IBM Storwize V5000 is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualized storage system that enables midsize organizations to meet the challenges of rapid data growth and limited IT budgets. As an intermediate Storwize family offering, Storwize V5000 enables organizations to consolidate and provide new capabilities to their infrastructures.
Storwize V5000 control enclosure models include two node canisters, each with 8 GB cache for a system total of 16 GB cache. Standard is 6 Gb SAS and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity, with an option for 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) or 10 iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity.
The LFF enclosure models support up to 12 3.5-inch drives, while the small form factor (SFF) enclosure models support up to 24 2.5-inch drives. High-performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives, and flash (solid-state drives [SSDs]) are supported. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within an enclosure, which provides the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure. You can also intermix large form factor (LFF) and SFF expansion enclosures behind an LFF or SFF control enclosure.
A Storwize V5000 system scales up to 480 drives with the attachment of up to 19 Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures. All Storwize V5000 functional capabilities are provided through IBM Storwize Family Software for Storwize V5000. The Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.
| MPN | 2072-212 |
| Manufacturer | IBM |
| Product Type | Storage |
| Form Factor | 2U |
| Drive Bays | 12 x 3.5' LFF |
| Storage | 12 x 4TB 12G NL-SAS 7.2K HDD (PN: 02PX584) |
| Optical Transceiver | 8 x 16GB FC transceiver (PN: AFBR-57F5MZ-ELX) |
| Power Supply | 2 x 800W Power Supply (PN: 01LJ901) |
| Nodes | 2 x IBM Storwize 5010/5015 Node Canister (PN: 02PX516) |
| CPU | 1 x Intel Pentium D1508 @ 2.20 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB |
| Expansion Cards | 1 x Quad port 16GB FC adapter (PN: 01EJ187) |
| Other | 1 x Backup Battery Module (PN: 01AC366) |