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IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 Product Guide: Updated for IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7

A draft IBM Redpaper publication

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Last updated on 16 July 2024

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IBM Form #: REDP-5741-00


Authors: Hartmut Lonzer, Jon Herd and Vasfi Gucer

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    Abstract

    This IBM® Redpaper® Product Guide describes the IBM Storage FlashSystem® 7300 solution, which is a next-generation IBM Storage FlashSystem control enclosure.

    Combining advanced flash technology with NVMe and IBM FlashCore, IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 delivers exceptional performance, reliability, and availability. Designed to withstand cyberattacks, this solution is essential for organizations prioritizing data protection and business continuity.

    IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 provides a rich set of software-defined storage (SDS) features that are delivered by IBM Storage Virtualize, including the following examples:

    - Data reduction and deduplication

    - Dynamic tiering

    - Thin-provisioning

    - Snapshots

    - Cloning

    - Cyber resilience

    - Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT)

    - Policy-based replication and policy-based high availability

    - Scale-out and scale-up configurations further enhance capacity and throughput for better availability

    This Redpaper applies to IBM Storage Virtualize V8.7.

    Table of Contents

    - Overview

    - Placing your IBM FlashSystem 7300 in your infrastructure

    - Features of IBM FlashSystem 7300

    - Current release functions

    - Highlights

    - IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 GUI

    - IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 hardware component overview

    - Advanced functions

    - External virtualization

    - Scaling up and scaling out

    - Manageability and security

    - Options and feature codes

    - Physical and electrical specifications

    - Software and licensing

    - IBM Global Financing

    - Ordering information

    - Related information

     

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