IBM DS8000 User Manual
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Chapter 1. Introduction to the DS8000 series
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The DS8000 is a flexible and extendable disk storage subsystem because it is designed to
add and adapt to new technologies as they become available.
In the entirely new packaging there are also new management tools, like the DS Storage
Manager and the DS Command-Line Interface (CLI), which allow for the management and
configuration of the DS8000 series as well as the DS6000 series.
The DS8000 series is designed for 24x7 environments in terms of availability while still
providing the industry leading remote mirror and copy functions to ensure business continuity.
Figure 1-1 DS8000 - Base frame
The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 highlights include that it:
Delivers robust, flexible, and cost-effective disk storage for mission-critical workloads
Helps to ensure exceptionally high system availability for continuous operations
Scales to 192 TB and facilitates unprecedented asset protection with model-to-model field
upgrades
Supports storage sharing and consolidation for a wide variety of operating systems and
mixed server environments
Helps increase storage administration productivity with centralized and simplified
management
Provides the creation of multiple storage system LPARs, that can be used for completely
separate production, test, or other unique storage environments
Occupies 20 percent less floor space than the ESS Model 800's base frame, and holds
even more capacity
Provides the industry’s first four year warranty