Abstract
The IBM® FlashSystem™ V840 delivers high performance, efficiency, and reliability for shared enterprise storage environments, while simplifying data management, improving data security, and preserving your investments in storage with advanced software-defined storage.
November 12, 2015 - Updated to include IBM FlashSystem V840 version 7.6 functionality.
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Storage capacity and performance requirements are growing faster than ever before, and the costs of managing this growth are depleting more of the information technology (IT) budget. IBM® FlashSystem™ V840 (FlashSystem V840) has changed the economics of today's data center by eliminating storage bottlenecks, and its software-defined storage features simplify data management, improve data security, and preserve your investments in storage.
This IBM Redbooks® Product Guide describes IBM FlashSystem® V840, which is a comprehensive all-flash enterprise storage solution that delivers a rich set of software-defined storage features, including IBM Real-time Compression™, dynamic tiering, thin provisioning, snapshots, cloning, replication, data copy services, and IBM HyperSwap® for high availability (HA). With the release of FlashSystem V9000 Software V7.6, extra functions are available, including VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVol) support, and an integrated IBM Comprestimator utility. Support also exists for VMware 6 that enhances and improves scalability in a VMware environment.
FlashSystem V840 Software version 7.6, shown in Figure 1, replaces version 7.5, and is available to all FlashSystem V840 customers with current warranty or software maintenance agreements.
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