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IBM Storage FlashSystem 5000 models (IBM Storage FlashSystem 5015 and IBM Storage FlashSystem 5045) are SAS-based storage solutions for small to midsize businesses in need of simple, flexible storage. Part of the FlashSystem family, these entry-level systems tap into advanced storage capabilities and scale up as needed. They are easy to implement, easy to use and easy to grow.
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12/24 SAS HDD/ flash devices in a 2U storage enclosure with fully redundant chassis components avoid a single point of failure.
Smart, self-optimizing solution is easily managed, enabling organizations with all-flash or hybrid configurations to overcome storage challenges as they grow.
High-density tiers of flash storage in an affordable package includes compression, deduplication and AI-powered predictive analytics.
Migrate data with fully integrated system management, application-aware data services and high-value features such as AES encryption, deduplication and compression.
Benefit from hybrid cloud storage capabilities to increase business agility.
Evolve as your business requires with easy-to-use, amazingly quick IBM Storage FlashSystem entry-level storage.
Single enclosure product specifications:
- RJ45 Management Port
- 10 Gb RJ45
- 2 Controller modules
- 16 Gb FC, 25 Gb Ethernet, and 10 Gb Ethernet ports are available for FC and iSCSI connectivity
- 12Gb SAS ports for host attachment and expansion enclosure attachments
Models: IBM Storage FlashSystem 5045, IBM Storage FlashSystem 5015
Software: IBM Storage 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: 573 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: 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB
- High-performance, enterprise class disk drives: 2.4 TB 10,000 rpm
Large Form Factor enclosures support:
- High-performance, enterprise-class disk drives: 2.4 TB 10,000 rpm
- High-capacity, archival class nearline disk drives: 8 TB, 12 TB, 16 TB, and 20 TB 7,200 rpm
High density enclosure supports:
- Flash drives: 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB
- High-performance, enterprise-class disk drives: 2.4 TB 10,000 rpm
High-capacity, archival class nearline disk drives: 8 TB, 12 TB, 16 TB, and 20 TB 7,200 rpm
Use cases:
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production and development databases
- Containers
- Data center edge
The FlashSystem 5015 is a perfect solution for your near-line archive and backup requirements. With this solution, you can simplify your hybrid storage environment. It offers tremendous value for money.
- Up to 550TBs of effective capacity (@ 3:1 data reduction)
- Intel Broadwell DE
- As fast as 70μs latency and 400K IOPs
The FlashSystem 5045 is an enterprise-class data storage device that's designed to optimize performance in mixed workloads and virtualized environments. This entry-level storage solution offers great value for money and can be tailored to the needs of your individual business.
- Up to 550TBs of effective capacity (@ 3:1 data reduction)
- Intel Broadwell DE
- As fast as 70μs latency and 1.2M IOPs
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Flash Grid product specifications2
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500
Maximum bandwidth (reads)
228 GB per second
400 GB per second
800 GB per second
Effective maximum capacity2
12.1 PBe (8U Flash Grid)
27.1 PBe (16U Flash Grid)
52.8 PBe (32U Flash Grid)
Maximum I/O ports
128
256
384
Single enclosure product specifications
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5000
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500
Maximum bandwidth (reads)
12 GB per second
28.6 GB per second
50 GB per second
100 GB per second
Response times (reads)
< 70 microseconds
< 50 microseconds
< 50 microseconds
< 50 microseconds
Maximum I/O ports within a single enclosure
8
16
24
48
Effective maximum capacity within a single enclosure6
573 PBe (2U enclosure)
1.51 PBe (1U enclosure)4
3.39 PBe (2U enclosure)
6.60 PBe (4U enclosure)
FlashCore Module capacities supported
Not applicable (supports industry standard drives)
4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
Use cases
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production and development databases
- Containers
- Data center edge
- SAP
- Oracle
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production database
- Containers
- Workload consolidation
- SAP
- Oracle
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production database
- Containers
- In-memory database
- SAP
- Oracle
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production database
- Containers
- In-memory database
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All FlashSystem products additionally support industry standard NVMe drives and SAS-connected traditional hard disk drives.
Invest in energy efficient, dense data storage that makes a difference. FlashSystem devices leverage IBM FlashCore Modules with computational storage compression capabilities providing storage consolidation and power efficiency differentiation. As your data grows, ensure your energy shrinks.
View all your data in one place and rely on AI-driven data tiering. Powered by IBM Storage Virtualize, FlashSystem makes it easy to manage data across all systems while modernizing your legacy storage capabilities.
Recover data quickly and without interruption in the event of a cyberattack. IBM Storage FlashSystem uses IBM Safeguarded Copy and IBM Cyber Vault to create air-gapped copies of data and restore production fast.
Faster storage analytics, faster time to insight. Process your data and gain deeper insights at lightning speed, whether on-premises or in the cloud, using tools built with flash storage analytics.
Footnotes
1 Assuming Flash Grid contains 8 devices with the same configuration. Flash Grids can contain a mix of different models and configurations.
3 Based on comparable configurations between IBM FlashSystem and a 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant report participant: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/chelsey-gosse/2023/09/20/2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-primary-storage. Each comparison was at the same temperature, memory, and core frequencies with comparable raw capacities and system performances. For each configuration, the power of the devices were estimated with engineering calculations from the typical power withdraw of the CPUs, drives and components on each of the devices. Based on information from: https://www.manua.ls/dell/powermax-2000/manual (link resides outside ibm.com); https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-au/products/storage/technical-support/dell-powerstore-gen2-spec-sheet.pdf (link resides outside ibm.com); https://www.sanstorageworks.com/PowerMax-8000.asp (link resides outside ibm.com).
4 Results based on 1U control enclosure: 12 drives of 38.4TB each = 460.8TB configured in a 9+Q+P+S DRAID-6 array, after RAID overhead and metadata provisioning, deliver 302.12TB of usable capacity, with a 3:1 compression and 2:1 deduplication ratio equal 1.81PB of effective capacity.