IBM XIV Storage System Model 314

IBM XIV Storage System Model 314 delivers real-time compression with larger effective capacity and better performance.

With double the RAM and CPU resources, it delivers improved IO/s per compressed capacity and 1 to 2PB of effective capacity without performance degradation.

IBM XIV Storage System Model 314 delivers following hardware enhancements:

• 2 x 6-core CPUs per module (versus 1 x 6-core CPU per module in Model 214)
• 96GB RAM per module (versus 48GB RAM per module in Model 214)
• The additional CPU and 48GB RAM are dedicated to real-time compression. At double the compression ratio, the effective compressed R/W cache capacity in a 15-module XIV system is doubled to 1,440GB, delivering a total effective RAM of 2,160 GB. The SSD read-cache capacity per system is also doubled to 24TB.
• Model 314 is available for ordering in following configurations:
• 9 – 15 modules in a system
• 4TB or 6TB drives with 800GB SSD cache per module

IBM XIV Storage System V11.6.1 also delivers the following improvements
with IBM XIV Storage Gen3 System Model 314:

• User-configurable soft capacity up to 2PB (versus up to three times the hard capacity)
• Minimum compressible volume size of 51GB (versus 103GB)
• IBM XIV Storage System V11.6.1 with IBM XIV Storage Gen3 System Model 314 can be licensed using IBM Spectrum Accelerate software licenses.

Note: Support for IBM Spectrum Accelerate software licenses with XIV Storage System Gen3 Model 214 has already been announced.

IBM XIV Storage System Model 314 support includes new worldwide response to severity 2 calls, 2-hour response time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Planned availability date: December 4, 2015, only in United States