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To achieve a competitive advantage in a world of 24×7 continuous operations, organizations need to perform more frequent and complex analytics on vast volumes of data—including varying types of big data—and they cannot afford downtime. IBM flash storage offerings provide extreme IOPS and microsecond latency performance to turbocharge these new IT infrastructures. When compared to equivalent disk systems, IBM flash storage solutions deliver 6.7 times more capacity in a single rack, 19 times more cost efficiency in dollars/per IOPS, and are 115 times more energy efficient.1
IBM FlashSystem™ 820 and IBM FlashSystem 720 are designed to speed up the performance of multiple enterprise-class applications, including OLTP and OLAP databases, virtual desktop infrastructures, technical computing applications and cloud-scale infrastructures. These IBM systems deliver extreme performance per gigabyte, so organizations can quickly uncover business insights using traditional data analytics as well as new, big-data technologies. In addition, FlashSystem 820 and FlashSystem 720 eliminate storage bottlenecks with IBM MicroLatency™—that is, less than 100-microsecond access times—to enable faster decision making. With these low latencies, the storage disk layer can operate at speeds comparable to those of the CPUs, DRAM, networks and buses in the I/O data path.
Feature |
Benefits |
IBM Variable Stripe RAID technology |
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“No-single-point-of-failure” architecture |
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Superior flash media technology |
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2D RAID technology, hot-swappable flash modules and redundant components with built-in battery backup |
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Series |
IBM FlashSystem 820 |
IBM FlashSystem 720 |
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Model |
9831-AE2 |
9831-AS2 |
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Flash type |
eMLC |
SLC |
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10 TB |
20 TB |
5 TB |
10 TB |
Usable capacity (terabyte [TB]/ tebibyte [TiB]) |
12.4 TB/11.3 TiB |
24.7 TB/22.5 TiB |
6.2 TB/5.6 TiB |
12.4 TB/11.3 TiB |
Usable capacity RAID 5 (TB/TiB) |
10.3 TB/9.4 TiB |
20.6 TB/18.8 TiB |
5.2 TB/4.7 TiB |
10.3 TB/9.4 TiB |
Raw maximum capacity (TB/TiB) |
16.5 TB/15 TiB |
33 TB/30 TiB |
8.3 TB/7.5 TiB |
16.5 TB/15 TiB |
Write |
25 µs |
25 µs |
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Read |
110 µs |
100 µs |
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Read (from host) |
160 µs |
145 µs |
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100% read |
525k |
525k |
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Mixed 70/30% read/write |
430k |
450k |
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100% write |
280k |
400k |
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Read |
3.3 GB/s (Fibre Channel)5 GB/s (InfiniBand) |
3.3 GB/s (Fibre Channel)5 GB/s (InfiniBand) |
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Write |
2.8 GB/s (Fibre Channel)2.8 GB/s (InfiniBand) |
3.3 GB/s (Fibre Channel)4 GB/s (InfiniBand) |
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Power |
300 Watts |
350 Watts |
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Cooling |
1023 BTU/hr. |
1194 BTU/hr. |
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Reliability |
High-availability hardware configuration |
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Two-dimensional flash RAID
Hot-swappable flash modulesRedundant interfaces |
Redundant, hot-swappable power suppliesRedundant management control portsN+1 batteries2n fans |
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| Supported RAID levels | 0, 5 | |||
| Connectivity options | 4 x 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel 4 x 40 Gb/s QDR InfiniBand |
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| Client operating system support | For a current list of platforms supported, please visit the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center | |||
| Maximum volume support (LUNs) | 1,024 | |||
| Management interfaces | Web, SSH, Telnet | |||
| Enclosure dimensions (H x W x D) | 1U x 432 mm x 638 mm (1U x 17 in. x 25 in.) | |||
| Weight | 13.3 kg / 29.3 lb | |||
| Environmental requirements | 10°C – 35°C (50°F – 95°F) operating temperature at -30.5 m – 300 m (-100 ft – 984.25 ft) altitude-10°C – 50°C (14°F – 122°F) non-operational20% – 80% RH operating10% – 90% RH non-operational | 0.1g rms operational vibration0.8g rms operational shock3.5g 3ms half-sine pulse vertical non-operational | ||
| Regulatory compliance | Safety: IEC/EN 60950, CB Certificate, UL60950-1 CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.60950-1, CE Mark Emissions Class A: EN55022/CISPR 22, FCC Part 15 Class A, ICES-003 Issue 4 Class A |
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* Performance specifications based on fully configured system