- IBM System Storage
IBM System Storage (formerly IBM TotalStorage) is the brand name for
IBM 'scomputer storage products, covering both Disk and Tape products.Disk Systems
Current Disk Systems
DS3000 Series
The DS3000 products are made for IBM by LSI
* DS3200
** 3Gbit SAS single or dual-controller for direct host attachment (up to 6 hosts)
** 2U enclosure with 12 SAS or SATA drive bays
** can use up to 48 drives using EXP3000
* DS3400
** 4Gbit FC single or dual-controller with 4 host ports
** 2U enclosure with 12 SAS or SATA drive bays
** can use up to 48 drives using EXP3000
* EXP3000
** 3Gbit SAS expansion drawer for direct host, DS3200 or DS3400 attachment
** 2U enclosure with 12 SAS or SATA drive baysDS4000 Series
The DS4000 products are made for IBM by LSI
* DS4200
** 4Gbit FC dual-controller with 4 host ports and 4 drive ports
** 3U enclosure with 16 SATA drive bays
** can contain up to 112 drives using six EXP420 expansion units
* DS4700
** 4Gbit FC dual-controller with 4 or 8 host ports and 4 drive ports
** 3U enclosure with 16Fibre Channel drive bays
** can contain up to 112 drives using EXP100, EXP710 or EXP810 expansion units, mixing allowed
** drives can beFibre Channel or SATA
* DS4800
** 4Gbit FC dual-controller with 8 host ports and 8 drive ports
** 4U enclosure (no internal drive bays)
** can contain up to 224 drives using EXP100, EXP710 or EXP810 expansion units, mixing allowed
** drives can beFibre Channel or SATA
* EXP420
** 4Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4200 attachment
** 3U enclosure with 16 SATA drive bays
* EXP810
** 4Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4300, DS4500, DS4700 or DS4800 attachment
** 3U enclosure with 16Fibre Channel drive baysDS6000 Series
Enterprise storage, supporting both FC and
FICON host connectivity
* DS6800
**PowerPC 750 dual-controller with 8 host ports and 8 drive ports
** 3U enclosure with 16 FC drive bays
** can contain up to 128 drives using DS6000 expansion units
** drives can beFibre Channel or SATADS8000 Series
Enterprise storage, supporting FC,
FICON andESCON host connectivity
* DS8100
** two 2-way POWER5+ controllers
** can contain up to 384 drives
** drives can beFibre Channel or SATA
* DS8300
** two 4-way POWER5+ controllers (based on p570 servers)
** can contain up to 1024 drives
** drives can beFibre Channel or SATADCS9550
Disk storage system targeting HPC workloads. It is based on the
DataDirect Networks S2A9550N Series
The N Series is a Network attached storage (NAS) and
iSCSI product. It is based on theNetApp V-Series.* N3300
* N3600
* N3700 (16TB maximum raw capacity)
* N5200 (84TB maximum raw capacity)
* N5300 (126TB maximum raw capacity)
* N5500 (84TB maximum raw capacity)
* N5600 (252TB maximum raw capacity)
* N7600 (420TB maximum raw capacity)
* N7800 (504TB maximum raw capacity)AN Volume Controller
The
IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is a block storage virtualization appliance.Withdrawn Disk Systems
* EXP300 (
SCSI Ultra160 Expansion drawer for direct host attachment)
* EXP400 (SCSI Ultra320 Expansion drawer for direct host or DS400 attachment)
* DS300 (iSCSI controller)
* DS400 (FC Attached controller, using SCSI drives)
* DS4000 Series
** EXP100 (1Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4000 attachment, using SATA disks)
** EXP700 (2Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4000 attachment)
** EXP710 (2Gbit FC Expansion drawer for DS4000 attachment)
** DS4100 (FC Attached controller, using SATA drives)
** DS4300
** DS4300 Turbo
** DS4400
** DS4500
* FAStT Series (renamed to DS4000 Series)
** EXP200 (1Gbit FC Expansion drawer for FAStT attachment)
** EXP500 (1Gbit FC Expansion drawer for FAStT attachment)
** FAStT100 (renamed to DS4100)
** FAStT200
** FAStT500
** FAStT600 (renamed to DS4300)
** FAStT600 Turbo (renamed DS4300 Turbo)
** FAStT700 (renamed to DS4400)
** FAStT900 (renamed to DS4500)
* Enterprise Storage Server (or ESS, or "Shark"; predecessor of DS8000 Series)Tape Systems
Current Tape Drives
The IBM tape product range includes drives and tapes based on the LTO and TS1120 formats.
* TS1120 - tape drive supporting 3592 media
* TS2230 - half-height, single slot LTO-3
* TS2340 - single slot LTO-4 (equivalent to old 3580 library)Current Tape Controllers
Current Tape Libraries
* TS3100 - one or two LTO-3 or LTO-4 drive library (24 cartridges)
* TS3200 - one or two LTO-3 or LTO-4 drive library (48 cartridges)
* TS3310 - expandable library with up to six LTO-3 or LTO-4 drives (122 cartridges with expansion module)
* TS3400 - one or two TS1120 drive library (18 cartridges)
* TS3500 - ultrascalable tape library with LTO or TS1120 drives (up to 16 frames, 192 drives and 6887 cartridges dependent on format)Current Tape Virtualization Products
* TS7510 / TS7520 - virtualization engines (virtual tape libraries) for Open Systems
* TS7700 - virtualization engine (virtual tape library) for System z (mainframe)ee also
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List of IBM products External links
* [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/index.html IBM System Storage]
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