Form factor |
Storwize V5000 control enclosure: 2U rack mount
Storwize V5000 expansion enclosure: 2U rack mount |
Controller configuration |
Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration per control enclosure. Two control enclosures can be combined into a single Storwize V5000 clustered system (or cluster). |
RAID levels |
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (internal storage only) |
Controller cache |
16 GB per single system (8 GB per node canister); 32 GB per cluster. Battery-backed cache protection. |
Drive bays |
Up to 480 SFF drive bays per single system (up to 960 SFF drive bays per cluster):
- 24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure
- 24 SFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 19x expansion enclosures
Up to 240 LFF drive bays per single system (up to 480 LFF drive bays per cluster):
- 12 LFF drive bays in the control enclosure
- 12 LFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 19x expansion enclosures
Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported. |
Drive technology |
SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported. |
Drive connectivity |
Dual-ported 6 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.
Control enclosure with two node canisters (ports per one node canister):
- 24x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF chassis)
- 12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF chassis)
- 2x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS SFF-8644) expansion port for the attachment of the external enclosures
Expansion enclosure with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister):
- 24x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF chassis)
- 12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF chassis)
- 2x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS SFF-8644) expansion ports (IN and OUT) for the daisy chained attachment of the external enclosures
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Drives |
SFF drives:
- 200 GB, 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs
- 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
- 600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
- 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
LFF drives:
- 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
- 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 GB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
- 4 TB, 6 TB, and 8 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
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Storage capacity |
- Up to 1.92 PB (240x 8 TB NL SAS HDDs) per single system
- Up to 3.84 PB (480x 8 TB NL SAS HDDs) per cluster
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Host connectivity |
Standard ports (per control enclosure with two node canisters):
- 4x 6 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (2 ports per node canister)
- 4x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (2 ports per node canister)
Extra ports must be configured by selecting one of the following host port options (per control enclosure with two node canisters):
- 4x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (2 ports per node canister)
- 8x 8 Gb FC SFP host ports (SW or LW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)
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Host operating systems |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, and 12; VMware vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0. |
Standard software features |
Virtualization of internal storage, Thin provisioning, One-way data migration, Dual-system clustering, HyperSwap (requires a Remote Mirroring license) |
Optional features |
Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirroring, External Virtualization. |
Performance (single system)* |
- Up to 500,000 cache read IOPS
- Up to 100,000 disk read IOPS
- Up to 20,000 disk write IOPS
- Up to 45,000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS
- Up to 5.7 GBps sequential cache read throughput
- Up to 5.6 GBps sequential disk read throughput
- Up to 1.8 GBps sequential disk write throughput
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Configuration maximums** |
Per one control enclosure (I/O group) / cluster (if different):
- Maximum storage capacity (including virtualized external storage): 32 PB
- Maximum number of storage pools: 1,024
- Maximum number of logical volumes: 2,048 / 4,096
- Maximum logical volume size: 256 TB
- Maximum number of drives in a RAID array: 16
- Maximum number of drives in a distributed RAID array: 128 (including up to 4 spares)
- Maximum number of RAID arrays: 128
- Maximum number of distributed RAID arrays: 10 / 20
- Maximum hot spare drives: No limit
- Maximum number of host ports: 2,048 / 4,096
- Maximum number of hosts: 256 / 512
- Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32
- Maximum number of snapshots: 2,048 / 4,096 (requires an optional license)
- Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 2,048 / 4,096 (requires an optional license)
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Cooling |
Redundant cooling with the fan modules that are built into power supplies. |
Power supply |
Two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies. |
Hot-swap parts |
Node canisters, expansion canisters, SFP/SFP+ transceivers, drives, power supplies with fans. |
Management interfaces |
2x 1 GbE ports (UTP, RJ-45) in a primary/redundant configuration.
Web-based GUI; SSH CLI; SMI-S; SNMP and email notifications |
Security features |
Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, LDAP authentication |
Hardware warranty |
Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite warranty with 9x5 next business day terms. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: 24x7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, Hard Drive Retention. |
Software maintenance |
Three-year or five-year (model dependent) base software maintenance is included. |
Dimensions |
Height: 87 mm (3.4 in); width: 483 mm (19.0 in); depth: 556 mm (21.9 in) |
Weight |
- LFF control enclosure: Empty: 18.0 kg (39.6 lb); Fully configured: 28.3 kg (62.2 lb)
- SFF control enclosure : Empty: 19.0 kg (41.8 lb); Fully configured: 27.3 kg (60.0 lb)
- LFF expansion enclosure: Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb); Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)
- SFF expansion enclosure: Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb); Fully configured: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)
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