The IBM System Storage® DS8000® offers high-performance, high-capacity,
secure storage systems that are designed to deliver the highest levels of
performance, flexibility, scalability, resiliency and total overall value for
the most demanding, heterogeneous storage environments.
World-class performance to help optimize responsiveness in an
on-demand world
The DS8000 series and is built on powerful and market-proven IBM POWER
microprocessors in dual two-way or dual four-way shared Symmetric
Multi-Processor (SMP) complexes. The new DS8800 model introduces a new
generation of hardware and is the fastest disk system in the IBM storage
portfolio. With dual IBM POWER6+ controllers, 8 Gb/s host and device adapters,
and 6 Gb/s SAS (serial-attached SCSI) disk drives, the DS8800 delivers a new
level of performance in a design that condenses more data in a smaller
footprint. Compared to the POWER6® processor in DS8700 models, the POWER6+
processor offers up to over a 40 percent performance improvement. What’s more,
the new 8 Gb/s host adapters effectively double the single-port performance of
the DS8700. These upgrades, along with the new 2.5-inch SAS drives, deliver a
dramatic boost in data throughput in a more compact footprint – a powerful
combination aimed at taming the most demanding enterprise applications.
The DS8000 series is designed to help address the needs of dynamic
environments requiring the highest levels of availability. It is designed to
support dynamic system changes, such as online system microcode updates and
online hardware upgrades. The DS8000 also features redundant, hot-swappable
components to help support continuous operations. This highly resilient design
and its five-nines availability can make the DS8000 series an ideal storage
platform for supporting today’s round-the-clock, global business environment.
The DS8000 series is known for its unique combination of flexibility,
resiliency, performance, and scalability, which can help address the many
challenges stemming from the exponential growth of data across the enterprise.
Savvy businesses are looking for innovative ways to manage and adapt in today’s
increasingly competitive, global business environment, and the DS8000 series is
designed to meet this challenge with broad interoperability and support for open
industry standards.