IBM V7000 User Manual

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Chapter 8. Storage pools
This chapter explains how IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node manages physical storage
resources. All storage resources under IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node control are
managed using
Storage pools. Storage pools and the volumes that you build on them make it
easy to dynamically allocate resources and manipulate them, thus maximizing productivity
and reducing costs.
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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