The IBM FlashSystem 5045 and 5015 are top-of-the-line all-flash and hybrid flash solutions, offering affordable yet high-performing functionalities for enterprises. These systems utilise the advanced capabilities of IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ and incorporate AI-powered predictive storage management and proactive support from Storage Insights™, making cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence accessible to businesses of any size.
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Cutting-edge advancements like AI, real-time analytics, and blockchain require heightened levels of IT infrastructure performance and functionality for various reasons. Chief among these is the sheer amount of data they produce and consume.
Utilising AI and blockchain, among other advanced 21st-century tools, necessitates a contemporary IT framework with diverse capabilities. These include smart system enhancements, efficient data management, robust security measures and encryption protocols, as well as adaptable multicloud structures and fast flash storage. Meeting these requirements can be particularly difficult for organizations with smaller or medium-sized application workloads, as they often have limited IT budgets.
Given the current state of limited capital funds, it is essential for businesses to both maintain and expand their existing investments in IT infrastructure, all while modernizing outdated components. In light of this, adopting pay-as-you-go approaches can be highly beneficial. Furthermore, it is imperative that data security remains a top priority and is not compromised. The need for agility has become increasingly significant, making infrastructure adaptability and scalability critical factors to consider.
The IBM FlashSystem 5000 storage systems cater to entry enterprise workloads, providing an affordable option with a wide range of advanced features. As your business expands, these solutions can adapt and you also have the choice to extend award-winning software-defined storage capabilities to all current systems, maximizing your existing IT investments and creating a futuristic multicloud-compatible platform.
The IBM FlashSystem family is designed to meet the needs of contemporary companies with moderate workloads and financial constraints, who are looking to leverage their data for a competitive edge. Powered by top-of-the-line IBM Spectrum Virtualize technologies, FlashSystem offers an array of storage services and functionalities, making it an ideal and cost-effective choice for modern enterprises seeking growth and success.
The FlashSystem 5000 series by IBM offers entry-level enterprise solutions as part of their overall FlashSystem family. This technology has recently been updated, with a strong emphasis on significant innovation. The range now includes the IBM FlashSystem 5015, ideal for entry-level storage needs, and the IBM FlashSystem 5045, which offers enhanced functionality and performance for entry workloads.
The latest additions to the IBM FlashSystem 5000 series come with enhanced cost-effectiveness and a diverse selection of performance and feature choices.
The IBM FlashSystem 5015 is a cost-effective and user-friendly entry-level solution that boasts robust scaling capabilities. It incorporates a variety of IBM Spectrum Virtualize features and provides multiple storage media, including both flash and disk drives, along with various expansion possibilities.
The IBM FlashSystem 5045 offers advanced features such as robust encryption abilities and the option to create data reduction pools, which utilise compression, deduplication, and thin provisioning. Additionally, it has the capability to cluster for both scale-up and scale-out purposes.
Easily purchase the IBM FlashSystem 5015 or FlashSystem 5045 to simplify your storage solution. With the IBM Storage Utility Offering, you pay as your data grows, eliminating the need to over-purchase or lease for potential future needs. This flexible approach allows you to accurately predict monthly data capacity costs and only pay for what you use, reducing capital expenses and saving on your budget ledger. Let go of the traditional "just in case" mentality and utilise only the necessary data for your business while the IBM Storage Utility Offering handles the rest.
Deploying them is a breeze, thanks to their enterprise-grade features including AI-driven IBM Easy Tier function that automatically ensures your data is stored on the optimal storage. Plus, all IBM storage solutions are backed by AI-powered IBM Storage Insights that constantly monitors your storage setup, saving you the trouble. It promptly alerts you to any issues and can even suggest solutions. And for any assistance from IBM, Storage Insights simplifies the process for you.
