standard SSD drives. In addition in the expansion drawers you can add even more SAS SSD, 10K and NL-SAS capacity.
The combination of Flash Core Modules and NVMe Industry Standard drives makes the V5100 the perfect low to medium class storage controller.
| 2.5" (LFF) | Hardware Compressing | Capacities | | | | |
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| IBM Flash Core Modules | Yes | 4.8TB | 9.6TB | 19.2TB | |
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| Industry Standard NVMe Flash Drives | No | 1.92TB | 3.84TB | 7.68TB | 15.36TB |
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Both the V5010/30E and the V5100 models offer the following on board interface ports per canister:
| Platform | V5010E | V5030E | V5100 |
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| 1GbE | 1x1GbE techport + iSCSI | 1x1GbE dedicated tech port | 1x1GbE dedicated tech port |
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| 1GbE | 1x1GbE iSCSI only rpm | | | | |
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| 10GbE | n/a | 2x10GbE (iSCSI only) | 4x10GbE (iSCSI only) |
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| 12G SAS | 1xSAS expansion | 2xSAS expansion | |
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The Storwize V5000E models support 1 additional interface card, or 1 SAS host attachment adapter per canister. The optional interface cards available are:
| Storwize V5000 Supported Adapter Cards |
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| 4 port 16Gb Fibre Channel only |
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| 2 port 25GbE iSCSI only |
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| 2 port 12Gb SAS host attach |
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The Storwize V5100 model also supports 1 host interface card, and also optionally up to two SAS Storage Expansion adapters. The adapter interface cards available for the V5100 are:
| Storwize V5000 Supported Adapter Cards |
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| 4 port 16Gb Fibre Channel, FC NVMeOF |
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| 2 port 25GbE ROCE ISER, iSCSI |
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| 2 port 25GbE iWARP ISER, iSCSI |
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| 2 port 12Gb SAS to allow SAS Expansions |
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Regarding the software features for the V5000E and V5100 models, all of the models discussed still include the following features as shown. Specifics on the actual software features is documented below:
| Storwize V5000 V5100 Software Features |
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| Feature Description | V5010E | V5030E | V5100 | Notes |
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| DRP Compression | No | Yes | License Per Enclosure | *Required minimum 32GB RAM |
| Hardware Encryption | No | DFSA License Key | DFSA License Key | |
| Software Encryption | No | No | DFSA License Key (for use on virtual storage) | |
| DRAID - Distributed RAID | DRAID 6 recommended / DRAID 5 supported | DRAID 6 recommended / DRAID 5 supported | DRAID 6 recommended / DRAID 5 supported | |
| TRAID - Traditional RAID | R0, 1 & 10 | R0, 1 & 10 | R0, 1 & 10 | |
| External Virtualization | Data Migration Only | Data Migration Only | License Per Enclosure | |
| VVols - Supported with Spectrum Connect | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hyperswap | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Flash Copy | DFSA License Key | DFSA License Key for each IO Group | License Per Enclosure | |
| Remote Copy | DFSA License Key | DFSA License Key for each IO Group | License Per Enclosure | |
| Spectrum Virtualize 8.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| EasyTier | DFSA License Key | DFSA License Key for each IO Group | License Per Enclosure | |
| Thin Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Volume Mirroring | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Secure Disable USB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| T10 Diff | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| DRP (Data Reduction Pools) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Data Deduplication | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Reviewing this information has been eye awaking and though valuable I have only touched on pieces of this latest update for IBM storage.
For those seeking an even deeper depth of knowledge I refer you to my learned colleague Barry Whites blog,
Visit Barry's blog [Storage Virtualization] for more details.
Leaving a discussion like this and not providing a review across the Storwize Block Family would not be welcomed by you my readers.
Here is a table reflecting the features by model for your quick reference.
IBM Storage Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Functional Comparison
| Storwize V5010E | Storwize V5030E | Storwize V5100/F | Storwize V7000 Gen3 | Storwize V9100 Family |
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| Container Integration |
| 3-Site Data Copies (In Combination with IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management) |
| Local and remote replication (snapshots, DR, copy/migrate to cloud) |
| Easy Tier AI-driven automated tiering |
| Transparent Data Migration |
| | Data Reduction Pools |
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| | Scale-out Clustering |
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| | HyperSwap High Availability |
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| | Encryption |
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| | | NVMe Flash and FC-NVMe Host Connections |
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| | | Penalty-Free Compression and Encryption with IBM FlashCore Modules |
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| | | External Storage Virtualization of more than 450 storage systems |
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| | | Storage Class Memory Capable |
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Below is a chart reflecting details on the IBM FlashWatch Program by Storwize Model
| Product | 100% Availability Guarantee | Data Reduction Guarantee | Controller Upgrade Program |
7-year 24x7 Support
| Flash Endurance | Data Migration |
| Storwize V5010E | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storwize V5030E | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storwize V5100/F | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storwize V7000 Gen3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FlashSystem 9100 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
To learn more, see [Meet the new IBM Storwize V5000] YouTube video, and the [IBM Storwize V5000E models], [IBM Storwize V5100], [IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM FlashSystem 9100, and IBM Storwize families offer new drive options] announcement letters.
Watch for my next blog write up soon.