2.5-Inch 15,000rpm 146GB HDD Option to IBM Storwize V7000

The Storwize V7000 disk system from IBM Corp. adds a new 2.5-inch 15k RPM 146GB disk drive option to those available for the 2076 models 124 and 224.

With the introduction of 2.5-inch 15k RPM 146GB SAS disk drives, the IBM Storwize V7000 disk system provides customers with more configuration choices and greater consolidation of workloads with different performance characteristics. This disk drive supports customer applications with more demanding performance requirements. Storwize V7000 systems equipped with 2.5-inch 15k RPM drives can support 15 to 30 percent greater throughput than equivalent Storwize V7000 systems configured with 2.5-inch 10k RPM drives.

Key prerequisites

• Specific options for IBM Storwize V7000 must be ordered during the initial plant order for the IBM Storwize V7000 system. Refer to the Description section for details.
• FC switch for FC host connectivity (not necessary for iSCSI host connectivity).
• IBM Power Systems, IBM BladeCenter, or IBM System x servers.
• Selected Sun and HP UNIX servers and Intel-based servers running Microsoft Windows 2008, Windows Server 2003, or Linux.

Planned availability date

• April 15, 2011