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Enterprise storage in an incredibly small, scalable package
IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series
Flexible, high-performance storage for medium and large enterprises The IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series is designed to deliver high availability and high performance in an incredibly small, modular package. The DS6000 series, along with the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series, delivers an enterprise storage continuum of systems with shared replication services and common management interfaces. The
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Designed and priced to lower
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very affordable DS6000 series provides Included with the DS6000 series
the total cost of ownership for a
is the IBM TotalStorage disk
highly available, robust storage
storage (DS) Storage Manager,
solution for medium and large
offering a graphical user
enterprises
interface (GUI) interface and Express Configuration wizards
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Delivers enterprise-class
which provide simplified system
functionality, with open systems
configuration and management
and mainframe host attachment in a modular, scalable form factor
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Using modular, 3U, 16 disk drive, rack-mountable enclosures, the DS6000 series
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Provides advanced copy
can grow along with your
services, which are equivalent
storage needs up to 67.2TB
to and interoperable with IBM
physical storage.
TotalStorage DS8000 series and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) 800 and 750 systems
medium and large businesses a lowcost storage solution to simplify data management, offer comprehensive data protection and recovery capabilities and enable easy scalability for both mainframe and open systems storage needs. Along with all of the models in the IBM TotalStorage DS Family, the DS6000 series helps your company simplify its storage infrastructure, support business continuity and optimise information lifecycle management.
Easy installation and management
By simplifying IT administration and
These extensive management and
The DS6000 series provides easy
operations, the DS6000 series helps
autonomic functions help minimise the
configuration and management using
reduce IT labour burden and increases
demands of routine data management
the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage
IT staff productivity, ultimately helping to
so organisations can focus IT resources
Manager – an intuitive Web-based
yield a low total cost of ownership. In
on more strategic tasks.
GUI designed to provide a
addition, the DS6000 series enables
straightforward means of performing
businesses to leverage existing
Ongoing management of the entire
system configuration, copy service
Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) IT
storage environment can be further
management and other maintenance
administration skills through the DS
simplified through the IBM TotalStorage
functions. Users can take advantage of
Storage Manager. Why train storage
Multiple Device Manager (MDM). MDM
the DS Storage Manager’s Web-like
administrators on multiple types of
offers a single interface through which
interface to help enhance management
storage products? One set of skills
administrators can monitor and manage
efficiency.
and common management across
multiple and different members of the
the enterprise storage continuum of
IBM TotalStorage DS Family, as well as
products is now a reality.
non-IBM disk arrays.
Interactive Configuration Agent Tool
The DS6000 series also incorporates
The DS6000 series can further help
(ICAT), which supplies intuitive graphical
Light Path Diagnostics and controls on
you simplify your IT infrastructure by
user Web-based interfaces. Express
the enclosure. This light emitting diode
supporting a wide range of servers,
Configuration Wizards of the DS
(LED) visual alert and control system
both mainframe and open systems, at a
Storage Manager help you configure
helps identify and repair server
variety of price and performance levels.
and manage storage functions quickly
component problems quickly. Additional
and easily.
autonomic features, such as Predictive
The DS Storage Manager incorporates the technology innovations of the IBM
Failure Analysis capabilities, take preemptive actions to keep data secure without administrative interaction.
Flexible storage built on open standards
When your business is ready to expand
Disaster tolerance with advanced copy
By using an open-standards
storage capacities, the DS6000 series
services
architecture, the DS6000 series
can grow with you. With its modular
The DS6000 series can greatly reduce
helps businesses unify data and
design, the DS6000 series can be
the risk of system failure to support
facilitate the flow of information across
scaled from 292GB to 67.2TB of raw
business continuity. Equipped with four
the enterprise, even in complex
physical storage capacity by adding
paths to each HDD and using storage
heterogeneous server environments.