Growing them is simple, as you can effortlessly increase capacity without causing any interruption. One FlashSystem 5015 array is capable of expanding to the same size as a FlashSystem 5045 array, which can hold up to 504 drives per system. Additionally, in two-way clustered systems, they have the ability to accommodate up to 1,008 drives. These systems are compatible with your current applications and will adapt seamlessly to future developments, including workloads utilising emerging technologies like containers and multicloud architectures.
IBM's FlashSystem solutions make use of the established features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize software-defined storage (SDS) for effective storage management. As the top vendor for SDS in the industry, IBM provides customers with a seamless experience by utilising Spectrum Virtualize to allow applications to continue running smoothly, even as modifications are made to the storage infrastructure.
For over 18 years, IBM Spectrum Virtualize has been enhancing the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of enterprises' infrastructure. By virtualising data in a storage system, it seamlessly integrates with the FlashSystem solution and can be managed just like internal IBM Flashsystem drives. This means that external systems also benefit from the full range of features offered by FlashSystem, such as advanced replication, high-performance thin provisioning, encryption, compression, deduplication, and Easy Tier functionality. Depending on your preferred FlashSystem model and options, IBM Spectrum Virtualize can provide a diverse range of advanced storage capabilities, including:
The business relies heavily on data availability as any downtime can result in negative consequences such as decreased customer loyalty and significant financial losses. To address this, IBM offers the FlashSystem 5010 and FlashSystem 5045, which boast an impressive "six nines" (99.9999%) data availability. These systems are specifically designed for high availability, featuring a lack of single points of failure, reliable control software, and maintenance that does not disrupt operations. Additionally, the FlashSystem 5030 offers cloud-based Storage Insights functionality to detect potential configuration errors and further enhance data availability.
In addition, IBM has integrated a three-site replication feature on the FlashSystem 5045 array. This utilises a mix of FlashCopy and remote copy technologies to strengthen data security and facilitate system recovery. The IBM Spectrum Virtualize-powered three-site replication allows for data duplication within local and international distances, providing a range of recovery options in terms of timing and points.
The IBM FlashSystem 5045 model offers the option of data reduction pools, which can greatly improve the affordability of data storage. When implemented on either new or current storage, these pools effectively expand usable capacity without sacrificing application performance. This results in potential savings on expenses such as storage procurement, rack space, power usage, and cooling, while prolonging the lifespan of existing storage assets. Notable capabilities include:
Utilise a block deduplication feature that is applicable to all storage within a data reduction pool, reducing the occurrence of duplicate blocks.
This advanced compression technology ensures a consistently high 2:1 or better reduction performance for a diverse set of application workload patterns.
SCSI UNMAP enables the release of physical storage when logical storage constructs, such as files in a file system, are deleted by operating systems.
With the help of AI, Easy Tier efficiently sorts frequently used data onto high-speed flash storage or different levels of disk drives. This feature works at a detailed level and will automatically transfer data to the most suitable storage based on input/output behaviors and drive specifications, eliminating the need for manual involvement.
To ensure the security of sensitive data against unauthorized access, IBM FlashSystem 5045 empowers IT teams with storage encryption. Moreover, IBM Spectrum Virtualize offers encryption features not only within hardware arrays but also in its management layer.
As networks expanded, organisations implemented a "defense-in-depth" security approach to safeguard crucial data in case of a breach beyond the perimeter.
The advanced features of IBM FlashSystem 5000 work to enhance data protection, security, and high availability. This greatly minimises the potential for disruption and financial losses caused by user errors, malicious destruction, or ransomware attacks.
Furthermore, sensitive duplicates can be safeguarded through the use of physical isolation measures, such as storing them in immutable storage, cloud platforms, or offline WORM tape devices. This ensures a genuine "air-gap" shield for the copies.
IBM FlashSystem offers advanced data protection to effectively safeguard against cyber threats, detect potential breaches, and respond promptly in case of an attack.
The incorporation of IBM Spectrum Virtualize into FlashSystem 5000 systems is a valuable addition to server virtualization, providing support for various technologies including PowerVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, and container platforms like Kubernetes and Docker.
