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Abstract
Built on over 50 years of Enterprise storage expertise, the IBM® DS8000® series is the flagship storage system within the IBM System Storage® portfolio. The IBM DS8870 represents the most recent in this series of high-performance, high-capacity, flexible, and resilient storage systems, aimed at addressing the needs of the most demanding clients.
This IBM Redbooks® Product Guide is an overview of the features and functions offered by the IBM DS8870 with firmware Release 7.5.
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Quick and reliable data access is the driving force behind important data initiatives, such as business analytics, cloud, and mobile computing. The IBM DS8870 is designed to manage a broad scope of storage workloads that exist in today’s complex data infrastructure, and do it effectively and efficiently.
This IBM Redbooks® Product Guide is an overview of the features and functions offered by the IBM DS8870 with firmware Release 7.5.
The IBM DS8870 is designed to support the most demanding business applications with its exceptional all-around performance and data throughput. The IBM DS8870 architecture is server-based. Powerful IBM POWER7+™ processor-based servers manage the cache to streamline disk input/outputs (I/Os), maximizing performance and throughput. These capabilities are further enhanced with the availability of 16Gbps Fibre Channel host adapters, High-Performance Flash Enclosures (HPFEs), and a high-performance All Flash configuration option. The IBM DS8870 excels in supporting the IBM z Systems server and IBM Power® server environments and ensures that clients are taking full advantage of the integration delivered by these high-end enterprise systems.
Figure 1 shows the frontal view of an IBM DS8870 high-performance All Flash configuration.
Figure 1. IBM DS8870 high-performance All Flash frame
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Here are some particular features of the IBM DS8870 worth mentioning:
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