IBM DS8000 2107-D02 System Storage 24x 300GB 2.5" HDD 15K 6GB/S 2x Hot Swap PSU

The IBM System Storage™ DS8000™ series (M/T 2107) provides new functional capabilities, allowing clients to better choose the combination of price and efficiency that is right for their application needs. New options include:

• IBM FlashCopy® SE: Today, the DS8000 Point-in-Time Copy (IBM FlashCopy) requires space to be set aside equal to the size of the volumes that are to be copied. IBM FlashCopy SE (space-efficient snapshot capability) is intended to use only the amount of storage required, which can help lower the amount of storage needed by many clients.
• Dynamic Volume Expansion: This option provides the ability to increase the size of a logical volume while it is online to a host system (available for Open System and IBM System z™ hosts).
• Storage Pool Striping (rotate extents): This feature stripes new volumes across all ranks of an extent pool, which reduces the administration required to balance system loads.
• z/OS® Global Mirror Multiple Reader (Enhanced Reader): This option can help improve throughput in busy z/OS Global Mirror (XRC) environments.
• DS Storage Manager (GUI) enhancements: These offer you greater manageability capabilities for your DS8000.
• Support for the System Storage Productivity Center (SSPC): With this support, you can take advantage of a centre-of-the-room management console for the DS8000.
• Intermix of DS8000 machine types: You can mix DS8000 expansion unit models with different warranty periods with DS8000 base unit models. This will allow clients to better match up the warranty on newly purchased expansion unit models with the remaining warranty of their installed base unit models.
• Enhancement for IBM DS Open API: This offers Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) 1.2 support.