The DS6000™ provides
you with high-performance, connectivity, and reliability that allows your
workload to be easily consolidated into a single storage subsystem.
The following list provides an overview of some of features that are associated
with the
DS6000.
These features allow the
DS6000 to
meet and exceed your business needs.
- POWER5 processor technology
- The DS6000 features
IBM's latest POWER5 server technology, and can provide up to six times the
throughput of an ESS Model 800.
- Industry standard fibre-channel disk drives
- The DS6000 offers
a selection of fibre-channel disk drives, including 300 GB drives, that allow
a single system to scale up to 192 TB of capacity.
- Four-port fibre-channel/FICON adapters
- These new adapters not only enhance connectivity, but increase configuration
flexibility because the individual ports can be configured to support fibre
channel or FICON.
- Host attachments
- The DS6000 offers
up to 32 FCP/FICON adapters, further
increasing your ability to share your disk storage.
- IBM Standby Capacity On Demand
- Standby Capacity On Demand provides "standby" storage for the DS6000 and allows you to access the extra storage capacity whenever the need
arises. With Standby CoD, IBM installs up to 64 drives in your DS6000. At any time, you can logically configure your Standby CoD capacity
for use, which is a nondisruptive activity that does not require intervention
from IBM. Upon logical configuration, you are charged for the capacity.