IBM Storwize V7000 and V7000 Unified : Highly scalable midrange virtual storage designed to consolidate workloads into a single system for simplicity of management, reduced cost, storage efficiency, high performance and high availability.
IBM Storwize V5000 : Highly flexible, easy to use, virtual storage helps midsized businesses overcome storage challenges with advanced functionality.
IBM Storwize V3700 : Easy to use, efficient and affordable entry block storage designed for growing data requirements and infrastructure consolidation needs — with capabilities unusual for entry storage.
Storage virtualization enhances storage you already own *
Real-time Compression stores up to 5 times as much data with no application performance impact **
Easy Tier offers up to 3 times better performance with only 5 percent flash storage
IP replication reduces remote mirroring costs with innovative network optimization
Advanced GUI reduces storage management effort up to 47 percent
High-performance thin provisioningsimplifies and automates deployments
* Not IBM Storwize V3700
** Not IBM Storwize V3700 or Storwize V5000
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Feature
Benefits
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Provides easy-to-use data management designed with point-and-click system management capabilities
IBM Storage mobile dashboard
Provides basic monitoring capabilities to securely check the health and performance of Storwize family systems
Thin provisioning
Supports business applications that need to grow dynamically, while consuming only the space actually used
IBM Easy Tier
Provides automatic migration of frequently accessed data elements to high-performing flash storage
Real-time Compression*
Improves efficiency by storing up to five times as much active primary data in the same physical disk space;† by significantly reducing storage requirements, you can use the improved efficiency to reduce storage costs, or achieve a combination of greater capacity and reduced costs
Unified storage systems‡
Combines block and file storage requirements into a single system for simplicity and efficiency
Provides a single user interface for managing both block and file storage, to streamline administration
Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
Allows synchronous or asynchronous data replication between any Storwize family systems for maximum flexibility
Helps optimize use of network bandwidth with integrated Bridgeworks SANSlide technology to reduce network costs or speed replication cycles, improving the accuracy of remote data
Dynamic migration
Provides efficiency and business value through a nondisruptive migration function
Storage virtualization§
Virtualize existing IBM and non-IBM storage to make it part of a Storwize family system, where it inherits the advantages of the Storwize systems
IBM Flex System Manager
With IBM PureFlex Systems, provides management integration of physical and virtual compute, storage, and networking resources from a single vantage point
