IBM System Storage DS5000 With New Drives

The IBM System Storage DS5000 series midrange disk system from IBM Corp. offers a 2 TB/7200 rpm Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) II disk drive module (DDM) and a 300 GB Solid State Drive (SSD).

The 2 TB/7200 rpm SATA II disk drive features can double the current storage capacity of DS5100 and DS5300 storage configurations when using SATA drives. A 2 TB/7200 rpm SATA II DDM feature is available for use in the EXP5000 Storage Expansion Unit and the EXP5060 High Density Storage Enclosure.

Additionally, a high-performance 300 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) feature is available for the EXP5000 Expansion Unit and complements the currently available high-performance 73 GB SSD feature.

New DS5000 series SATA and Solid State Drive enhancements:

2 TB/7200 rpm SATA II disk drive module (DDM)
300 GB Solid State Drive (SSD)
10-Pack 2 TB/7200 rpm SATA II DDMs

Key prerequisites
DS5000 midrange disk system controllers must be at one of the following firmware levels to enable support of the new enhancements: 7.60.28.xx or later, 7.50.12.xx, or 7.36.14.xx.

The EXP5000 Storage Expansion Unit (1818-D1A)
is compatible with the following features: