The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V7000 Expansion Unit.
Figure 5. Rear view of the Storwize V7000 Expansion Unit
System specifications
The following table lists the Storwize V7000 storage system specifications.
Table 1. System specifications
Components
Specification
Form factor
Storwize V7000 Storage Controller Unit: 2U rack mount
Storwize V7000 SFF or LFF Storage Expansion Unit: 2U rack mount
Controller
configuration
Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration per controler unit. Two or four controller
units can be combined into a Storwize V7000 clustered system (or cluster).
RAID levels
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (internal storage only)
Controller cache
64 GB per controller unit (32 GB per node canister) upgradeable to 128 GB (64 GB per node
canister). Up to 512 GB per cluster. Battery-backed cache protection.
Drive bays
Up to 504 SFF drive bays per single system:
24 SFF drive bays in the controller unit
24 SFF drive bays in the SFF expansion unit; up to 20x SFF expansion units
Up to 24 SFF and 240 LFF drive bays per single system:
24 SFF drive bays in the controller unit
12 LFF drive bays in the LFF expansion unit; up to 20x LFF expansion units
Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.
Up to 1056 SFF drives in a four-way clustered configuration.
Up to 96 SFF drives and 960 LFF drives in a four-way clustered configuration.
Drive technology
SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported.
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