IBM V7000 User Manual

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2. Select the pool in which the thin-provisioned volume should be created by clicking it and
entering the volume name and size (Figure 6-7).
Figure 6-7 Enter the volume name and size
3. Under the Volume Name field is a summary showing that you are about to make a
thin-provisioned volume, how much virtual space is will be available, the space that will be
allocated (real size), and the free capacity in the pool. By default, the real capacity is 2% of
the virtual capacity; you can change this setting by clicking Advanced and selecting
Capacity Management as shown in Figure 6-8.
Figure 6-8 Advanced Settings

IBM V7000 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Maximum Capacity	1.2PB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Connectivity	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI
Management	Command-line interface (CLI), Graphical user interface (GUI)
Form Factor	2U
Drive Bays	12
Maximum Raw Capacity	1.2PB
Operating System Support	AIX, HP-UX, Linux, VMware, Windows
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression, Deduplication
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
Scalability	Scale-up (drive enclosures) and scale-out (clustering) capabilities