IBM Storwize Entry Systems
In the first half of 2019, IBM announced its latest innovation for midmarket storage solutions; Storwize V5000e series. The Storwize V5010E and V5030E deliver the same (I/Os per second) of V5010 and V5030, yet they cost 30% less. IBM also added the NVMe-enabled all flash Storwize V5100F.
Since V5010e, V5030e, and V5100F are built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software, the Storwize family delivers up to up to 80% storage savings and provide SMBs with affordable enterprise-class capability that makes their IT infrastructure simpler and more scalable. The following tables highlight the main common features of these models as well as the main differences between them:
First: The Common Features
Feature |
V5100F |
V5030e |
V5010e |
User Interface |
Web-based GUI |
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Management Software |
IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software |
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Fans and Power Supplies |
Fully redundant, hot-swappable |
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RAID Levels |
0,1,10 with distributed RAID 5 (CLI)
and 6 |
Second: The Different Features
Feature |
V5100F |
5030e |
5010e |
Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe) |
Yes: 32 GBps |
No |
No |
Fibre Channel (FC, FC-NVMe) |
16 Gbps |
No |
No |
Ethernet (iWARP, RoCE) |
25 Gbps |
No |
No |
Ethernet (iSCSI) |
25 Gbps / 10 Gbps |
10 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI) |
1 Gb (iSCSI) |
Maximum Drives Supported |
760 per enclosure; 1520 per clustered
system |
760 per system; 1520 in two-way
clusters |
392 per system |
SAS Expansion Enclosures |
2U 24 drive/ 5U 92 drive |
No |
No |
High-density Expansion Enclosures per
Controller |
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Up to 8 |
Up to 4 |
Standard Expansion Enclosures per
Controller |
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Up to 20
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Up to 10 |
Cache per Control Enclosure/ Clustered
System |
64 GB or up to 576 GB/ 128 GB or up to 1.15 TB |
32 GB or 64 GB/ 64 GB or 128 GB |
16 GB/ 32 GB/ 64 GB |
Third: The Advanced Features Included with Each System
Feature |
V5100F |
V5030e |
V5010e |
Virtualization of internal storage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Data reduction pools with thin
provisioning |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
UNMAP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Data Migration |
Yes |
one-way |
one-way |
Dual-system clustering |
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Yes |
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Compression and deduplication |
Yes |
Yes |
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Fourth: The Additional Available Advanced Features
Feature |
V5100F |
V5030e |
V5010e |
FlashCopy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Easy Tier compression |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Remote mirroring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
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External virtualization |
Yes |
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IBM Spectrum Control |
Yes |
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IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot |
Yes |
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