5000

Models: IBM FlashSystem 5035, IBM FlashSystem 5015
Software: IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Single or dual controller: Dual (Active/Active)

 12 Gb/s SAS

 25 Gb/s iSCSI (iWARP or RoCE)

10 Gb/s iSCSI

16 Gb/s Fibre Channel

Maximum bandwidth: 12 GB per second, 8 GB per second
Maximum bandwidth (reads): 12 GB per second
Response times (reads): < 70 microseconds
Effective maximum capacity within single enclosure**: 550 TBs (2U enclosure)
Processor/PCIe Gen: Broadwell DE
Maximum front-end host ports: 8 ports plus 4 on-board ports

Small Form Factor enclosures support:

Flash drives: 800 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB

High-performance, enterprise class disk drives: 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10,000 rpm

Large Form Factor enclosures support:

High-performance, enterprise-class disk drives: 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10,000 rpm

High-capacity, archival class nearline disk drives: 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, 12 TB, 14 TB, 16 TB, and 18 TB 7,200 rpm

High density enclosure supports:

Flash drives: 800 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB

 High-performance, enterprise-class disk drives: 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10,000 rpm

High-capacity, archival class nearline disk drives: 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, 12 TB, 14 TB, 16 TB, and 18 TB 7,200 rpm

Use cases:

Server and desktop virtualization

Production and development databases

Containers

Data center edge