Like virtualised servers, FlashSystem 5000 capacity can also be provisioned through software and thin provisioning. This feature has been purposely designed for efficient and automated functionality. Without it, the process of provisioning storage could potentially cause delays in server provisioning.
Containers have the ability to package applications with all necessary components, allowing them to run consistently in any setting. They provide similar flexibility as virtual machines, but with a reduced size and cost. This makes containerisation a crucial technology for efficiently delivering workloads to both private and public cloud environments, as well as supporting DevOps practices. By utilising the IBM storage container plug-in framework, FlashSystem 5000 systems can enable persistent storage from any compatible source for use in Docker and Kubernetes container setups. This enhances versatility, streamlines deployment processes, and reduces expenses while instilling confidence in enterprises that their stateful containers have access to enterprise-level storage capabilities.
Due to the vital role of data in your business, storage systems hold significant importance. Both IBM Storage Insights and IBM Storage Insights Pro offer essential features to improve your interaction with IBM storage, such as:
Available for free on IBM Cloud, Storage Insights can be easily set up and does not require any ongoing software maintenance. Upgrading to Storage Insights Pro offers enhanced data and capabilities.
Along with the plethora of features and capabilities mentioned earlier, IBM FlashSystem 5000 also encompasses:
Maximise the advantages of merging with cutting-edge data security solutions, cyber resilience features such as encryption and cloud snapshots with "air gap" technology, and IBM FlashWatch promises for utmost reassurance.
Enhance your IT infrastructure and boost ROI by utilising the potential of IBM Spectrum Virtualize to expand a diverse range of data services across all storage systems.
Leveraging AI technology, IBM Storage Insights utilises predictive analytics to enhance storage utilisation and provides proactive features for streamlined support.
Empower businesses in various environments, including public, private, and traditional settings. Expand your hybrid multicloud solution with the ability to begin modestly and expand as needed for the demands of your company or the growth of your clientele.
Maximise storage efficiency and control with top-of-the-line enterprise features such as cloud-based management and support. Benefit from the latest generation storage media and cutting-edge data reduction technologies to increase data capacity while minimising space requirements.
Achieve maximum availability to support your critical applications.
Designed for small to medium sized businesses
Suitable for cost-efficient storage, near-line archives, and backup.
Positioned as an entry-level enterprise storage system. Optimised for mixed workloads and virtualized environments; better for demanding production use.
Maximum bandwidth: 8GB/s
Latency: As low as 70μs
IOPS: Up to 400K
Maximum bandwidth: 12GB/s
Latency: As low as 70μs
IOPS: Up to 1.2 million
Dual-controller active/active design
Up to 550TB effective capacity (@3:1 data reduction) per 2U enclosure
Dual-controller, scalable up to two controller pairs
Up to 570TB effective capacity per 2U enclosure
1 Gb iSCSI (On the motherboard)
10 Gb iSCSI (On the motherboard)
Maximum of 392 drives per system:
Small form-factor enclosure: 24 x 2.5-inch drives
Large form-factor enclosure: 12 x 3.5-inch drives
High-density expansion enclosure: 92 x 3.5-inch drives
Maximum of 440 drives per system and 880 drives in two-way clusters:
Small form-factor enclosure: 24 x 2.5-inch drives
Large form-factor enclosure: 12 x 3.5-inch drives
High-density expansion enclosure: 92 x 3.5-inch drives
Virtualization of internal storage
Data reduction pools with thin provisioning and UNMAP
One-way data migration
Easy Tier
FlashCopy
Remote mirroring
Virtualization of internal storage
SafeGuarded Copy
Data reduction pools with thin provisioning, UNMAP, compression and deduplication
One-way data migration
Dual-system clustering
Encryption
Remote mirroring
Easy Tier
FlashCopy
8 + 4 onboard
