Entry-Level IBM Storwize V3700 Array Starting at $11,000

Storwize V3700 from IBM Corp. is an addition to the Storwize family of disk systems.

Leveraging Storwize V7000 and IBM SAN Volume Controller functions and management tools, Storwize V3700 delivers storage efficiency, and ease of use in entry disk system designed to meet the budgets of small and medium organizations.

It features dual node canisters, with 4GB or 8GB cache per canister, in a 2U 19-inch rack mount enclosure. 1Gb iSCSI host attachment support is standard, with an option for 8Gb FC or 10Gb iSCSI/FCoE host attachment. A Storwize V3700 system scales up to 120 drives with the attachment of up to four Storwize V3700 expansion enclosures.

Storwize V3700 is available in the following models:

• Control enclosures: Storwize V3700 LFF Dual Control Enclosure, Storwize V3700 SFF Dual Control Enclosure
• Expansion enclosures: Storwize V3700 LFF Expansion Enclosure, Storwize V3700 SFF Expansion Enclosure

The LFF enclosure models support up to twelve 3.5-inch high-capacity, low-cost nearline disk drives, providing up to 36TB physical capacity within a single enclosure.

The SFF enclosure models support up to twenty-four 2.5-inch drives. High-performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives, and SSDs are supported, providing the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure.

All models support dual-port, hot-swappable 6Gb SAS drives, and drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within an enclosure. You can also intermix LFF and SFF expansion enclosures behind either a LFF or SFF control enclosure.

Functions, management, and interoperability include:

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 for data protection
• Virtualization of internal storage to enable rapid, flexible provisioning and simple configuration changes
• Thin provisioning for improved storage utilization
• FlashCopy to create instant copies of data for backup or application testing
• One-way data migration to move data onto the Storwize V3700 system
• Management capabilities with an embedded GUI
• Support for most major server platforms and OSs

Storwize V3700 is supported for attachment to selected:

• IBM System x and IBM Power Systems servers
• IBM Flex System, IBM BladeCenter, and IBM Power System blades
• Intel and AMD processor-based servers
• HP Itanium and PA-RISC servers
• Oracle and Sun SPARC servers

Planned availability date:
November 23, 2012