IBM Cloud Object Storage System HDD

IBM Cloud Object Storage System HDD features deliver additional storage capacities for IBM Cloud Object Storage Slicestors

Cloud Object Storage System hardware is comprised of following components:

Cloud Storage System Manager
Cloud Storage System Accesser
Cloud Storage System Slicestor

These servers are all based on industry-standard, x86 bare-metal hardware. The servers have been certified to perform their functions appropriately.

Cloud Storage System Manager is an out-of-band component, meaning that it is important in setting up, provisioning, managing, and monitoring the system, but does not have active participation in the ingress, writing, or reading of the data.

The manager delivers the following functions:

Fault management
Reporting
Provisioning
Performance monitoring
Storage configuration

Cloud Storage System Accesser is a stateless component
that delivers following functions:

Slices data
Disperses data
Retrieves data

Cloud Storage System Slicestor delivers the following functions:

Storage for slices
Rebuilds slices

The following HDD options are available for ordering
on Cloud Object Storage Slicestor models S01, S02, and S03:

4TB 7,200rpm 3.5-inch HDD Enterprise (feature code AJ0Y)
6TB 7,200rpm 3.5-inch HDD Enterprise (feature code AJ0Z)
8TB 7,200rpm 3.5-inch HDD Enterprise (feature code AJ10)
10TB 7,200rpm 3.5-inch HDD Enterprise (feature code AJ11)

In addition, a short-range 40GbE SFP+ (feature code AJ16) is available for ordering on Cloud Object Storage Accesser models A00, A01, and A02, and Cloud Object Storage Slicestor models S01 and S02.

Key prerequisites

A Cloud Object Storage Slicestor model S01, S02, or S03.
Cloud Object Storage System hardware servers must be loaded with the appropriate subset of the
Cloud Object Storage System software that is designed for that server type.
These certified hardware servers can be deployed in a single site or across multiple, geographically-dispersed locations, connected by public or private networks.

Planned availability date: March 10, 2017