storage expansion enclosures, each of
expansion enclosures with redundant
The use of open standards means
which contains up to 16 hard disk
Fibre Channel switches providing switch
businesses can use a variety of server
drives (HDD). Customers can select
fabric access to disks, the DS6000
types, operating environments and
73GB, 146GB, or 300GB physical
series keeps functioning even if certain
business applications from a variety of
capacity disk sizes to construct a
components fail. The DS6000 series is
vendors to best suit their particular
system that fits their capacity needs
designed to reduce or eliminate single
requirements.
and their budget. These upgrade
points of failure by using redundant
options help enable companies to
RAID controllers, power supplies and
The DS6000 series supports Linux,®
protect their IT investments while also
fans to help keep data available in the
UNIX, Microsoft Windows, IBM z/OS,
accommodating rapid data growth.
event of a hardware failure. These
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IBM OS/400, IBM AIX, IBM i5/OS,
components are hot-swappable and
HP-UX, and Sun Solaris operating
Migration services
allow technicians to make many repairs
systems. The DS6000 series and
IBM provides migration services to
and upgrades without disrupting
DS8000 series provide an enterprise
consolidate data from existing storage
system availability.
storage continuum to allow businesses
products to the DS6000 series. If and
to match the appropriate storage
when businesses need to move up
solution to both IBM and non-IBM
from the DS6000 series to a larger
servers.
system, IBM makes that migration easy by offering services to migrate customer data to the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series, providing businesses the flexibility to change with their evolving needs.
The DS6000 series also features
Optimal information lifecycle management
Powerful capacity in a compact enclosure
enterprise-class data backup and
As an integral part of the IBM
The DS6000 series capitalises on the
disaster recovery capabilities. IBM
TotalStorage DS Family, the DS6000
64-bit IBM PowerPC microprocessor,
TotalStorage FlashCopy point-in-time
series can help your company optimise
a fourth generation processing
copy functions backs up data in the
the value of information from the
technology which helps reduce cycle
background allowing users nearly
moment of its creation to the moment
times, accelerate data response times
instant access to information on both
of its disposal. The TotalStorage DS
and allow faster access to user’s vital
source and target volumes. At the
Family enables companies to construct
information.
same time, Metro and Global Mirror
a multi-tiered storage environment to
capabilities generate and maintain
help minimise storage costs by
The DS6000 series offer impressive
duplicate copies of data on separate
retaining frequently accessed or high-
performance and an extremely space
storage system located both locally and
value data on higher performance
efficient design. The system takes
on geographically disperse locations to
storage volumes and archiving less
footprint density to a new level by
protect data from disasters and support
frequently accessed information on
housing up to 16 disk drives in all of the
business continuity even in the event of
less-costly storage volumes.
3U enclosures, including the controller
power outages or disasters.
and expansion units. The DS6000 series also has pricing to match its
Companies can also use this multi-
compact size, offering businesses a
tiered approach for mirroring and
low-cost entrance to the powerful
backup functions. For example, the
IBM TotalStorage DS Family.
DS6000 series can be used to mirror data from a DS8000 series enclosure to save on both the initial and ongoing costs associated with a secondary disaster recovery site without sacrificing any enterprise-level storage system benefits.
IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series at a glance Model
DS6800 (1750-511)
Host ports
8
Storage ports
8
Total HDDs
224 (with expansion enclosures)
Cache
2GB cache per controller 4GB cache per system
RAID controllers
2 per system
Processor
PowerPC 750GX 1GHz
Battery backup for cache
72 hours
Host interface
2Gb/sec Fibre Channel/FICON
Drive interface
2Gb/sec Fibre Channel
Maximum physical storage capacity
67.2TB
Disk sizes
73GB (15K rpm) 146GB (10K rpm) 300GB (10K rpm)
RAID levels
5, 10
Power supplies and fans
2 per enclosure
Rack support
19" rack-mountable
Form factor
3U
For more information For more information about the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series, contact your IBM representative or an IBM Business Partner or you can visit the IBM Web site at: ibm.com/totalstorage/uk/ds6000
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