Flash to the head: IBM announced a line of storage arrays for the cloud
We in 1cloud try to cover news from the world of technology. For example, we have already written about unusual and revolutionary data storage systems and new developments used in data centers. Today we decided to tell that IBM Corp. updated and supplemented its line of DS8880 data arrays with their all-flash-versions, having large volumes and supporting work with cognitive and other demanding loads.
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The company introduced the original DS8880 arrays in three versions last year. Now each of these systems has an all-flash version. The company noted in a press release that the new arrays are designed to work with z Systems mainframes and middle-class POWER servers. Ed Walsh, vice president of IBM System Storage, says the DS8880F family will solve the problems of users who face poor storage performance, high power consumption, low availability and significant transaction costs.
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The first system in the line, the DS8884F array, is an entry-level solution that comes with 256 gigabytes of DRAM cache and 154 terabytes of flash memory. It is designed specifically for working with databases, customer relationship management systems and personnel management automation systems. The DS8886F solution (second on the list) is slightly more powerful than its younger brother and is a middle-class array with 2 terabytes of cache and 614.4 terabytes of flash.
As for the DS8888F high-end solution, it offers higher performance and capacity for the operation of cognitive systems and systems for processing natural language and video content and predictive analysis. The DS8888F has 2 terabytes of DRAM cache and 1.22 petabytes of flash memory. For more information on the technical characteristics of the DS8880F line, please click here and here .
Flash drives themselves are located in a special block of IBM Enclosure Gen2, which allows you to place flash drives of 400 gigabytes, 800 gigabytes, 1.6 terabytes, and 3.2 terabytes of 4U and support RAID 5, 6, and 10 technologies. have accessibility exceeding the value of “six nines” and provide a response in microsecond.
IBM representatives point out that the arrays are "ideal for cognitive loads that require high availability of computing systems." “We are releasing these products, because in the coming year we expect an increase in the number of companies using the capabilities of cognitive applications and hybrid clouds,” says Ed Walsh.
The company also claims that the DS8880F arrays are based on the same system architecture that underlies the innovative Watson project. However less powerful. IBM Watson uses a cluster of 90 Power 750 systems, each of which contains four POWER7 chips with 8 cores. In total, the solution has 2880 cores and 16 terabytes of RAM. The DS8880F obviously has more modest “dimensions”, and also lost the DeepQA software and the Apache UIMA framework, which can be found in Watson.
However, the system has support for the key management protocol (KMIP) and is compatible with the VMware technology suite, namely: VAAI (technology for transferring some virtual machine disk operations to the array side) and vCenter Site Recovery Manager (disaster recovery software).
“Even in the current configuration, the DS8880F series is impressive,” said Scott Sinclair, lead analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. According to representatives of IBM, new arrays will be available for sale on January 20.
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/ Flickr / marc falardeau / CCThe company introduced the original DS8880 arrays in three versions last year. Now each of these systems has an all-flash version. The company noted in a press release that the new arrays are designed to work with z Systems mainframes and middle-class POWER servers. Ed Walsh, vice president of IBM System Storage, says the DS8880F family will solve the problems of users who face poor storage performance, high power consumption, low availability and significant transaction costs.
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The first system in the line, the DS8884F array, is an entry-level solution that comes with 256 gigabytes of DRAM cache and 154 terabytes of flash memory. It is designed specifically for working with databases, customer relationship management systems and personnel management automation systems. The DS8886F solution (second on the list) is slightly more powerful than its younger brother and is a middle-class array with 2 terabytes of cache and 614.4 terabytes of flash.
As for the DS8888F high-end solution, it offers higher performance and capacity for the operation of cognitive systems and systems for processing natural language and video content and predictive analysis. The DS8888F has 2 terabytes of DRAM cache and 1.22 petabytes of flash memory. For more information on the technical characteristics of the DS8880F line, please click here and here .
Flash drives themselves are located in a special block of IBM Enclosure Gen2, which allows you to place flash drives of 400 gigabytes, 800 gigabytes, 1.6 terabytes, and 3.2 terabytes of 4U and support RAID 5, 6, and 10 technologies. have accessibility exceeding the value of “six nines” and provide a response in microsecond.
IBM representatives point out that the arrays are "ideal for cognitive loads that require high availability of computing systems." “We are releasing these products, because in the coming year we expect an increase in the number of companies using the capabilities of cognitive applications and hybrid clouds,” says Ed Walsh.
The company also claims that the DS8880F arrays are based on the same system architecture that underlies the innovative Watson project. However less powerful. IBM Watson uses a cluster of 90 Power 750 systems, each of which contains four POWER7 chips with 8 cores. In total, the solution has 2880 cores and 16 terabytes of RAM. The DS8880F obviously has more modest “dimensions”, and also lost the DeepQA software and the Apache UIMA framework, which can be found in Watson.
However, the system has support for the key management protocol (KMIP) and is compatible with the VMware technology suite, namely: VAAI (technology for transferring some virtual machine disk operations to the array side) and vCenter Site Recovery Manager (disaster recovery software).
“Even in the current configuration, the DS8880F series is impressive,” said Scott Sinclair, lead analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. According to representatives of IBM, new arrays will be available for sale on January 20.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/319714/
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