DS8950F model 996
DS8950F Agility Class consolidates all your workloads for IBM Z®, IBM LinuxONE, IBM Power® System and distributed environments under a single all-flash storage solution.
DS8950F storage systems are scalable with up to 20-core processors, and up to 384 Flash Tier 0,
Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2 drives. They are optimized and configured for cost. The frame is 19
inches wide and 40U high. They support the following High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs:
- Up to four High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs in the base frame (model 996).
- Up to four High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs in the expansion frame (model E96).
The DS8950F uses 16 or 32 Gbps Fibre Channel host adapters that run Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) or FICON®. The High Performance FICON (HPF) feature is also supported.
The DS8950F supports single-phase and three-phase power.
The following tables list the hardware components and maximum capacities that are supported for the DS8950F models 996 and E96, depending on the amount of memory that is available.
Processors | System memory | Processor memory | I/O enclosures | Host adapters (4 port) | High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs1 | Expansion frames |
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10-core | 512 GB | 256 GB | 1 or 2 | 2 - 16 | 1 - 4 | 0 |
20-core | 1024 GB | 512 GB | 1 - 4 | 2 - 32 | 1 - 8 | 0 - 1 |
20-core | 2048 GB | 1024 GB | 1 - 4 | 2 - 32 | 1 - 8 | 0 - 1 |
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Processors | System memory | Maximum 2.5-in. Flash Tier 0, Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2 drives | Maximum storage capacity for 2.5-in. Flash Tier 0, Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2 drives |
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10-core | 512 GB | 192 | 2 PB1 |
20-core | 1024 GB | 384 | 5.9 PB |
20-core | 2048 GB | 384 | 5.9 PB |
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